Steranabol Ritardo is an injectable steroid product that was being produced by Pharmacia & Upjohn in Italy19-nortestosterone (nandrolone). It differs from this mild anabolic agent only by the addition of a 4-hydroxyl group,the same alteration that is used to make hydroxytestosterone (oxabolone is 4-hydroxynandrolone) from testosterone.This compound is present in Steranabol Ritardo in a dosage concentration of 12.5 mg per mL, with each 2mL ampule carrying only 25mg of steroid in total. This low dosage was always an unfortunate trait of this product, as hydroxynandrolone is otherwise a fairly effective steroid. until fairly recently (it has been discontinued for several years now). This product specifically contains the obscure anabolic steroid oxabolone cypionate. Oxabolone is a close structural derivative of
As a nandrolone based compound, oxabolone is more anabolic than androgenic in nature. It does seem however, to have some unique traits that make it stand out next to nandrolone, such as an inability to convert to estrogen (blocked by the addition of 4-hydroxylation). Hydroxynandrolone even seems to exhibit strong anti-aromatase activities, at least the best I can tell anecdotally without a formal study. This probably makes sense, given that it is the 4-hydroxyl group that makes formestane (hydroxyandrostenedione) and hydroxytestosterone both potent suicide substrates for the aromatase enzyme. This means not only that estrogenic side effects are not likely with the use of this drug, but also that it may even be useful in countering side effects caused by the conversion of other steroid hormones to estrogen.
Studies with hydroxyandrostenedione show that (in this case) the 4-hydroxy group seems to interfere with 5-alpha reduction, at least to some extent.This may explain another trait of oxabolone, namely that it seems to not have the same dramatic dissociation between anabolic and androgenic affects that we see with nandrolone.This steroid, although more anabolic than androgenic, is a little more balanced in this regard. It may therefore be, at least slightly, less likely to interfere with libido in the same way that Deca-
Durabolin tends to (at least in terms of a direct head-to-head comparison, oxabolone is still primarily anabolic in nature, and such libido interfering traits tend to be present in many of the "anabolic" compounds for certain users).
It terms of muscle-building potency, it would be a mistake to simply equate oxabolone with nandrolone. Oxabolone is actually a moderately weaker steroid, at least according to the standard assays that we use to evaluate steroid compounds. However, that does not mean it is a useless agent, as indeed this is an interesting steroid to say the least. In my experience it seems to help you produce a much harder, tighter look than nandrolone, probably owing to the fact that it probably delivers an antiestrogenic effect instead of a slight estrogenic one. For those who find nandrolone to be a failure during cutting/hardening cycles, this nandrolone derivative may be worth looking at.
Being that it came in such a low concentration (12.5mg/mL), Steranabol Ritardo was a little difficult to use as an anabolic. If you are a male bodybuilder, had this item, and wanted to use it alone for your next cycle, all I could say is: good luck. It is less potent than nandrolone, which means you are probably going to need at least 200-300mg weekly. At 25mg per 2mL ampule, reaching this dose would be a painful and arduous task. Just do the math.300mg per week, with a dose of 25mg per ampule, would equate to 12 ampules. With each ampule containing 2mL of solution, that is a full 24cc of oil to inject each week (8 full 3cc needles full). You certainly would not catch me trying it. Instead, I would look at this steroid as more of an adjunct to an already running stack. 3-4 ampules per week, or 75-10Omg in total, should be sufficient to notice some level of hardening and fat loss. Provided it did not get lost in a plethora of other drugs, you should be able to notice it working at this dose. All this is really academic anyway, as Steranabol Ritardo is no longer available.The base steroid hydroxynandrolone was sold in the U.S. as a supplement for a short time, however officially became a controlled substance in 2005.