Injectable Oral Steroids - an oxymoron. But are they better?
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:36 pm
Most of us have utilized several oral steroids throughout our AAS experience. But not many of us get the opportunity to try INJECTABLE orals. Yes it's an oxymoron but you get the point.
Are injectable orals TRULY better? Well that depends on what type and what you're looking to get out of them.
With orals you have your standard oral tabs, capsules, or liquids. With injectable orals you have water & oil based.
Right off the bat without a doubt I can tell you that if you're looking for potency/bioavailability then injectable is the way to go. Studies have shown that oral preparations of many drugs including anabolic steroids can lose their potency by up to 75% due to chemical breakdown in the stomach. Injections allow you to skip this step so the drugs can enter right into your blood stream with up to 90% bioavailability.
But then there's the issue of absorption rate or "kick-in time". Oil based solutions tend to take longer to enter the blood stream. So in this case you might have to wait a few hours if you're using them as a pre-workout. However water based preparations kick in just as fast, if not faster than oral administration. So with water based you have the benefit of quick absorption AND high bioavailability.
Lastly there's the issue of injection pain & PIP. I can tell you from experience, both water and oil based injectables will have some degree of pain, either while injecting and/or post injection soreness. Water based tends to be the worst in both cases.
Here's a simple chart that sums up the factors mentioned above: