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It's hard to generalize because the East German doping program evolved over time and eventually included other compounds, but the levels of testosterone esters
by AlanYx 4y ago
It's hard to generalize because the East German doping program evolved over time and eventually included other compounds, but the levels of testosterone esters that were administered to the female athletes (typically 25mg/week) were actually lower than typical HRT regimes for trans men.
- mftrhu 4y ago> the levels of testosterone esters that were administered to the female athletes (typically 25mg/week) Comparing generic "testosterone esters" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_ester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_ester - from the fifties to "testosterone esters" from today, without knowing exactly which kind of medication was involved or how it was administered, doesn't seem like a good way to reach any kind of conclusion.
- 0des 4y agoAlso a lot of oral test was used at the time, which as we know now is danger. Hepatoconverted hormones turn your insides into granuloma pate'. Even these days people are taking stuff like Methyltest to the point of having liver pain, which they supplement with tudca, milk thistle, etc.