JonnyCraig
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Curious what everyone's thoughts are on Ephedrine HCL.
I was basically on it since 2010 in low doses of 24mg or so with 100/200mg caffeine, 5x a week, for a good 6-7 years. Taking some breaks here and there.
Obviously it really helped to boost athletic performance, and work performance as well (made me a beast work wise, never tired, just on all the time, I credit my promotions to it tbh). It's somewhat of a magic pill for me, for any situation where I need to be ON 100%, including workouts or social events, etc.
However...
I stopped taking it near the end of 2016.. and would only use it very sparing after this period.
Mostly, because of this thread: Hair Loss Help Forums - Stopped Ephedrine = Hair Growth!
I can't say since stopping I've noticed much difference in terms of hair thickness or no.. nor does it really seem that ephedrine made my hair thin per se. In fact, if anything my hair was pretty thick 2010-2016 (started receding badly near the end of 2015 when I went on RU58841 stupidly).
What's very intriguing about ephedrine to me, is it's ability to burn fat, while also preserving+aiding muscle mass, simultaneously.
Anyways. Curious on thoughts about epehdrine? Especially it's relation to hair, hair thinning, possibly accelerating MPB...
Interactions with Hormones
6.1. Estrogen
Ephedrine, at 0.5mg/kg daily, exerts an anti-estrogenic effect in mice and was more potent than Ephedra Sinica and Synephrine at doing so.[49]
"Metabolic rate, thermogenesis, and oxygen consumption are all reliably increased with ephedrine supplementation. The increase is greater with caffeine or other xanthine compounds, is greater in obese persons, and shows most practical significance during periods of caloric restriction. Estimates are around 5-12% increases in metabolic rate."
"Ephedrine is able to act with the muscle cells directly and induce thermogenesis in myocytes. It has also been reported that urinary excretion of nitrogen is reduced during ephedrine supplementation, indicating that this interaction or a like interaction exerts a muscle sparing effect.
Ephedrine can also increase thermogenesis via its vasoconstrictory abilities and the phenomena of 'hot pipes', otherwise known as vascular thermogenesis[22] as well as acting on brown adipose tissue's beta-adrenergic receptors system.
Supplementation with ephedrine increases plasma insulin, glucose, and C-peptide in a dose dependent manner, possibly due to the state of transient insulin resistant classical stimulants induce."
I was basically on it since 2010 in low doses of 24mg or so with 100/200mg caffeine, 5x a week, for a good 6-7 years. Taking some breaks here and there.
Obviously it really helped to boost athletic performance, and work performance as well (made me a beast work wise, never tired, just on all the time, I credit my promotions to it tbh). It's somewhat of a magic pill for me, for any situation where I need to be ON 100%, including workouts or social events, etc.
However...
I stopped taking it near the end of 2016.. and would only use it very sparing after this period.
Mostly, because of this thread: Hair Loss Help Forums - Stopped Ephedrine = Hair Growth!
I can't say since stopping I've noticed much difference in terms of hair thickness or no.. nor does it really seem that ephedrine made my hair thin per se. In fact, if anything my hair was pretty thick 2010-2016 (started receding badly near the end of 2015 when I went on RU58841 stupidly).
What's very intriguing about ephedrine to me, is it's ability to burn fat, while also preserving+aiding muscle mass, simultaneously.
Anyways. Curious on thoughts about epehdrine? Especially it's relation to hair, hair thinning, possibly accelerating MPB...
Interactions with Hormones
6.1. Estrogen
Ephedrine, at 0.5mg/kg daily, exerts an anti-estrogenic effect in mice and was more potent than Ephedra Sinica and Synephrine at doing so.[49]
"Metabolic rate, thermogenesis, and oxygen consumption are all reliably increased with ephedrine supplementation. The increase is greater with caffeine or other xanthine compounds, is greater in obese persons, and shows most practical significance during periods of caloric restriction. Estimates are around 5-12% increases in metabolic rate."
"Ephedrine is able to act with the muscle cells directly and induce thermogenesis in myocytes. It has also been reported that urinary excretion of nitrogen is reduced during ephedrine supplementation, indicating that this interaction or a like interaction exerts a muscle sparing effect.
Ephedrine can also increase thermogenesis via its vasoconstrictory abilities and the phenomena of 'hot pipes', otherwise known as vascular thermogenesis[22] as well as acting on brown adipose tissue's beta-adrenergic receptors system.
Supplementation with ephedrine increases plasma insulin, glucose, and C-peptide in a dose dependent manner, possibly due to the state of transient insulin resistant classical stimulants induce."
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