Great information guambomb!
I'm running clen several weeks on - two off - and am seeing great results - however I'm also running T3 which is helping.
Right now I'm on my off cycle and will have to try adding taurine.
Like others say - just start low - usually at 20 mcg up to 160 mcg.
If you have ever ran a ECA stack and do well with it - then I would think you'll do fine.
If anyone considers T3 - here's what I found - as there's a lot of conflicting information.
Some people say stay away from it because it's to easy to go into a catabolic state from it.
We'll I have seen studies say that a catabolic state doesn't happen until you go over 100 mcg - however I've also seen a lot of people say they loved it and did well except they felt they were in a catabolic state at 100.
So - i've decided to play it safe and run 40 twice a day which brings me to 80 mcg and feel really good at this dose.
haha just glad somebody found it useful!
and for what its worth, I take Taurine alongside clenbuterol (as well as in the off-time).
I add in a little bit of T3 as well, but I shy away from using too much not because of the potential for catabolism--but due to my fears of shutting down my thyroid gland (a condition called thyrotoxicosis factictia).
It might also help to keep in mind that clenbuterol has a long half life reported upwards of 36hrs (with a biphasic half-life...that is to say, it has two peaks in your blood).
one last nerdy thing:
clenbuterol has been used to treat muscular dystrophy at a dose of 30-40mcg/day for 6-18 months (in a sample size of 4 adults). Results of treatment showed that power and volume of well-preservered muscles (those not affected by the muscular dystrophy) increased. The rapid phase has a 1/2 life of close to 10hrs and the slower phase is closer to 36hrs.
If you wanted to be really tricky...you could add a beta-1 blocker (i.e., metoprolol), which could prevent high concentrations of clenbuterol from hitting the heart's beta-1 receptors.
If you are using T3 as well, then it should be noted that T3 upregulates Beta-1 receptors on the heart (and other places)...so a beta blocker might not be a bad call.
CAVEAT: I have NOT tried this myself, I'm just throwing out hypotheses and I hope to hear from someone who has mastered this combo of pharmaceuticals.
ADDENDUM: if you use a beta-blocker (like the aforementioned metoprolol)--you MUST taper down! Otherwise, upon discontinuance of beta-blocker will lead to some pretty bad heart palpitations (due to upregulation of beta-1 receptors while on metoprolol).
