Clomid Prime 100x25mg

Description

Clomiphene

Clomiphene is the active ingredient in the medication Clomid. Doctors prescribe Clomid as a fertility drug for women, but male pharmacological athletes usually use it to help restore their natural testosterone production faster after an anabolic steroid cycle. In theory, clomiphene could indeed have that effect.

Clomiphene is an anti-estrogen, which prevents glands in the brain from detecting female hormones. Since these glands partly determine how much testosterone the body should produce based on estrogen levels, clomiphene causes these glands to release hormones that stimulate testosterone production in the testes. However, whether anabolic steroid users recover faster because of clomiphene is not yet well researched.

Additionally, clomiphene use has its own side effects:

• Blurred and/or double vision

• Depression

• Dizziness

• Insomnia

• Reduced liver function

Users can also temporarily become downhearted or depressed, a complaint that also occurs when stopping anabolic steroid use.

How does Clomid work?

Clomid stimulates the hypothalamus, which in turn stimulates the pituitary gland to release gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). This hormone then causes the release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). FSH stimulates the testes to produce more testosterone, and LH stimulates them to release more testosterone. This is called the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis (HPTA).

However, the key point is how step 1 (stimulating the hypothalamus) proceeds, and this is largely influenced by estrogen. When a cycle ends and the level of androgenic (masculinizing) hormones is very low (natural production has stopped and no external sources are present), the body compensates by producing extra estrogen. Because of this female hormone, it takes longer before testosterone is produced, as the total hormone level is higher and the body perceives less of a shortage.

Clomid acts as an anti-estrogen by reducing the activity (not the amount!) of estrogen, which causes the body to realize there are too few hormones, and to start producing both testosterone and estrogen (whose effectiveness is reduced by Clomid). For this reason, it makes no sense to use Clomid as a testosterone booster during a steroid cycle, because testosterone is already high due to the steroids, keeping natural production suppressed.

Clomid works as an anti-estrogen because it binds to estrogen receptors in cells as a synthetic estrogen, preventing estrogen in the blood from binding there. The amount of estrogen does not decrease, but its effectiveness does. This can reduce side effects caused by aromatase, such as gynecomastia and water retention, although this effect is not very strong. To counter these kinds of side effects, Clomid should not be the first choice. It’s also generally not the preferred choice for PCT, but more about that later (see “Clomid or Nolvadex”).

When should you start Clomid?

Since it makes no sense to use Clomid (as PCT) during a cycle when androgen hormone levels are still high, the right time to start depends on the ester and dosage of the anabolic steroids used. The ester is a chemical attachment to the anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) molecule that determines the half-life—the time it takes for half of the steroid’s effectiveness to be lost as its blood concentration halves.

Below is a table indicating when you could start Clomid for some AAS (not included here)