Clenbuterol Side Effects are very common and most users are aware of it! Still they love to use Clen for its awesome cutting & muscle building effect.
We know how clenbuterol works in our body and helps in fat loss. It increases body heat, relieves congestions, increases heart rate, broadens air ways, enhances physical endurance and increases oxygen supply to cells.
That means it affects our body as a whole. While helping our body to burn fat, it can adversely affect many of our organs.
Here you may experience some immediate side effects which may vanish once you get used to Clen. But long term side effects of Clenbuterol are dangerous and can be even fatal.
Our Heart is at risk
One of the main side effects when Clen is used for a longer duration is cardiac hypertrophy. It means increase in the size of our heart. This is due to increased breathing and heart rate. It leads to pumping more blood to muscles and other cells. This results in heart palpitations, increase in blood pressure and enlargement of heart. It can even lead to heart attack.
Stimulates central nervous system
Clenbuterol is a strong beta stimulant. While provoking our fat burning mechanism or metabolism, Clen also stimulates our brain and central nervous system. There are people who use high doses clen for recreational purpose as an alternative to other stimulant drugs.
Clen can lead to mood swings, anxiety, nervousness, psychological irritation and even depression in people who are very sensitive and weak.
This is reason why many clen users report wired feeling, headaches, uneasiness and anxiety.
It can also lead to psychological imbalance when used in high doses for long duration.
Sleeplessness or Insomnia
This is a common side effect of all stimulant drugs. Clen keeps your body and nervous system active throughout the day and even night and keeps your heart rate high. As a result you may not feel sleepy at nights even after intense work out sessions. When you do not get proper sleep your whole system suffers.
You may feel dizzy, suffer unbearable headaches and feel physically exhausted. After spending a night or two without proper sleep, naturally your enthusiasm and energy level comes down and you may not be able to exercise like before.
To minimize this side effect people normally take Clen in the morning. But some people have very less tolerance levels to Clen and suffer sleepless nights while on the drug.
Uncontrollable tremors
Clen adversely affects our nervous system as a whole. You may experience trembling or shaky hands. These are usually sudden and can’t be stopped at your will.
This is a very common and uncomfortable side effect of Clenbuterol.
Abnormal sweating
This is due to sudden increase in heart rate and body temperature. This could be very annoying.
Muscle pain or cramps
This is the most discussed side effect of Clenbuterol. It is said that Clen reduces taurine levels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurine) in the body. Taurine is an essential 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid which is mostly found in bile, large intestine and skeletal muscles. Taurine is necessary for normal skeletal muscle functioning. (ref) Exercising depletes them and even clenbuterol is said to further lower the taurine levels.
Taurine deficiency can lead to muscle damage or injury and cramps, fatigue while exercising, low back pain, constipation and depression. (ref) .
How to avoid Clen side effects?
- Bodybuilders think that side effects of Clen can be minimized by cycling clen. But none of the evidences prove this.
- Some of the side effects like jittery feeling, nausea and headaches get better once our body gets used to Clen. You can reduce it by taking supplements like Alpa lipoic acid
- Sleeplessness can be avoided to some extent by taking the supplement in the morning 1 – 2 hrs before exercising. Avoid taking it in the afternoon. Even this problem gets solved with use.
- Taking taurine supplements or drinking a lot of water can help you in the case of severe muscle cramps.
- Taking low doses of Clen over a short period could be the only way to avoid heart and brain related side effects.
Clenbuterol Alternatives
Clen is very strong and so are the side effects. It is a favorite among bodybuilders and women wanting to shed fat. But adequate caution is a must. Side effects are not worth ignoring.
Better to go for a herbal alternative for clen like clenbutrol which is said to deliver almost 70-80% results as that of real clenbuterol.
