What a cycle is, how compounds, protectors and PCT differ, and what each part of the app is for.
Your plan: which products, over what period, at what dose and time.
In CycloLab, a cycle is the plan that brings together the products you want to track, their periods of use, doses and times. It also gives your history context: each record belongs to a use scheduled in that cycle.
Think of it as a folder called “September tracking”. It contains the products and their schedules. Adding a product in Health alone does not create a schedule.
The app organizes the plan you enter; it does not choose a protocol. See how to create a cycle.
The product at the core of a cycle. Every cycle needs at least one.
In the app, Compound is the category for products that form the basis of a cycle. Each record identifies the product by substance, laboratory, administration type and dose per pill or concentration.
A substance and a product are different: the substance identifies the active ingredient; the product is the formulation you added. Products with the same substance can have different laboratories or concentrations.
Health stores that product record for reuse. The cycle defines when and in what quantity it is scheduled. How to add products.
A product added to the cycle with the aim of handling unwanted effects.
In this context, protector refers to products used alongside a cycle with the intention of addressing unwanted effects. In CycloLab, it is a separate category with its own days, doses and times.
The name does not mean that the product removes the risks of a cycle. Whether a medicine is needed and which one to use depend on medical assessment. The NHS explains the risks of anabolic steroid use and practices intended to avoid its effects.
In the cycle builder, a single protector has its own schedule without the Ramp-up, Plateau and Wind-down structure used for compounds. Protectors combined in one application use that phase structure.
Post-cycle therapy: the plan for the period after the cycle ends.
PCT stands for post-cycle therapy, also called TPC in Portuguese. The term refers to interventions used with the aim of helping hormone production recover after anabolic steroid use. It does not mean guaranteed recovery or a required stage for everyone. The Endocrine Society discusses the topic and emphasizes that self-medicating with PCT is not recommended.
In CycloLab, PCT is the category that keeps the products and plan for this period separate. It uses phases and must start after the cycle’s defined end, according to the app’s setup rules.
That date rule organizes the agenda; it does not establish the clinically appropriate time to start therapy. The need and plan depend on medical assessment.
Stretches of a compound’s period: Ramp-up, Plateau and Wind-down.
A phase is a section of a compound’s plan. It helps represent changes in dose over time:
The Plateau is one continuous section: it can be split into consecutive blocks, but it cannot come back after another phase.
These names describe what was configured; they are not a recommendation to increase or decrease doses. Not every plan has all three sections. PCT is a separate period, not another name for Wind-down.
Dose is how much, time is when, and an application brings together volume, site and supplies.
A dose is the quantity planned for a use. Frequency describes how often or on which days it repeats. The time tells you when each occurrence is scheduled.
In product setup, oral refers to products taken by mouth; parenteral refers to injectable products available in this flow. An application brings together the planned volume, route, site and supplies. The route describes how the product is administered; the site identifies the point on the body saved in the plan.
Concentration and volume also have different roles: concentration relates an amount of substance to volume, while volume says how many mL were configured. The app asks for the fields that apply to the selected product. See dose and application setup.
The plan says what is expected; a log confirms what happened.
The plan says what is scheduled. The agenda, in the day card on Home, arranges those uses by date and time. A record confirms what happened.
For example, a 10 am item in the day card remains a plan until you log the use. Oral doses have a confirmation action; applications use a timer that records the session when you finish.
Each record becomes a post in the Activity history, and so does a dose that was missed. Comparing the history with the plan shows how the routine was followed. This depends on what was logged in the app: it does not measure treatment effectiveness or, by itself, indicate your health status. How to view the day and log a use.
A product is the record, a lot is each purchase and stock is what you have left.
A product is the record of what you use. A lot in the app’s stock control is an entry containing the purchased quantity and details such as price, expiry and batch number when entered. Stock is the available balance from those entries.
Buying more of the same product creates a new stock entry without adding the product again. Scheduling a use does not deduct stock; consumption is updated from registered uses.
Syringes and needles are supplies with their own product records and stock. In Stock overview, the app compares your balance with your cycles’ plans to show when each product will run out. How to check and replenish stock.
Someone else sees your logging routine, with your permission.
Following lets another person view your logging routine with your permission. It can help you discuss your routine with a professional already involved in your care or someone you trust, using the records as a reference.
For example, instead of recalling from memory what was planned and logged, you can consult the tracking information in the app. The person needs an account and your authorization. This is optional: you can use CycloLab on your own.
You choose what the person sees: logs, cycles, photos and lab results, each on its own, and you can change it later. Access covers the whole account, not just one selected dose or cycle. It does not let the person edit your cycles or log uses for you. You can end access.
Sharing access does not arrange care or verify the person’s professional qualifications. See how invites and access work.
The lab reports you keep, with laboratory and date.
Lab results are documents you save with a laboratory, date and, if you want, an identifier. The app links each exam to the cycles active on its date, and uploaded exams appear in the Activity history on Home. They help keep results available for reference and for discussions with your healthcare professional.
CycloLab stores the files; it does not interpret results, provide a diagnosis or adjust your cycle based on them. How to add a lab result.
A list to take to a laboratory is separate: an exam model, under Health → Monitoring → Exam models. How to share that list.
No. The app requires at least one compound to save a cycle, but protectors and PCT are optional in setup. That app rule does not determine whether a product is clinically needed.
No. Sharing is optional and depends on your authorization. You can organize your routine and consult your records without granting anyone else access.
No. The history shows how records relate to the plan. It does not assess whether the choices in the plan are appropriate or replace clinical assessment.
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