I had a weird headache the first few days I took Ostar1ne. It may or may not have been related as I am headache prone regardless. The few people I know that have taken Osta have had the same reaction. It is normal, it should not last and you should be good to go.
I also noticed an increase in vascularity very early on. I don't remember for sure but I believe I started seeing effects after day 3. I was taking TransForm as well during the first week.
I see people logging Osta products but don't see people mentioning support supplements for these cycles. I think as a community we need to stop for a second and re-evaluate exactly how we appproach this SARM and the cycling of it. Cycle support should be run with this stuff. It is very cheap insurance!! When you look at the range of issues we see people having while running this stuff - low libido, BP issues, elevated estrogen and prolactin, imbalanced cholesterol levels/lipid issues - it is clear that this stuff is not benign. For sure the effects will be different for everyone and that is exactly what we see with aas/ph/ds cycles as well. Osta may not be in the same league as steroids (results or side effects) but for some people they do have negative sides. For sure a $30 bottle of cycle support is worth some peace of mind, no? I made my own cycle support while on Osta. It consisted of hawthorne berry, milk thistle, NAC, garlic extract, saw palmetto, turmeric, grape seed/resveratrol etc etc.
We should also keep in mind that all of the the studies out there on Osta are on very low doses. These doses are often times 1/10 of the dose that we as bodybuilders/athletes are taking. Not only that, we are taking supplements that are (most of the time) being produced by unknown entities in unknown places under conditions that we know nothing about. Consider this, some of the biggest sports supplement and nutrition companies in the world are often called out for producing products that don't match what is on the label, is underdosed, overdosed or contains unlisted ingredients. The biggest thing that often gets overlooked is heavy metals that sometimes get introduced during the manufacturing process or even the growing and/or cultivating of the ingredients used. I always try and plan for a worst case scenario and then I hopefully I am covered enough to have a successful cycle of whetever it is I am using.
At the end of the day I use a ridiculous amount of supplements, from vitamins and minerals to ph/ds and Ostarine. I am not going to stop using them but I use them with the knowledge that things are far from perfect.
In closing, I am not saying that any of the companies we use or the vendors that support this board are doing anything underhanded in producing the compounds that we enjoy. What I am saying is that, in regards to ostarine, we are using a compond that is still in clinical trials and at doses that are many times what has been studied. We can and should expect side effects! There are no clinical trials of a 25 yr old dude doing a 7 week cycle of 30mg a day of Osta, stacked with Forma and whatever else we throw at it. So, the next time you decide to run an Osta cycle, grab some cycle assist (or whatever), throw in some garlic (or whatever) and cover all your bases. Our health is worth an extra $30, I think...
Sorry for the mini-rant. This post is directed at nobdy in particular. Happy New Year!
