Oral Turinabol is an anabolic steroid developed and made famous by scientists in East Germany years ago. Actually, this is more a steroid of infamy actually, as it was one of the closely held secrets inside the "East German Doping Machine" I am referring to a state sponsored doping program, called "State Plan 14.25" that operated in East Germany for a period of time between the 1960's and 80's. It was an aggressive anabolic steroid administration program, designed with one goal in mind: cheating the Olympic drug test. In many cases, the Olympic athletes, both male and female, were unwitting participants, simply told by their trainers and coaches that they were being given "vitamins" Many of these blue vitamins turned out to be Oral Turinabol, a potent and undetectable (at the time) anabolic steroid. As many as 10,000 unsuspecting athletes were given anabolic steroids during the time the program was active. For a more in-depth look at this dramatic historic event, including the trials of several former East German officials for their participation, I recommend you look at the book "Faust's Gold: Inside the East German Doping Machine"by Steven Ungerleider.
OT, as it is called, is a potent derivative of Dianabol. It is structurally a cross between methandrostenolone and clostebol (4-chlorotestosterone), having the same base structure as Dianabol with the added 4-chloro alteration of clostebol. This makes OT a "kinder, gentler Dianabol" the new steroid displaying a much lower level of androgenic activity in comparison to its more famous counterpart. Its anabolic activity of chlorodehydromethyltestosterone is somewhat lower than that of Dianabol as well, but it does maintain a much more favorable balance of anabolic to androgenic effect overall. This means that at any given level of muscle-building activity, OT will be much less likely to produce the classic androgenic side effects such as oily skin, acne, aggression, and male-pattern hair loss (if genetically prone) than would Dianabol.
The 4-chloro attachment used with this steroid also inhibits its ability to be aromatized. Therefore, OT is not going to present its user with unwanted estrogenic side effects like water retention, increased fat deposition, or gynecomastia. While Dianabol tends to produce puffiness and a little fat retention in its users, which hides muscle definition, the exact opposite effect usually happens with OT. OT tends to promote gain in lean tissue mass, accompanied by an increased look of density, hardness, and definition due to the intensified androgen to estrogen ratio. For bodybuilding purposes, this makes OT a great pre-contest or cutting steroid, not really a bulking agent of choice. Athletes in sports where speed tends to be a primary focus would also find favor in OT, obtaining a strong anabolic benefit without having to carry around any extra water or fat weight.
When this drug was available in Western Europe, the typical daily dosages used by men were in the rage of 20mg to 40mg. Women would get by on less, usually a single 5mg tablet.That is, unless you were an East German female Olympic swimmer, in which case you could have been swallowing as many as 30 tablets per day (we can understand why long-term virilizing side effects were reported over and over again in the "doping trails"). When used in the recommended dosing levels, OT definitely proves itself as a potent lean tissue builder. Again, it will provide less overall muscle bulk than Dianabol, but with its lack of estrogen conversion, the gains obtained with OT, even if smaller in total, are visibly of better quality. Although there is a clear relationship between OT and Dianabol when it comes to molecular structure, ultimately it would be much more appropriate to be comparing the activities of this steroid to those of other mild, non-aromatizing anabolics like stanozolol, oxandrolone or methenolone.
For a long time the only known preparation of OT to ever circulate on the black market were the 5mg tabs from Jenapharm in Germany. It was one of the fringe benefits of the post-Berlin Wall reunification. This product was sold in foil and plastic strips of 10 small blue oval shaped tablets each.Twenty tablets (2 strips) came packed in each box.The Jenepharm product lasted a little longer than the public doping scandal over its use in the former East Germany, and for more than a decade chlorodehydromethyltestosterone was officially extinct.
British Dragon in Thailand produces this steroid under the brand name of Turanabol.The product comes in the form of lOmg small pink square tablets, with "BD"stamped into one side and "10" in the other.The tablets are scored, so as to be broken easily.The product is sold in pouches of 500 tablets each. The pouches themselves should carry a BD security hologram sticker (see: Security Stickers), and will have the company logo printed on the back side. The pouch will also open to reveal a silica gel packet (to preserve tablet freshness), which is also printed with the company logo.
In addition to British Dragon, there are several underground manufacturers selling this steroid as well. A current popular item is produced by Generic Supplements in Western Europe. Here, 100 tablets are packed in a small white plastic bottle. I have seen lab tests on this line before, and feel comfortable that the product will be accurately dosed.