Nolvadex steroid cycles are normally used at the end of a Anabolic Steroid Cycle as what is termed as a post cycle therapy (pct) which will help to minimize estrogen rebound and maintain gains as a result of the cycle. Nolvadex steroid cycles can also be used while on anabolic steroid cycles to stop breast tissue growth which is often called gynocomastia.

Nolvadex is the commercial name for tamoxifen citrate which is very popular as an anti-estrogen but mainly used as an estrogen antagonist, because the Nolvadex binds itself to the estrogen receptors and therefore reducing the quantity of circulating estrogen that can compete for the same receptor.

Nolvadex steroid cycles are quite mild really if you compare them to the use of newer, more potent suicidal estrogen inhibitors that stop estrogen from being produced in the first place, compared to just the competition at the site as with Nolvadex steroid cycles. The majority of anabolic steroid users can reduce estrogen levels to acceptable amounts with just 10mg per day, although on larger cycles, 40mg per day is quite common.

The use of Nolvadex steroid cycles as a post cycle therapy normally uses an excess of compounds to "kick start" the body's own ability to produce testosterone and to cut back on the amount of circulating estrogen which is extremely high after finishing an anabolic steroid cycle that has pushed back natural testosterone to levels so low that they are unable to compete with feedback mechanisms.

Through this method, Nolvadex steroid cycles means taking 10mg of Nolvadex a day as well as HCG and even Proviron on occasions in order to help the body produce testosterone on its own and therefore maintaining estrogen levels low. Estrogen levels are at their highest post anabolic steroids due to the fact that the body has closed down the endogenous production of testosterone which is a result of the large amounts of exogenous testosterone being injected.

The body manages to combat this excess of testosterone by increasing the levels of estrogen with the intention of producing homeostasis. As soon as the raised level of testosterone are eliminated, Nolvadex steroid cycles take care of the excess of estrogen.