Mesterolone Proviron

Description: Mesterolone is an orally applicable androgen, and DHT derivative. It is sold under the brand name Proviron (as Provironum in Asia-Pacific region), by Bayer Schering Pharma (earlier by Schering). In the late 70's and early 80's it was used with some success in controlled studies of men suffering from various forms of depression.

Mesterolone is a relatively weak androgen and rarely used for replacement therapies. The drug has shown to be beneficial in treating sexual dysfunction, impotency and low libido. Mesterolone binds to estrogen receptors, reducing their activity, which not only reduces estrogen production, but also encourages natural testosterone production in the body.

Applications: Mesterolone is often used as an antiestrogenic treatment and may be used by those who have had a poor reaction to testosterone treatments. The drug has shown to be beneficial in treating sexual dysfunction, impotency and low libido.

Mesterolone binds to estrogen receptors, reducing their activity, which not only reduces estrogen production, but also encourages natural testosterone production in the body. During the late 1970s, doctors who performed studies on mesterolone concluded that the drug could be used to treat depression in some men.

Patients with symptoms of anxiety and low sex drive reported improvement with low doses of the steroid. During the study, higher doses proved helpful to patients with dysthymia and bipolar depression as well.

Since this time, newer studies have shown that patients taking a placebo improved at the same rate as patients taking mesterolone, leading medical professionals to believe that better drug options exit.