{"id":9405,"date":"2024-10-23T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/post-cycle-therapy-pct\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:23:18","slug":"post-cycle-therapy-pct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/post-cycle-therapy-pct\/","title":{"rendered":"POST-CYCLE THERAPY (PCT)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">It is a protocol that <strong>helps the body recover<\/strong> its natural testosterone production after a steroid cycle.<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Why is it important? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>It prevents symptoms such as low libido, fatigue, muscle loss, and depression. It also <strong>protects fertility. A duration of 4-6 weeks<\/strong> is standard. It can be repeated if blood work is not yet within range.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/shop\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9\">What does a good PCT include?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p> <strong>HCG<\/strong> (as a testicular &#8220;starter&#8221;)<br\/><strong>Clomiphene or tamoxifen<\/strong> (SERM) to stimulate the hypothalamic-pituitary axis<br\/><strong>SILYMARIN<\/strong> liver protector, and other supplements such as zinc, vitamin D, and omega-3 fatty acids<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Anastrozole in post-cycle therapy<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>Blocks aromatase<\/strong><strong> \u2192<\/strong> lowering the conversion of testosterone to estrogen.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Prevents the estrogenic &#8220;rebound&#8221;<\/strong> that sometimes occurs when discontinuing aromatizing steroids.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Leaves testosterone &#8220;free&#8221;<\/strong> and reduces the risk of gynecomastia, water retention, or emotional &#8220;crash.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a protocol that helps the body recover its natural testosterone production after a steroid cycle. Why is it important? It prevents symptoms such as low libido, fatigue, muscle loss, and depression. It also protects fertility. A duration of 4-6 weeks is standard. It can be repeated if blood work is not yet within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[263,262],"class_list":["post-9405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-post-ciclo-pct","tag-pct","tag-post-cycle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9407,"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9405\/revisions\/9407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alba-pharma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}