Deca Durabolin Dosage
Deca Durabolin is considered to be one of the more versatile and flexible anabolic steroids in terms of uses and Deca Durabolin dosage.
While it tends to be used primarily as a weight gain and bulking up compound, it can also be used effectively to shorten weight loss cycles during fat loss phases and periods.
The only potential downside to the way Deca Durabolin is used is the time required to run Deca Durabolin, which we will review further when discussing Deca Durabolin cycles.
Because Deca Durabolin has a very long decanoate ester attached to nandrolone that gives it a very long half-life, it must be used continuously for a much longer cycle than most anabolic steroids.
As a result, cycles of 12 to 14 weeks are required as more time is needed to achieve and maintain optimal peak plasma levels.
Unfortunately, in shorter fat loss phases (usually 8-10 weeks), the effects of nandrolone tend not to kick in until the later weeks of the cycle.
This is why shorter ester anabolic steroids are often preferred for fat loss and cutting periods.
Deca-Durabolin is also often used in combination with other compounds to enhance its effects, which often occurs when individuals use nandrolone for the purpose of bulking and weight gain.
In this case, a lower Deca dosage may be required than when nandrolone is used as the main ingredient.
It was previously mentioned that nandrolone should be used in conjunction with some form of testosterone in order to maintain normal body function in an environment where endogenous production of testosterone is suppressed or blocked.
Failure to do so can often lead to problems, the most notable of which is sexual dysfunction.
Therefore, the most common anabolic steroids used with Deca Durabolin are undoubtedly testosterone and Dianabol.
Testosterone, Nandrolone, and Dianabol all work synergistically and essentially work together to provide a solid bulking cycle.
This testosterone/nandrolone/dianabol stack is probably the most popular anabolic steroid stack, popularized by early bodybuilders during the “golden age of bodybuilding” in the 1970s.
Arnold Schwarzenegger himself was said to be an avid user of this stack.
If strength and size are your primary goals, Nandrolone is an ideal choice when used alone with testosterone.
When stacked with other powerful anabolic steroids such as testosterone, Dianabol, Anadrol, etc. it can lead to noticeable increases in size and strength.
Medical Deca Durabolin Dosage
The first medical prescription guidelines for Deca Durabolin dosage were to administer 50 to 100 mg every 3 to 4 weeks for a total of 12 weeks.
Depending on the medical condition, the prescribing guidelines for deca durabolin dosage have changed.
For example, anemic patients who were prescribed deca durabolin were given prescribing guidelines of 100 to 200 mg per week, which was considered a significantly heavier dose than the standard prescribing guidelines.
This was the original reason Organon decided to upgrade the concentration of its deca durabolin product from 50mg/ml to 100mg/ml and then to a 200mg/ml product.
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Deca Durabolin Dosage
Deca doses for athletic performance/physique enhancement purposes are generally known to be in the same range as typical weekly testosterone doses for the same purpose.
The muscle mass gaining effects of Deca Durabolin are comparable to steady but noticeable quality muscle mass gains.
The gains associated with deca durabolin doses in any range are never dramatic or very fast, and this is said to be one of the reasons why lean mass gains from nandrolone tend to be more retained after the end of a cycle than other anabolic steroids
- The human body can and will always maintain a slow and steady gain rather than a rapid gain that the human body is not used to.
In any case, for beginners, a weekly Deca dose of 300 to 500 mg is recommended.
Intermediate users do not need to go beyond the beginner range, and it is very rare for even intermediate users to exceed 500mg with nandrolone, especially considering that it is often stacked with other compounds such as testosterone or Dianabol.
Advanced users likewise do not need to go outside this dosage range, but a range of around 600 - 800mg or more should be sufficient, especially if nandrolone is the main anabolic compound in the cycle and testosterone is simply running in TRT (Testosterone Replacement Therapy) doses as an ancillary compound.
Deca Durabolin Dosage for Women
Female Deca Durabolin users are advised to use an appropriate physique/performance enhancing dose in the range of around 50mg per week for no more than 4-6 weeks to avoid the possibility of virilization.
Nandrolone has the lowest androgenic strength of any anabolic steroid, so androgenic side effects such as masculinization symptoms are rare, but still something to be aware of.
In a study where HIV-infected women were given 100 mg of deca-durabolin every other week for a total of 12 weeks, there were very few masculinizing side effects [1].
If female users experience erectile symptoms, it is recommended that they discontinue deca durabolin immediately.
The issue here for female users is that the long half-life of the decanoate ester means that it takes a very long time for nandrolone to be eliminated from the body.
If unwanted erectile side effects occur, it can take upwards of two weeks for the nandrolone to be completely eliminated from the body, and unfortunately, during this time the remaining nandrolone can further worsen the erectile effects.
Because of this inconvenience, women may want to consider nandrolone phenylpropionate (Durabolin), which has a shorter half-life and is eliminated from the body in a matter of days rather than weeks.
The right dose of Deca Durabolin and when to take it
Deca Durabolin has a half-life of approximately 15 days, so ideally it should be dosed evenly twice a week to maintain stable plasma blood levels.
Due to the long half-life, it is ideal to keep the dosing interval in the 12-14 week range.
This is due to the slow release by the decanoate ester, which delays the 'kick-in' period of nandrolone by several weeks more than most injectable compounds.
Expectations and Results from Deca Durabolin Dosage
It is important to note that Deca will by no means provide fast and rapid muscle gains, and while many users frequently report noticeable steady muscle gains, they are not dramatic.
This is due to a variety of factors, one of which is the issue with the decanoate ester of nandrolone, which is released very slowly, resulting in slow biological action in the body, resulting in a slow but steady gain of significant amounts of muscle.
Many people tend to say that with deca durabolin, the expected gains occur at about half the normal rate of testosterone at the same dose.
It is important to remember that nandrolone does not have the anabolic effects of testosterone, which are much stronger than testosterone, albeit in smaller doses.
Medical references
[1] Effects of nandrolone decanoate treatment on body weight and lean muscle mass in HIV-infected women with weight loss. K Mulligan, R Zackin, et al. Arch Intern
