The use of oxandrolone was formally introduced to the medical community at the 12th annual World AIDS Conference in Geneva in 1998 by independent investigator Dr. Marc Hellerstein of the University of California at Berkeley. The study was designed to verify the safety and the efficacy of oxandrolone in conjunction with presently available anti-viral therapies. Without a doubt, one of the major advantages of oxandrolone is that it is taken orally. Injecting large doses of testosterone is exceedingly painful. Oxandrolone enables users to ingest a pill each day and receive a 100mg replacement shot of testosterone per week.
Much controversy is raised over the use of testosterone injections.
Since oxandrolone is a steroid, if a patient just takes 20mg of oxandrolone per day, he or she would probably not notice much of an effect since the body produces that much itself. And they witnessed a considerable increase in strength. These were men who, ashamed of their appearance, were afraid to venture outside. The evenly distributed weight they gained helped them feel vital again. Some began to work again, start relationships again.