Recently I was asked this week about sides, a friend of a friend has tried a cycle twice now but stopped early into the cycle as they were getting a lot of sides. Acne, loss of sex drive etc.

My initial thought was either that the gear was bunk, the lab was shitty (maybe the oil mix was poor = acne), or the guy wasn't taking enough. I did my homework, asked about the cycles and lab and asked around a bit to get some info on the lab. The lab checked out, UK stuff only shipped in and not produced here but known to be pretty good and the cycles seemed pretty legit as far as dose and stack.

So this got me thinking, in my younger days I had tried a number of labs and the only time I had much of an issue was when the lab was questionable. By this I mean the gear had become known to be under-dosed as many labs end up doing once they get some street cred for having quality product. Some labs will under-dose and ride out their name for some time before people get wise at which point they start up a new lab, with high dose and quality product to start off , only to do the same thing. Think stepping on drugs to make a greater profit.

My point is this, if you are finding you are having a lot of sides including acne or loss of sex drive and/or you are not noticing much of a difference I think there is a good chance you are using under-dosed product and in turn you are taking far less than you think, and far less than normal body production. If you take steroids you shut down your natural production. If you don’t take an amount equivalent to natural levels (preferably more) you will actually be reducing your test levels; enough to shut down natural test production but not enough to replace it. Levels lower than natural are going to 1 - not give you any advantage at all and 2 - give you reduced sex drive, sides, and even loss of muscle. If you are under-dosing, by accident, you are essentially imitating what happens when you cycle off, which is usually when people get sides and get some less than desirable results.

So, make sure your lab is legit. Also, some underground labs are known to be under-dosed, which is fine, it is a lot cheaper but go in knowing this; you may have to take a dose a bit higher than you think, shooting for 300mg? you might need 450 to make up for any discrepancy in actual dose, but consider this; by having to take more your body is having to process more in the way of oils and bi-products which can also lead to undesired sides. If you think about it you are still saving cash, just be aware of the reality here. Lower cost probably means lower dose.