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Oxymetholone vs Turinabol

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

OxymetholoneTurinabol
Evidence 9/10 3/10
ClassAnabolic steroidAnabolic steroid
SummaryOxymetholone is a potent oral anabolic-androgenic steroid (not a peptide) with genuine controlled-trial support in wasting illness, but it carries serious, well-documented liver, lipid, and hormonal risks.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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Oxymetholone

Oxymetholone, sold as Anadrol-50 (and once known as Anapolon), is a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid (a lab-made hormone that builds muscle and acts like testosterone), usually shortened to AAS. You take it as a pill, and it comes from dihydrotestosterone, a natural form of testosterone. To be…

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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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