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Normethandrone (brand names Metalutin, Orgasteron, Lutenin, Matronal), also known as methylestrenolone and normethisterone, as well as 17α-methyl-19-nortestosterone, is a progestin and anabolic-androgenic steroid.

Normethandrolone is a potent oral anabolic steroid derived from nandrolone. Also called methylnandrolone or methylnortestosterone, normethandrolone can crudely be looked at as the "methyltestosterone of nandrolone." It differs from its parent hormone nandrolone only by the addition of c-17 alpha methyl group, the same alteration that creates methyltestosterone from testosterone. This, of course, was added to make oral dosing viable. Animal studies looking at the oral potency of this steroid rate it to be roughly 3-6 times more anabolic than methyltestosterone, while possessing only roughly 10-250/0 more androgenicity.678 679 The overall anabolic-androgenic ratio of this steroid falls somewhere between 3:1 and 5.5:1.

Although it is effective orally, normethandrolone is not the most ideal steroid for bodybuilders and athletes, at least where lean mass or sports performance are concerned (something for which nandrolone is highly favored). In this case methylation has amplified the estrogenic and progestational activity of the steroid considerably, which means that muscle gains are likely to be accompanied by considerable water and fat retention.

For bodybuilding purposes, this drug would typically be taken at a dosage of 10 mg to 30 mg per day, taken in cycles lasting 6 to 8 weeks. This level is sufficient for rapid gains in strength and muscle mass (bulk).This compound is used almost exclusively for bulking phases of training, as its progestational and estrogenic nature will undoubtedly work against fat loss and muscle definition when trying to cut. Used alone, one can expect to see decent gains, something perhaps in line with a Dianabol cycle, but with a seemingly more noteworthy estrogenic side to it. The high progestational and estrogenic activities of normethandrolone also make it of little value in speed and endurance sports, causing an unwanted retention of water weight.