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❱❱ GOOD QUALITY API All ingredients used in the manufacturing of steroids originate either from China or India. There are no exceptions. “People who are misinformed or uneducated will tell you that their compounds come from Europe and America. People who claim the country of origin of their products to be anything other than China or India know very little about the anabolic steroid business.” According to Mr. X procuring a good quality API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient – a substance used in manufacturing a drug product) is key. “The reason for testing the API is not only to check if the compound is pure enough, but also whether the structure is consistent and suitable for human use. From experience I have found that the factories in China and India do not always get the structure of a complicated compound such as Methenolone (Primobolan) consistent. This considerably increases the risk of injecting it. Testing the API also rules out the inclusion of certain impurities such as heavy metal content. If your ingredient has a heavy metal content the injections will be very painful. If you inject an anabolic steroid with a high heavy metal content over a number of years it could even result in Alzheimer’s disease when you get older.” ❱❱ PROPER FILTRATION Chinese and Indian factories provide manufacturers of steroids with a certificate of analysis that pertains to the quality of their ingredients. “You can, however, no