Winstrol - stanozolol safety information

Winstrol - stanozolol is used to treat inherited disorder of continuing episodes of swelling. Winstrol may also be used to treat: low blood counts due to bone marrow failure, deficiency of anti-clotting agents, abnormally high levels of fibrin for blood clotting, failure to grow, metabolic process which breaks down substances in the body.

Female patients should be observed for signs of virilization: hirsutism, deepening of the voice, clitoromegaly and acne. To prevent irreversible change, drug therapy must be discontinued. When mild virilism is first detected, the dosage must be significantly reduced. Such virilization is usual following Winstrol (androgenic anabolic steroid) use at high doses. Some virilizing changes in female users are irreversible even after prompt discontinuance of therapy. Also these changes are not prevented by concomitant use of estrogens. Menstrual irregularities may also occur.

Nursing mothers - It is not known whether Winstrol is excreted in human milk. Many drugs are excreted in human milk and because of the potential risks for adverse reactions in nursing infants from Winstrol, a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or discontinue the drug. It is important to take into account the importance of the drug to the mother.

Pediatric use - Anabolic agents like Winstrol may accelerate epiphyseal maturation more rapidly than linear growth in children, and the effect may continue for 6 months after the drug has been stopped. Therefore, therapy should be monitored by x-ray studies at 6 month intervals in order to avoid the risk of compromising the adult height. The safety and efficacy of Winstrol in children with hereditary angioedema have not been established.

Main risks - There is no serious risk from acute poisoning with stanozolol, but chronic use can cause harm. The main risks are those: menstrual irregularities and virilization in women and impotence, premature cardiovascular disease and prostatic hypertrophy in men. Both men and women can suffer liver damage with stanozolol containing a substituted 17-alpha-carbon. Psychiatric changes can occur during use or after cessation of Winstrol.

Overdosage - Acute Winstrol overdosage can produce nausea and gastrointestinal upset. Chronic usage is thought to cause an increase in muscles and can cause an exageration of male characteristics and effects related to male hormones. Winstrol can influence sexual function. It can also cause cardiovascular and hepatic damage. Irregular menses, atrophy of the breasts, clitoromegaly in women, testicular atrophy and prostatic hypertrophy in men and acne and male pattern baldness occur in both sexes.