PCT or Post Cycle Therapy (from Eng. Post Cycle Therapy), usually called the use of various types of sports nutrition, pharmaceutical products that help reduce steroid damage, and the frequency of occurrence of side effects when using to reduce anabolic steroids.

Every athlete who cares about their health, liver and reproductive system should be aware that the use of potent, hormone drugs (anabolic androgenic steroids) can do irreparable harm to the body, with homeless people using them It is very important to know what are the ways to minimize side effects, the negative effects of using different steroids, in large and small dosages.

And now specifically list the positive effects you get when properly done FCT:

1. Maximum stores the result (strength and muscle mass), while minimizing the phenomenon of recoil

2. Restoration of natural (natural) hormonal

3. Prevention of gynecomastia (aromatization of testosterone to estradiol)

4. The stimulation of the testicles of testosterone, that is, to prevent atrophy of the eggs

5. Exceptions (reduction) from other side effects associated with the use of anabolic steroids

The main components of FCT (poslekrsovoy therapy)

Anti-estrogens  – agents that prevent or inhibit the conversion (conversion) of testosterone into female sex hormones – estrogens.

Antiestrogens basically divided into two types, of which the first inhibitors or aromatase blockers  (for treatment, prevention of gynecomastia, estrogen concentrations in the blood reduced, testosterone and the gonadotropin-releasing hormone is increased). Aromatase blockers are used for medicines that are flavored, that is, for testosterone, Sustanon, danabol, boldenone and halotestin, the last two of the steroid converted to estrogens to a much lesser extent. Due to the aromatase inhibitor are drugs like letrozole ,  anastrozole and other natural sources of aromatase blockers – caffeine, zinc, eriodictiol, apigenin, catechin, nicotine, resveratrol.

The next class of anti-estrogens, it blockers estrogennovyh receptors, they are used on the course, and after a course of absolutely any difficulty, combinations and dosages. Due to blockers estrogennovyh receptors include, above all,    tamoxifen,  Clomid  and torimifene  , this is used for about 2-3 weeks after you have “peeled” off course. That is, the above drugs penetrate the body, reducing the concentration of, or reducing (inhibiting) the activity of estrogennovyh receptors to the resulting body (testosterone), estrogen (based on that all preparations for the treatment of breast cancer in women).

The next major component of PCT is chorionic gonadotropin, a placenta hormone secreted during pregnancy (it appears in the urine in unchanged form, followed by extraction and purification). Chorionic gonadotropin is used in bodybuilding to prevent testicular atrophy, which means that it stimulates sperm and egg development to produce sex hormones. Apply during the severe steroid course (6 weeks or more), for 2-4 weeks, or at the end of 3-5 weeks, then gradually estrogennovyh to blocker receptors.

Cabergoline , a medication used to slow down bodybuilders’ prolactin (lactotropic, “stress” hormone, responsible for milk production in women). Use this pharma suitable for progestogen medications, that is, for retabolilum and  trenbolone , as they increase the production of prolactin secretion due to what can result in decreased libido, fluid accumulation. Usually restricted to the use of cabergoline at a dose of 0.25 mg (every 4th day) in the course of anabolic.

Sports nutrition as a PCT (as a supplement)

Testosterone booster

Mainly used for maintenance, increase natural (natural) testosterone levels, that is, for the normalization of the hormonal system, power increase in performance, stimulate muscle growth. Reception of the sports nutrition rate drops at the end (after deduction of steroids) and takes 2-3 weeks with gradually decreasing dosages. The market sportpita best testosterone booster is from Tribulus terrestris ,  agmatine ,  forskolin .

liver protection

Medicines that protect the liver are designed from the harmful effects of anabolic steroids (mainly from steroids that contain the 17-alpha alkyl group). Use during the course of the steroid, and after a course (for about 3 weeks after closure). The best of them is  Geptral, Kars, Legalon, Essentiale, Alpha Lipoic  Acid, Arginine.

Note that gepatoprotektory in the west is not common among athletes taking steroids and they have poor evidence of effectiveness. Therefore, you should not rely too heavily on them with liver disease, or protect them, be more appropriate to make an appropriate, competent to your health, steroid course.

Omega-3 fatty acids

Useful unsaturated fatty acids, protects the heart, blood vessels, maintain healthy cholesterol levels in the blood, play an important role in the physiological, biochemical processes in the body. Take Omega-3 in the course and after its completion, for another 2-3 weeks. Products that contain the greatest amount of useful fatty acids:    fish (  tuna, Atlantic salmon, sardines, Atlantic herring, mackerel), flaxseed oil, linseed oil, linseed, nuts, soybeans, oat embryos.

growth hormone

The growth hormone is used during and after a course of steroids to save the result of muscle mass, strength, reduced cardiovascular complications, anxiety, depression. Because of the high cost, very few athletes include a steroid hormone growth rate. The best manufacturers of HGH:  Jintropin (Dzhintropin) from Gensi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (  China ) and Ansomone ( Ansomon ) from Anhui Anke Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (  China ).

peptides

Natural or natural compounds whose molecules consist of two or more amino acid residues linked by amide (peptide) bonds (this is the Scientific), and when it is simple, it is stimulant (increase in concentration by 7-15 times) growth hormone, namely this property is interesting peptides for bodybuilding. Apply peptides, each for the same reasons as the growth hormone. Peptides are introduced from the beginning of the steroid course and before the end of post-cycle therapy.

Peptides are much cheaper than growth hormone, so they are used far more often. Most of the peptides you can find on the market:  from GHRP-6, GHRP-2, Ipamorelin, Sermorelin, CJC-1295, HGH Frag (176-191).

Cortisol blocker

Sports nutrition protects the muscles and protects them from the devastating effects of the catabolic hormone cortisol. However, after the abolition of steroids, cortisol blockers are generally ineffective, but still, the acceptance requirement must be at the time of the course and after (within 3-4 weeks).

Top cortisol blockers today of sports nutrition: protein,  BCAAs , ascorbic acid.

The above-mentioned medications, post-cycle therapy components can complement one another, ie they are compatible. Prohormones should not be taken as a means of FCT, because when ingested, they are all converted to the same testosterone.