Vitruvian's Steroid Profile of NPP (deca)

[Dancer]

Keep up the good work bro... there is always room for newer members stepping up.

[KimboHalfSlice]

Hey I'm curious about something. Here's what I understand so far:

Durabolin = Nandrolone phenyl-propionate = NPP
Deca-Durabolin = Nandrolone decanoate

So "Durabolin" and "Deca-Durabolin" are the same steroid except they have different esters attached (in much the same way that Test Prop and Test Enan are the same steroid).

I understand that different esters results in different release times (i.e. longer esters take longer to release), but what I don't understand is how the same steroid with different esters attached can have a different effect?

For instance, you say that NPP causes less water retention. I'm curious about this... I mean both NPP and Deca get broken down to the same steroid, so it's the same steroid that's flowing through your blood and getting to your muscles.

People tend to say the same thing about Test Prop, i.e. they say that it causes less water retention than longer esters such as Test Enan. I'm curious how this could be so, because they both become Testosterone eventually.

I remember I started a thread on this a while back but I couldn't really get a definitive answer: http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=398073

[Vitruvian-Man]

Hey I'm curious about something. Here's what I understand so far:

Durabolin = Nandrolone phenyl-propionate = NPP
Deca-Durabolin = Nandrolone decanoate

So "Durabolin" and "Deca-Durabolin" are the same steroid except they have different esters attached (in much the same way that Test Prop and Test Enan are the same steroid).

I understand that different esters results in different release times (i.e. longer esters take longer to release), but what I don't understand is how the same steroid with different esters attached can have a different effect?

For instance, you say that NPP causes less water retention. I'm curious about this... I mean both NPP and Deca get broken down to the same steroid, so it's the same steroid that's flowing through your blood and getting to your muscles.

People tend to say the same thing about Test Prop, i.e. they say that it causes less water retention than longer esters such as Test Enan. I'm curious how this could be so, because they both become Testosterone eventually.

I remember I started a thread on this a while back but I couldn't really get a definitive answer: http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=398073

wow bro! haha, that was an essay question

This is the basic rule:

The shorter the ester attached to the compound, the less water retention that will occur. All it means is just leaner gains, because long esters are associated with bloat.

The longer the ester (IE) test-E = more conversion to estrogen, and estrogen is what gives us bloat.

[amoureux]

Dear sir that made this thread how does this look

I'm running 200mg of npp 2 times a week in the cycle I listed starting yesterday

In this thread

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...41#post5307141

[crazy_rocks]

if someone were to do a cycle of npp and sust would it be dumb to use dbol with it?

[Knockout_Power]

Dear sir that made this thread how does this look

I'm running 200mg of npp 2 times a week in the cycle I listed starting yesterday

In this thread

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...41#post5307141

NPP is a really short ester, you need to pin it EOD at minimum.