Letrozole is an extremely potent anti-estrogen which contains 2.5mgof the substance Letrozole.
Letrozole was originally developed to help treat breast cancer inwomen. It can also have benefits to bodybuilders who are verysensitive to estrogen related side effects, or who are in heavy bulkingcycles and taking arge amounts of aromatizing hormones such astestosterone. Letrozole is extremely potent at blocking estrogen in thebody, and studies typically show that a relatively low dose of Letrozolecan eliminate up to 98% of the estrogen in the body. Some subjectshave even been shown to have no estrogen at all in their bodies afterbeing administered Letrozole.
While too much estrogen can be harmful and bring about unwantedside effects, it's important that bodybuilders don't totally eliminateestrogen all together, for its presence is vital for optimum musclegrowth and also for keeping a healthy sex drive.
Letrozole is about 3 times stronger than Anastrozole, and wouldgenerally be used by those who have found that Anastrozole wasn'tstrong enough to keep estrogenic related side effects under contro.
Another use for Letrozole might come to those who have alreadysuffered from the estrogen related side effect, gyno. This is due tothe fact that Letrozole has actually been shown to reverse the effectsof this condition in some, There is no quarantee however, but if youhave already begun seeing the symptoms of gyno, then it is probablyworth giving Letrozole a shot and seeing if it can help.
Letrozole could also be useful to those bodybuilders who are incontest prep and looking to be as dry as possible. Those using Letrozole will typically take 2.5-5.0 mg a day Anything more than thiswill generally reduce estrogen too much in the body and hinder one ssex drive.
