Winstrol (anabolic steroid) is synthetic male hormones which enhance and repair the body tissue-building process. It is used medically to treat anemia (low red blood cell count); to control breast cancer in women; to improve weight loss due to severe illness, and to treat osteoporosis (bone loss). Use of this for non-medical reasons poses serious, life threatening consequences.

Unlike most injectable anabolic steroids, Stanozolol is not esterified and is sold as an aqueous suspension, or in oral tablet form. The drug has a large oral bioavailability, due to a C17 a-alkylation which allows the hormone to survive first pass liver metabolism when ingested. It is because of this that Stanozolol is also sold in tablet form.

Winstrol is used for many medical conditions:

* Cryofibrinogenemia
* Hereditary angioedema, which causes episodes of swelling of the face, extremities, genitals, bowel wall, and throat. Stanozolol may decrease the frequency and severity of these attacks
* Intractable case of liposclerosis
* Thrombotic disorder involving congenital or acquired deficiencies in anticoagulant protein C levels
* Urticaria in combination with corticosteroids