CLENBUTEROL

Clenbuterol is not an anabolic steroid, but rather a
stimulant that belongs to a classification of
compounds known as sympathomimetics. This
classification (or ‘family’) contains other
compounds that the average person might be more
familiar with, such as: caffeine, ephedrine, albuterol,
amphetamines, cocaine, and many others. It is
indeed quite a broad drug category, and each of the
compounds in this family are related to each other,
and more or less carry many similarities and
operate in a similar manner through similar
pathways. Clenbuterol’s effect on the nervous
system involves its interaction with adrenoreceptors,
which are located in many different tissues
and cell types in the body. When Clenbuterol binds
to these adrenoreceptors, different effects in
different tissue types (depending on the tissues
stimulated) will manifest. One effect in particular
that we are concerned with is Clenbuterol’s effect in
adipose (fat) tissue.
There are two different adrenoreceptors in the
body – alpha and beta receptors – and within those
two different types, there are 9 subtypes. For
example, alpha-1, alpha 2, beta-1, beta-2 receptors,
etc. The difference between Clenbuterol and other
compounds in the stimulant family lie in their
different capabilities to stimulate different
subtypes, multiple subtypes, or focus on one
subtype. Clenbuterol in particular I known for its
very strong and almost exclusive stimulation of the
beta-2 adrenoreceptors, and therefore this is why
Clenbuterol is commonly referred to as a beta-2
receptor agonist. It is within fat tissue that, when
beta-2 receptors are stimulated by Clenbuterol,
initiate lipolysis (the breakdown of fat into free fatty
acids). It has gained plenty of popularity among just
bodybuilders and athletes because of this, but
among entertainment celebrities, and by proxy,
common people looking to drop a few pounds of fat.