Clinical evaluation of norbolethone, a new anabolic steroid

ABSTRACT

Norbolethone may be considered an excellent metabolic activator due to the following reasons 1. Substantial increase in lean body weight in a big majority of the subjects. 2. Stimulation of appetite in those suffering from chronic or refractory anorexia not affected by vitamins and other anabolics previously taken3. Improvement of the feeling of well-being in those patients even suffering from malignancies and intractable pain4. Increase of alertness and strength which would have taken a long time in convalescent subjects, post-infectious and post-surgical5. Persistence of excellent results even after administration of the drug had been terminated6. Reversal of negative nitrogen balance7. Insignificant effect on blood and urine values. SGOT values increased but were restored to normal8. Increase in serum protein and nitrogen balance positive of protein build up9. Side reactions that occur later with the drug are not severe enough to require suspension of therapy and disappear gradually even only on reduction of the dose. The 11 dropouts earlier in the study were not caused by intolerance to the drug but due to the fact that these subjects thought they had received enough of the drug when their conditions improved. (Conclusion)