ANDROSTERONE
BRAND:- ANDROSTERONE tablet,no specific brand available.
ANDROSTERONE is a type of chemical known as an anabolic steroid. It is converted in the body to testosterone and other sex hormones.
Pharmacodynamic:-
🚫 Not available.
Mechanism of action:-
Androsterone, a neurosteroid, acts as a positive allosteric modulator of GABA(A) receptors, that can cross into the brain and could have effects on brain function. It was discovered, that the association of beta subunits with alpha subunits GABA(A) receptor affects the sensitivity of glycine receptors to androsterone. In spite of that, androsteron is considered as an inactive metabolite of testosterone. In addition, was studied that androsterone possessed anticonvulsant properties. Although of low potency, the androsterone was present in high abundance and was able to represent endogenous modulator of seizure susceptibility.
USED:-
Androsterone is used for weight loss, to improve athletic performance, to reduce sexual problems, and for many other uses.
(NOTE:-but there is no good scientific evidence to support its use. Androsterone might also be unsafe.)
SIDE EFFECTS:-
Androsterone might also be unsafe, hair loss, liver damage, heart disease, breast development in men etc.
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