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HCG
(chorionic gonadotropin)
Effective dosage:
Debatable.
Side effects:
May induce acne issues, high water retention will
occour, high blood pressure will occur.
HCG is not liver toxic, generaly it will not
aromatize, but it will raise testosterone levels and
increased aromatization may occur.
Additional comments:
Active Life: 64 hours.
Drug Class: Leutenizing Hormone (LH) - Gonadotropin.
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Chorionic gonadotropin is a hormone found in the female
body during the early months of pregnancy (it is produced in
the placenta). It is in fact the pregnancy indicator looked
at by the over the counter pregnancy test kits, as due to
its origin it is not found in the body at any other time.
Blood levels of this hormone will become noticeable as early
as seven days after ovulation. The level will rise evenly,
reaching a peak at approximately two to three months into
gestation. After this point, the hormone level will drop
gradually until the point of birth. As a prescription drug, HCG
offers us some interesting benefits. In the United States,
we have the two popular brands, Pregnyl, made by Organon,
and Profasi, made by Serono. These are FDA approved for the
treatment of undescended testicles in young boys,
hypogonadism (underproduction of testosterone) and as a
fertility drug used to aid in inducing ovulation in women.
When prepared as a medical item, this hormone comes from a
human origin. Although there is often a fear of biological
origin products, there is little research to be found
regarding pathogen or sterility problems with HCG.
The problems seen with human origin growth hormone are
certainly not to be repeated with HCG, as
this compound is obtained in a much different way.
While HCG offers the female no
performance enhancing ability, it does prove very useful to
the male steroid user. The obvious use of course being to
stimulate the production of endogenous testosterone. The
activity of HCG in the male body is due to
its ability to mimic LH (luteinizing hormone), a pituitary
hormone that stimulates the Leydig's cells in the testes to
manufacture testosterone. Restoring endogenous testosterone
production is a special concern at the end of each steroid
cycle, a time when a subnormal androgen level (due to
steroid induced suppression) could be very costly. The main
concern is the action of cortisol, which in many ways is
balanced out by the effect of androgens. Cortisol sends the
opposite message to the muscles than testosterone, or to
breakdown protein in the cell. Left unchecked (by an
extremely low testosterone level) in the body, cortisol can
quickly strip much of your new muscle mass away.
The main focus with HCG is to restore
the normal ability of the testes to respond to endogenous
luteinizing hormone. After a long period of inactivity, this
ability may have been seriously reduced. In such a state
testosterone levels may not reach a normal point, even
though the release of endogenous LH has been resumed. Many
who have suffered severe testicular shrinkage may be able to
relate, as it is often some time before normal testicle size
and feelings of virility are restored if ancillary drugs had
not been used. The excessive stimulation brought forth by
administration of HCG can likewise cause
the testicles to rapidly return to their normal size and
level of activity. We are not simply looking for it to fix
the problem however, as the resulting high testosterone
level can itself trigger negative feedback inhibition at the
hypothalamus. Estrogen production is also heightened with
the use of HCG, due to its ability to
increase aromatase activity in the Leydig's cells. This is
due to the main action of HCG, namely the
increase of cycIicAMP (a secondary messenger that regulates
cellular activity). When stimulated by HCG,
the ability of the testes to aromatize androgens could
potentially be heightened several times greater than normal.
This also may inhibit testosterone production, so we
therefore use HCG only as a quick shock to
the testes.
The usual protocol is to inject 1500-3000 I.U. every 4th
or 5th day, for a duration usually no longer than 2 or 3
weeks. If used for too long or at too high a dose, the drug
may actually function to desensitize the Leydig's cells to
luteinizing hormone, further hindering a return to
homeostasis. Timing the initial dose is also very crucial.
If your were coming off a cycle of Sustanon for example,
testosterone levels in your blood will likely stay elevated
for at least 3 to 4 weeks after your last injection. Taking HCG
on the day of your last shot would therefore be useless.
Instead one would want to calculate the last week in which
androgen levels are likely to be above normal, and begin
ancillary drug therapy at this point. In this case HCG
would be started around the third or fourth week. Likewise,
after ending a cycle of Dianabol (an oral) your blood levels
will be sub normal after the third day. Here you may want to
begin HCG therapy a few days before your
last intake of tablets, giving it a few days to take effect.
One would also want to give some thought to the level of
suppression that the cycle might have brought about. After
an 8 week cycle of Equipoise for example, 1500-2500 I.U.
would likely be a sufficient initial dosage. The lower
amount of hormonal suppression one associates with this drug
would probably not require much more. On the other hand,
750-1000mg of Sustanon per week might incline the user to
inject a much larger HCG dose, perhaps as
much as 5000 I.U. for the opening application. It may
thereafter also be a good idea to reduce the dosage on
subsequent shots, so as to step down the intake of HCG
during the two or three weeks of intake.
As discussed above, HCG acts only to
mimic the action of LH. It is likewise not the perfect
hormone to combat testosterone suppression, and for this
reason it is used most often in conjunction with estrogen
antagonists such as Clomid, Nolvadex or cyclofenil. These
drugs have a different effect on the regulating system,
namely inhibiting estrogen-induced suppression at the
hypothalamus. This of course also helps to restore the
release of testosterone, although through a much different
mechanism than HCG. A combination of both
drugs appears to be very synergistic, HCG
providing an immediate effect on the testes (shocking them
out of inactivity) while the antiestrogen helps later to
block inhibition on the hypothalamus and resume the normal
release of gonadotropins from the pituitary. The typical
procedure involves giving the Clomid/Nolvadex dose from the
start with HCG, but continuing it alone for
a few weeks once HCG has been discontinued.
This practice should effectively raise testosterone levels,
which will hopefully remain stable once Clomid/Nolvadex have
been discontinued. While unfortunately there is no way to
retain all of the muscle gains produced by anabolic
steroids, using ancillaries to restore a balanced hormonal
state is the best way to minimize the loss felt with ending
a cycle.
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