Anadrol is Xeno Laboratories' oxymetholone, supplied as 50 mg tablets. It is one of the oldest oral anabolics still in circulation and one of the few where the gap between what the label suggests and what users report is dramatic: it belongs to the DHT family and cannot aromatize, yet it is the oral most associated with rapid fluid gain.
That paradox shapes how the product is used. It is a short, powerful opening to a cycle rather than a compound anyone runs for months, and the four to six week limit comes from the liver rather than from the results.
Product Overview
Oxymetholone is a 17-alpha-methylated oral anabolic, which means it survives the first pass through the liver and can be swallowed rather than injected, at the cost of hepatic strain that grows with every week of use. It is a DHT derivative with no route to estrogen, so gynecomastia from aromatization is not expected, and reports of chest symptoms are attributed to direct estrogen-like activity or to progestogenic action instead of to aromatase. Strength and scale weight move quickly, within the first week or two, and a large share of that movement is water.
Erythropoiesis is stimulated as well, which is why the drug has a medical history in anaemia and why users often describe better endurance and recovery. Blood pressure tends to rise alongside the fluid, and lipids shift the wrong way. The half-life is short, roughly eight to nine hours on the reference figures, so the daily dose is best divided into two intakes; a source note in the material used here marks the exact value as not fully established.
Its natural home is the front of a mass cycle, while the slower injections are still accumulating. That means a testosterone ester running underneath for the full block and a second anabolic such as Nandrolone Decanoate handling the later weeks, with Dbol 20 as the other classic oral option if a wetter look is acceptable. It is not a cutting compound and it is not a maintenance drug.
Dosage Protocol
Reference and vendor protocols keep oxymetholone in a narrow band and a short block. Anything above 100 mg a day is outside the material used for this page.
| Beginner | 25-50 mg a day for 4-6 weeks; the lower end is where a first exposure belongs |
| Intermediate | 50-75 mg a day for 4-6 weeks, split into two intakes because of the short half-life |
| Advanced | Up to 100 mg a day for 4-6 weeks at most, with hepatic and blood pressure tracking throughout |
| Female | Not recommended; the risk of voice change and other masculinizing effects is considered high |
| Administration | Oral, twice daily, taken with food; the methylated structure is what limits how long the block can run |
Because the compound leaves the system quickly, side effects begin to ease soon after the last tablet, but the hepatic and lipid changes generated during the block still need to be checked afterwards.
Suggested Protocols
Three ways the tablets are usually placed. Each pill leads to the matching product page in this line.
What to Expect
- Scale weight moves fast. The first two weeks usually add kilos that come with a softer, fuller look rather than pure muscle.
- Strength climbs early. Working weights rise inside the opening fortnight, which is the reason the compound is used as an opener.
- Pressure follows the fluid. Resting blood pressure readings tend to rise as water accumulates, so a cuff at home is part of the block.
- Endurance and recovery improve. Red cell production is stimulated, and users frequently report an easier time recovering between sessions.
- Appetite and wellbeing are unpredictable. Some people eat more and feel strong, others feel flat and heavy on the same dose.
- The block is short by design. Four to six weeks is the ceiling, because hepatic strain builds for as long as the methylated drug is taken.
- Some of the gain leaves with the water. Weight drops after the last tablet, and what stays is what was built rather than held.
Side Effects and Management
The profile is hepatic and hemodynamic first, androgenic second. Enzyme and pressure monitoring is what keeps a short block from becoming a problem.
Post-Cycle Therapy
Recovery can begin quickly, because a tablet with an eight to nine hour half-life is out of the system within a day or two of the last dose.
