Has anyone used Albuterol?

[Mentula]

I have found a couple of places selling albuterol as a beta2 agonist for weight reduction (cutting). Apparently the side effects are less than clenbuterol's and the plasma half life is significantly shorter allowing for a proper sleep at night (assuming you had problems with clen). The dosages are 4mg/ml and 4mg per capsule. Does anyone has any comments on it or experience using albuterol?

[mbritton2]

Dont wast your time and money i have to ues it everyday for my breathing and it does not work like that u need to stick with Clen or eca

[Mentula]

How do you administer your albuterol, via inhalation?

That dosage would be in the micorgram quantity. I would have to think that would be significantly different form ingesting 8mg or more (still well within the safety range). If you took clen strictly for bronchodilation, then that dosage wouldn't burn much fat either.

I have in fact (last night after posting) looked at usage journals from users on a different board that claim it worked very well for them.

My girlfriend wants to try it. I want to make sure her money is well spent and the decision is well thought out.

[psychojr36]

loli use that for my asthm never in my like have i herad of it to cut weight if so i wouldnt have been a fat little kid haha

[Mentula]

Here is some info on Albuterol (I didn't write this)



Albuterol, like its closely related chemical cousin clenbuterol, is an asthma medication that has been adopted by athletes and bodybuilders as an ergogenic aid. Like clenbuterol, albuterol binds to the so called beta 2 adrenergic receptors found on cells throughout the body. The beta 2 receptors on fat cells activate an enzyme called hormone sensitive lipase. This breaks up stored fat into free fatty acids that are able to then leave the fat cell and serve as a fuel source in other tissues. In athletes the primary target of these fatty acids is working muscle. This is the familiar process we know as lipolysis. Albuterol, like clen, is a potent lipolytic agent. But simply freeing up fat is not enough. Unless the body can burn the extra FFA they will simply be reincorporated into fat. Albuterol has the ability to elevate a person's metabolic rate so these FFA can be utilized for fuel.

Numerous animal studies have shown that clenbuterol increases both muscle size and strength; data supporting these effects in humans are sparse. Albuterol on the the other hand has been shown to significantly increase both strength and endurance in humans (1,2). As an added benfit, albuterol lowers LDL and total cholesterol, while at the same time elevating HDL, the "good cholesterol":

"Significant alterations (P < or = .02) were observed in total cholesterol ([TC] -9.1% +/- 2.5%), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ([LDL-C] - 15.0% +/- 2.9%), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ([HDL-C] +10.4% +/- 3.2%) concentrations, as well as the TC/HDL-C (-17.4% +/- 2.6%) and LDL-C/HDL-C (-22.9% +/- 2.4%) ratios." (3)

4 mg of albuterol taken approximately 1 to 2 hours before a workout allows for peak plasma levels to be reached during the training session. Additionally the much shorter half life of albuterol compared to clenbuterol allows one to benefit from its ergogenic effects during a training session but not suffer the sleeplessness that many clenbuterol users experience. Moreover, the short half life leads to much less beta 2 receptor downregulation than with clenbuterol, allowing one to use the drug daily for longer periods of time. On the other hand, if one is primarily interested in fat loss rather than performance enhancement, one could take 3 or 4 multiple doses of albuterol throughout the day, always of course cutting back if clenbuterol-like side effects are felt.


(1) Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2000 Jul;32(7):1300-6. Effect of salbutamol on muscle strength and endurance performance in nonasthmatic men. van Baak MA, Mayer LH, Kempinski RE, Hartgens F.

(2) Aviat Space Environ Med. 2004 Jun;75(6):505-11 Albuterol helps resistance exercise attenuate unloading-induced knee extensor losses. Caruso JF, Hamill JL, Yamauchi M, Mercado DR, Cook TD, Keller CP, Montgomery AG, Elias J.

(3) Metabolism. 1996 Jun;45(6):712-7 Effects of oral albuterol on serum lipids and carbohydrate metabolism in healthy men. Maki KC, Skorodin MS, Jessen JH, Laghi F.

[blm]

Yeah I have heard that before, but I have to use it from time to time for my asthma and I surely don'y get clen like effects.

[Mentula]

How much are you guys taking for asthma?