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Mesterolone vs Turinabol

Both are anabolic steroid compounds. Here's how they line up on the evidence — graded the same way.

MesteroloneTurinabol
Evidence 1/10 3/10
ClassAnabolic steroidAnabolic steroid
SummaryMesterolone is an oral, DHT-derived anabolic-androgenic steroid once sold abroad for male hypogonadism and idiopathic infertility. Controlled human trials for its two historic uses (fertility, mood) are negative or unconvincing, and its performance 'anti-estrogen' reputation has no strong human evidence.Turinabol is an orally active 17α-alkylated anabolic-androgenic steroid — the signature drug of East Germany's state doping program — with no modern controlled human efficacy trials and the full risk profile of an oral AAS.
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Mesterolone

Mesterolone, almost always sold under the brand name Proviron, is a man-made oral steroid. More precisely, it's an anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) — a synthetic relative of the male hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It's an androgen (a male-hormone-type drug), not a peptide and not a SARM.…

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Turinabol

Turinabol — also called chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (CDMT/DHCMT) — is an anabolic steroid you take by mouth. Chemically, it's a tweaked version of another steroid, metandienone ("Dianabol"). It's most famous as the signature drug of East Germany's state doping program, where it was given to…

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