EQ as good as Deca for joints?

[Megatron28]

Yes. And there is no such thing as "Lubricated Joints", joints will always have synovial fluid (you're in serious trouble if you don't produce it), the difference is the viscosity where certain steroids would change the molecular weight of hyaluronic acid in synovial joints. Heavier hyaluronic acid = thicker synovial fluid = comfortably gliding joints.

You had me at synovial and hyaluronic.

 

[Epic Ed]

I didn't have a good experience with EQ. I have a pretty nasty case of osteoarthritis in both knees and had run some sort of 19-nor compound in all of my previous cycles (deca, NPP, or tren). Last year I ran just test and EQ and I had joint pain all over my body like I've never experienced. There's a lengthy thread discussing the specifics, but bottom line is it didn't interact very well for me. Gains were limited due to it being too painful to lift heavy. This difference in the benefits for joint pain relief for me between deca and EQ was night and day.

 

[RamJam]

It sounds like i may just have to roll the dice if im gonna find out if deca works for me--just hope certain parts of my anatomy dont have to pay the price---but hey-- thats ROLLIN THA DICE!!

 

[Fire46149]

What is the consensus of a safe deca dose to avoid the major sides when running test as well?

 

[Austinite]

^ What side effects?

 

[JimiThing]

That's not how deca eases joints, not sure how it came to be compared to EQ.

Exactly and for this reason I would say Deca is superior. Progesterone has potent intrinsic anti inflammatory properties. So Deca has very high rate of collagen synthesis (Which actually may mean nothing given the diff types of collagen and the cross link connectivity required for this to have any positive effect anyway) and acts as a potent anti-inflammatory. There are also a couple other reasons deca illicits the joint relief. I cannot at the moment recall. Nandi wrote an excellent article about this several years ago. Perhaps I can find and post it.

 

[49ER]

Npp and glucosamine have really gave me relief in my elbow joints they were killing me a few weeks ago