Arimistane is popularly used as a post cycle thearpy ingredient for when you've done a suppressive cycle, either with prohormones, SARMs or steroids.
Because taking a cycle can suppress your natural hormone production, your levels of estrogen can increase and without a PCT, your testosterone may take longer to recover.
And usually after a cycle, a big portion of the gains and strength will be lost.
But with Arimistane, it's a potent agent for blocking estrogen, helping maintain the gains and can give the body a better chance of recovering it's natural hormone production.
Arimistane is easily obtainable and is one of the best PCT ingredients to use.
And it'll likely be in a supplement that has other ingredients.
Typically a PCT supplement will have a dosage of 50-100mg of Arimistane along with other ingredients that help with cortisol, organ support and testosterone production.
Typically these ingredients will include:
- Ashwagandha (KSM-66 or Shoden or has some standardization for withanolides)
- D-Aspartic Acid (testosterone support)
- Tribulus or Safed Musli (libido support)
- Boron Citrate
- Zinc
- Magnesium
- Vitamin D3
A perfect supplement with these ingredients is Rebirth PCT, I recommend it as it's very strong.
A potent PCT stack can also have a testosterone booster, like this one.
Any PCT supplement that you go with should be fully disclosed, contain the best ingredients at proper clinical dosages and has a fair price.
Users report maintaining gains after using Arimistane and fat loss, which isn't surprising.
And since Arimistane is very mild, it isn't as potent as prescription AI's, the side effects are few to none.
There are no reported side effects but there isn't a ton of research on this either.
And bodybuilders who use this as a PCT are less likely to openly share their experience with it.
The longest run study was 8 weeks with 16 weight trained males and they reported no side effects.
If you do experience side effects, like racing heart rate, vomiting, dizziness, then it's often advised to discontinue use.
I've never heard of side effects from using Arimistane, other than the odd case of dry joints but that usually goes away after ending use.
It's smart to keep the dose low, between 50mg to 100mg and no longer than 4-8 weeks at a time.