What is Deca
Nandrolone decanoate or nandrolone decanoate is an anabolic steroid, often sold under the brand name Deca Durabolin. It is an androgen and anabolic steroid drug (AAS) that is injected into muscle or fat every one to four weeks.Androgens are a group of hormones that play an important role in regulating the development and maintenance of male characteristics (such as body hair growth, deepening of the voice, etc.) and reproductive activity. The most common androgen is testosterone. Anabolic steroids are synthetic androgens, such as testosterone. They can be used for a variety of purposes.
These types of anabolic steroids are often used to rebuild tissue after a serious injury or long-term illness. Deca Durabolin can also be used to increase lean body mass in cases of negative nitrogen imbalance. But they are more often used to treat older women (postmenopausal) with osteoporosis, a disease in which bones become thin and brittle. It mimics the effects of the male sex hormone (testosterone).
How does Deca work?
Nandrolone decanoate works at the DNA level, mimicking the function of the androgen (testosterone) that is naturally produced in the body. Nandrolone levels have a positive effect on the body's calcium metabolism and increase bone mass in cases of osteoporosis.Chemical Structure
Nandrolone decanoate, also known as 17β-nandrolone decanoate, is a derivative of testosterone and is a synthetic estranolol steroid (or steroid ester). These compounds contain a steroid moiety with a carboxylate group. It is an androgenic ester. Specifically, it is the C17β decanoate (decanoate) of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone), which itself is a 19-desmethylated analog of testosterone.The chemical classification of Nandrolone Decanoate is as follows:
Kingdom of Organic Compounds
Superclass
Lipids and Lipidoid Molecules
Class
Steroids and Steroid Derivatives
Subclass
Steroid Esters
Direct Parent
Steroid Esters
Substitute Parents
Estrogens and Derivatives / Delta-4-Steroids / 3-Oxo-delta-4-Steroids / Carboxylates / Monocarboxylic Acids and Derivatives / Cyclohexanones / Organic Oxides / Hydrocarbon Derivatives
Substituents
3-Oxo-delta-4-Steroids, 3-Oxo-Steroids, Carbonyl, Aliphatic Homopolycyclic Compounds, Carboxylic Acid Derivatives, Carboxylic Acid Esters, Cyclohexanones, Delta-4-Steroids, Cycloketones, Estrane Skeleton
Molecular Framework
Aliphatic Homopolycyclic Compounds
External Description
Steroid Esters
Medical Uses
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease in which the bones of the body, especially those in the feet, ankles, and knees, become very weak. Bones become so fragile that even the slightest stress from a minor fall, bending over, or coughing can cause a fracture.
Osteoporosis-related fractures most often occur in small bones such as the spine, hips, or wrists. Osteoporosis usually occurs when the process of new bone formation cannot make up for the loss of existing old bone. Obviously, osteoporosis is more common in older people than in younger people. Among them, it usually occurs in women after menopause (the end of a woman's menstrual cycle) and is called postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Deca Durabolin is one of the most commonly used drugs to treat osteoporosis in older women after menopause. It makes bones strong and healthy, thereby reducing the risk of osteoporosis. It also helps maintain bone density levels, thereby preventing bones from breaking easily (fractures).
Other Medical Uses
Apart from this, Deca Durabolin is also used to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney disease, renal failure, aplastic anemia, inoperable breast cancer, and patients who have been receiving long-term corticosteroid treatment. It is also used to treat patients with diseases characterized by negative nitrogen balance.
Deca Durabolin is excellent at maintaining the body's lean mass (total body weight minus all fat weight). As a result, it is often used off-label in patients with HIV/AIDS and other wasting syndromes (disorders that cause a loss of more than 10% of a person's total body weight).
In the past, Deca Durabolin has also been considered for a variety of other conditions, including postoperative and preoperative use to increase lean body mass, to treat weight loss due to rehabilitation or illness, severe trauma, or certain growth defects in children.
Nandrolone esters (Deca Durabolin esters) can also be used in androgen replacement therapy to treat androgen deficiency in men. However, they are most commonly used as anabolic agents.
In summary, Deca Durabolin has been used to treat the following medical uses:
Osteoporosis in postmenopausal women
Anemia in chronic kidney disease
Renal failure
Aplastic anemia
Inoperable breast cancer
Negative nitrogen imbalance
Maintaining lean body mass in HIV/AIDS patients and other wasting syndromes
Maintaining lean body mass postoperatively and preoperatively
Androgen replacement therapy
