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Steroids / Prohormones and designer steroids

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Epistane EPIS

A designer supplement popular in mid-2000s products, later banned as a steroid. Users report real muscle-building effects, but it shares the liver-strain and cholesterol problems typical of similar oral steroids, and there's no controlled human research on it.

Also known as Havoc, methylepitiostanol

Effects Build muscle Lose fat
Routes Oral
Legal status Unapproved / investigational
WADA Banned at all times

3D Molecular Structure of C20H32OS

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  • Carbon
  • Hydrogen
  • Oxygen
  • Sulfur

Chemistry

Formula
C20H32OS
Molar mass
320.5
CAS
4267-80-5
PubChem CID
71752521

Reported dosing

User-reported

What has been reported in the literature and by users. This is a record of what is done, not a recommendation.

Typical dose 20-40 mg/day
Reported range 10-50 mg/day
Route Oral
Frequency Once or twice daily
Duration 4-6 week cycles (unregulated use)

A popular 2000s-era 'prohormone' later classified as an unapproved/controlled anabolic steroid in several jurisdictions; associated with liver-enzyme elevation in user reports.

Where this comes from Historical user-reported/supplement-industry literature

There is no approved human dosing for this compound. The figures above are what users and vendors report, not what has been established as safe or effective. Treat them as a record of what is done, not as guidance.