GW-501516
People mainly take GW-501516 for performance, weight loss, energy. Based on 307 first-hand reports and 0 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #186 of 2,750 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 64% are positive.
What GW-501516 does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
No randomized controlled trials in humans found on PubMed. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Dosage people report
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Reported side effects
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
What users say
Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.
“GW-501516 was a big one.”
“Look into these the cancer risk of gw 50156 comes from a poorly done study that gave rats 50 times the human dose per bodyweight”
“Cardarine 20mg, 10 mg Tadalafil, 50mg sildenafil, Shilajit, and fresh watermelon, beetroot, pomegranate juice.”
“For weight loss Cardarine is good. It tells your body to use fat as energy... my body fat has dropped abit but not loads but it's been 2 weeks.”
“cardarine is a beast when it comes to performance while training. Your endurance goes up the second day you're on it.”
GW-501516 compared
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