Andarine

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Andarine (S-1) is an investigational selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) developed by GTx Inc for treatment of conditions such as muscle wasting, osteoporosis and benign prostatic hypertrophy,[1] using the non-steroidal androgen antagonist bicalutamide as a lead compound.[2]

Andarine is an orally active partial agonist for androgen receptors. It is less potent in both anabolic and androgenic effects than other similar drugs such as ostarine, but this is useful for some indications.[1] In an animal model of benign prostatic hypertrophy, andarine was shown to reduce prostate weight with similar efficacy to finasteride, but without producing any reduction in muscle mass or anti-androgenic side effects.[3] This suggests that it is able to block binding of dihydrotestosterone to its receptor targets in the prostate gland, but its partial agonist effects at androgen receptors prevent the side effects associated with the anti-androgenic drugs traditionally used for treatment of BPH.[4]

Selective androgen receptor modulators may also be used by athletes to assist in training and increase physical stamina and fitness, potentially producing effects similar to anabolic steroids but with significantly less side effects. For this reason, SARMs have already been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency since January 2008 despite no drugs from this class yet being in clinical use, and blood tests for all known SARMs are currently being developed.[5][6]

Emphasis mine.

Anyone heard of this before? Anyone taking it? Anyone's interest piqued? I did a search and it gave no results.

 

[p-mo]

SARM S4 is the only one that anyone can get their hands on at the moment... try searching about that...

Havent heard of that specific one- a better solution to excess DHT is apriciated by those with MPB!

 

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Sports Doping Drugs Available Online

An experimental drug that mimics the effect of steroids, such as testosterone, without many of the harmful side effects is freely available online, according to new research. A group from the German Sport University Cologne in Germany detected the compound in a product called Andarine, available online for $100 and labeled as green tea extracts and face moisturizer. The research appears in the current issue of the journal Drug Testing and Analysis.

According to this it's being marketed as green tea/face moisturiser. Maybe in the same way mephedrone is marketed as plant food (i.e. it's just a way to get around regulation)?