Nandrolone Side Effects

Brand Names: Andryl 200

Please note - some side effects for Nandrolone may not be reported. Always consult your doctor or healthcare specialist for medical advice. You may also report side effects to the FDA at http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/ or 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088).

Side Effects of Nandrolone - for the consumer

Nandrolone

All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome when using Nandrolone:

Ankle swelling; baldness; breast growth; change in skin color; diarrhea; excitement; increase or decrease in sex drive; nausea; sleeplessness; swelling of the feet or ankles; vomiting.

After puberty: bladder irritation; fertility problems; inability to achieve an erection; testicle problems.

Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); acne, especially in women; behavior or emotional changes; dark urine; deepening of the voice in women; difficulty breathing, especially when lying down; enlarged sex organ (clitoris); increase in facial or body hair in women; menstrual changes; pain, redness, or swelling at the injection site; tenderness or swelling in the abdomen; yellowing of the skin or eyes.

Before puberty: increased frequency of erections; penile enlargement.

After puberty: frequent, painful erections.

For the professional

Nandrolone

Hepatic:

Hepatocellular neoplasms and peliosis hepatis have been reported in association with long-term androgenic anabolic steroid therapy.

Genitourinary System:

In men. a. Prepubertal: Phallic enlargement and increased frequency of erections. b. Postpubertal: Inhibition of testicular function, testicular atrophy and oligospermia, impotence, chronic priapism, epididymitis and bladder irritability.

In women: Clitoral enlargement, menstrual irregularities.

In both sexes: Increased or decreased libido.

CNS:

Habituation, excitation, insomnia, depression.

Gastrointestinal:

Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.

Hematologic:

Bleeding in patients on concomitant anticoagulant therapy.

Breast:

Gynecomastia.

Larynx:

Deepening of the voice in women.

Hair:

Hirsutism and male pattern of baldness in women.

Skin:

Acne (especially in women and prepubertal boys.)

Skeletal:

Premature closure of epiphyses in children.

Fluid and Electrolytes:

Edema, retention of serum electrolytes (sodium, chloride, potassium, phosphate, calcium).

Metabolic/Endocrine:

Decreased glucose tolerance, increased serum levels of low-density lipoprotein and decreased levels of high-density lipoprotein, increased creatine and creatinine excretion, increased serum levels of creatinine phosphokinase (CPK). Some virilizing changes in women are irreversible even after prompt discontinuance of therapy and are not prevented by concomitant use of estrogens.

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