Deca Durabolin Steroids Used In Baseball

Deca Durabolin was one of the most popular steroids used in baseball throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.  Keyword ‘was’, because it is more than likely the steroid which is most avoided today.

Deca Durabolin is not only a great strength builder, but was popular for a variety of reasons.

First, Deca Durabolin is manufactured for the pharmaceutical company Organon. The actual steroid is nandrolone decanoate. Deca Durabolin is one of the most popular steroids used in bodybuilding, especially in off season ‘bulk steroid cycles‘.  It provides slow and steady gains in both muscle mass and strength.

Deca Durabolin

A typical dosage of Deca Durabolin is 400mgs per week.  A Deca Durabolin cycle would usually also include a testosterone steroid, such as, testosterone enanthate or testosterone cypionate, due to Deca Durabolin shutting down the natural hormone production in the body. In fact, Deca is one of the most known steroids for shutting the body’s HPTA, ie loss of sex drive!  Low sex drive, symptoms of depression and lack of energy are reasons why steroid users will often include testosterone with Deca Durabolin.

What makes Deca so popular with baseball players is the fact it helps with injuries and joint pain.  Steroids in general help with injuries and muscle fatigue recovery, but Deca Durabolin helps with nagging injuries, most often in the shoulders and rotator cuff issues.  This is what made Deca a favorite with baseball players, and especially pitchers.  Many people will say nandrolone decanoate ‘oils the joints and removes the pain’.  But what Deca does is increase collagen synthesis and bone mineral content, thus minimizing joint pain. Whether a pitcher had arm fatigue, or a long term injury in the shoulder, Deca Durabolin would eliminate pain and speed up recovery. However, nandrolone is not exactly the perfect steroid.

Deca Durabolin Side Effects

There are two main negative aspects of Deca that kept athletes away, one even more so today.  First, Deca Duraoblin causes water retention… which means water weight.  For pitchers, this is okay, as their speed is not important, but for someone in the outfield running for the ball, or a player on base, base running, the less weight the better, especially if it’s not muscle.

The most important reason why Deca isn’t used anymore? It stays active in the body for up to 18 months. Meaning any steroid test within 18 months after the last injection, could cause a positive steroid test.  With Major League Baseball (MLB) trying to put an end to anabolic steroid use, this drug definitely wants to be avoided.

With Deca not the ideal steroid anymore, pitchers and athletes need to find other ways to speed up recovery and minimizes aches and pains during the season.