How long to wait before starting PCT after steroid cycle?
Filed Under (Articles, Post Cycle Therapy) by admin on 17-12-2018
Tagged Under : anabolics, half life, pct, steroids
Post Cycle Therapy is as important as cycle itself so dont miss it.
Shortly PCT is meant to help body restore natural testosterone production after a steroid cycle is done.
Testosterone must be back in order to help body keep results gained during cycle.
Testosterone is male’s main hormone.
During steroid cycle body does not make any testosterone because user injects it from outside so once cycle is over we must do whatever is possible to stimulate and help body restore natural testosterone production asap.
But how to know when to start PCT? Good question and here is one simple answer – it depends on type of steroids used during steroid cycle.
STEROIDS AND HALF LIFE
Each steroid has its own half life. What is Steroids Half-Life: the time required for a substance, to be reduced to half of the original taken dose. For example, if a person injects 100mg of Testosterone Propionate, which has a half-life of 4.5 days, than it means that in 4.5 days, only 50mg of the substance will be remaining in his body.
So now you have to look at type of steroids you used see its half life and this way you know when to start PCT.
Oral steroids Drug Active half-life
Anadrol / Anapolan50 (oxymetholone) 8 to 9 hours
Anavar (oxandrolone) 9 hours
Dianabol (methandrostenolone, methandienone) 4.5 to 6 hours
Methyltestosterone 4 days
Winstrol (stanozolol)
9 hours
Halotestin (Fluoxymesterone) 9.5 hours
Turinabol (Tbol) 16 hours
Injectable steroids: Drug Active half-life
Deca-durabolin (Nandrolone decanate) 15 days
Equipoise 14 days
Finaject (trenbolone acetate) 3 days
Primobolan (methenolone enanthate) 10.5 days
Sustanon or Omnadren 15 to 18 days
Testosterone Cypionate 12 days
Testosterone Enanthate 10.5 days
Testosterone Propionate 4.5 days
Testosterone Suspension 1 day
Winstrol (stanozolol) 1 day
For example if a person used testosterone enanthate according to the list below he can start PCT after 11 days after last injection of testosterone enanthate.
