Stanozolol
Pronunciation:stan-OH-zoh-lahl (also pronounced stan-OH-zoh-lohl)
Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number:10418-03-8
Formal Names:Stromba, Strombaject, Stromba Winject, Winstroid, Winstrol
Type:Anabolic steroid.Seepage 24
Federal Schedule Listing:Schedule III (DEA no. 4000)
USA Availability:Prescription
Pregnancy Category:X
Uses.This synthetic drug is related totestosterone. Stanozolol is used to
combat hereditary angioedema, a disease causing body tissues to swell. The
substance is also used to reduce weight loss from cancer or AIDS (acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome) and has been used experimentally to improve
physical activity of elderly persons and to enhance nutrition of surgery pa-
tients (a case report warns, however, that the substance may cause iron defi-
ciency). Raynaud’s disease, in which persons experience painful spasms of
fingers and toes, has been combated with stanozolol, and the drug can im-
prove a skin affliction called pityriasis rubra pilaris. Other skin conditions
responsive to stanozolol treatment include hives and cryofibrinogenemia (a
blood vessel blockage disorder that can also involve the heart and lungs).
Using the drug to treat a very serious blood disease called aplastic anemia
has yielded uncertain results. Itching from liver cirrhosis has been relieved
with stanozolol. Dentists give the drug to ease tooth-pulling. In a clinical ex-
periment the drug increased muscle mass. Some cattle raisers have used stan-
ozolol to boost meat production, but the practice is banned in assorted
jurisdictions.
Drawbacks. Unwanted effects from stanozolol may include weariness,
cramps, fluid retention, and migraine headaches. While taking stanozolol a
person’s high-density lipoproteins (so-called good cholesterol) may decline,
while low-density lipoproteins (bad cholesterol) increase. This effect might
worsen risk of artery blockage leading to heart attack or stroke, but the
changes in lipoprotein levels normally disappear after dosage stops. Uncom-
mon case reports indicate that stanozolol may increase blood pressure in the
brain and cause a stroke. A case report raises the possibility that the com-
pound may worsen tics suffered by persons having Tourette’s syndrome. Stan-
ozolol should be avoided by men with cancer of the breast or prostate and by