What Dianabol is

Class and mechanism

Dianabol is an oral anabolic-androgenic steroid. A 17-alpha-alkylated derivative of testosterone with an added 1,2 double bond. Aromatises to methyloestradiol.

Where it sits

Oral compounds are tablets, and the structural feature that makes a compound orally active is usually 17-alpha-alkylation, which resists first-pass hepatic metabolism. That same feature is why oral compounds are discussed differently from injectables.

Other names

Dianabol is also written as Methandrostenolone and Dbol. The same molecule appears under more than one name, which is worth knowing when comparing listings between suppliers.

Others in the oral compounds range

Dianabol sits in the oral compounds group. The compounds below share that grouping, which is the useful starting point when comparing one against another: same group means the comparison is like for like, different group usually means it is not.