How important are AI's?

[ali_baba]

How important are a.i's when running a cycle. say test e at 500mg for 10 weeks. In some posts and the 9th edition of anabolics people say that A.I's are not all that preferred because they are pretty harmful. Rather nolva is recommended in case of severe estrogen related side effects. (Stating that the estrogen is good for creating gains to a certain extent) But then I read in other posts that estrogen should be controlled from the start due to a number of reason including the fact that E2 is a carcinogen.

I guess my questions are/ as follows

1) is it really necessary to run an a.i. or serm from the start?
2) Would nolva work just as well without being as harsh on the body if one is needed?
3) does test e even convert to E2? (i think it does but i'm not a biochemist or endrocrinologist so any literature on this would be appreciated)

[gearbox]

nolva is a serm not an ai. and find swiftos sticky on running an ai..its a good read and its above on the q & a sections..

[gixxerboy1]

yes it is necessary
nolva doesnt reduce the amount of estrogen in your system, it just stops it from binding
what do you mean does test e convert to test e?

[gearbox]

i just looked at swiftos is the 2nd post in RED under IMPORTANT....read it from the start and you will learn a lot..then comes back with additional questions

[ali_baba]

gixxerboy, I meant does test e convert to E2 or other "safe" non carcinogenic estrogens?

[gixxerboy1]

yes test e will raise your E2

[ali_baba]

Good read, thanks for the help. I will continue to research the subject but that post was pretty compelling

[gearbox]

Go read swifto's sticky on running an ai. its the second one from the top

[ali_baba]

Yea i read it, that's what i was referring to in my last post. Thanks