Nolvadex 20 mg

General Info

Nolvadex, also known as Tamoxifen, is an effective Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM), which is one of the oldest SERM’s on the market. It acts like estrogen in certain parts of the body while acting as an anti-estrogen in other areas, that’s why it is both an antagonist and an agonist. Sometimes people mistakenly think that it is also an anabolic steroid, but this is not the case.

Nolvadex is practiced as a part of the therapy for treating breast cancer in both women and men. It is also administered with the purpose of preventing breast cancer in women. Besides, Nolvadex is sometimes is used as an anti-estrogen during an anabolic steroid cycle to prevent estrogenic related side effects and is combined in recovery Post Cycle Therapy (PCT), its most important property for steroid users.

Results

This drug blocks the action of estrogen by binding to receptors in certain tissues and acts like real estrogen in other tissues by activating receptors at the hypothalamus and pituitary. For men, this drug acts as an anti-estrogen and stimulates increased production of gonadoliberin, resulting in increased production of the hormone prolactin and follicle-stimulating hormone, which, as a result, increases the production of testosterone.

This drug does not affect the metabolism of estrogen hormones, therefore, while taking these drugs, estrogens continue to be destroyed by liver enzymes, and do not accumulate in the body.

How to take

For PCT, standard Nolvadex doses normally are 40mg per day. It all starts with 40 mg for several weeks, then continues with 20 mg for several weeks, and then, if desired, decreases to 10 mg for a week or two. By the way, those who include Nolvadex in their PTC often benefit because they protect their lean tissue.

Tamoxifen can interact with certain other anti-estrogens. The most logical and useful approach during the cycle of intaking this drug, is to use the aromatase inhibitors. The best choice among those is probably Proviron. Provinin doesn't possesses inhibiting properties for the production of somatotropine. It also, thanks to its ability to block aromatization, enhances the number of anabolic hormones and increases the concentration of anabolic hormones in the blood. There is a very popular, but extremely wrong belief that anti-estrogens should be taken after the cycle. It isn't correct because the level of estrogen increases at the end of the first week of the cycle, that is why exactly at this time you should start to administer it.

Possible Side Effects

Even though this SERM is really well tolerated by people, it still possesses few side effects, although they happen quite rarely. It is worth noting that they can be seen a little more often in women than in men.

Most common side effects: upset stomach, headaches, hot flashes, vaginal itching, bleeding, discharge, or discomfort. Much more rarely you can come across these symptoms: rash, the reduction in the amount of blood cells, the changes in the endometrium, enhancing of the level of triglycerides, pulmonary embolism.

Nolvadex is forbidden to be taken by pregnant girls or those who want to have a child.