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US brand names:Winstrol-V
Stanozolol is dosed at 5 mg/kg IM q7d prn in ball pythons, per Carpenter JW, Klaphake E, Gibbons PM, et al. Reptile formulary. In: Divers SJ, Stahl SJ, eds. Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery, 3rd ed., Elsevier, St. Louis, MO; 2019:1191-1211. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.262 — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery (Divers & Stahl) — ISBN 9780323482530, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323482530 - Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.8 (Hormones and Steroids Used in Reptiles). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table - not the page - is the citable location.. Verify against current literature before clinical use.
Synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid. Promotes protein synthesis, muscle growth, and erythropoiesis. Antifibrinolytic properties.
Hepatotoxicity with oral form. Virilization. Contraindicated in pregnancy. Used for appetite stimulation and debilitated patients. DEA Schedule III.
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