i think you made a solid choice my friend. in actuallity, im a rookie here myself to ph's. this only my second run with any sort of ph, but before i decided to use ph, i studied, read, and dissected a lot of info surrounding its use, benefits, setbacks, etc. However, even being new to this game, ive already benefited from the use. My raw gains from the first were up from 160 to 170 lbs, with minimal strength gains in my push exercises, but noticable gains in my pull exercises...noticable gains visually too) now rounding out my 2nd cycle of pretty much the same stuff (T-1, but this time, equal amounts of 1-test/4ad), ive not only increased my weight from 167-174, three weeks into it, but the strengh gains have shown, along with weight change) Im a easy gainer and also can lose weight pretty easily (example: 2 years ago, i was a sick 126 at 5'9....2 years before that, i was around 155 at 5'8-9).
As far as noraderm like products, im thinkign bdc will come through with similar products if not already in the works....good luck man...looking forward to hearing back some positive results.