Clomid and HCG?

[Terminator1]

For post cycle will I need clomid and hcg ? If so how, how much and when should I run it after doing a 18 week cycle?

[TheMudMan]

What did your cycle look like? .............. not all cycle will need the use of HCG .

[Demon Deacon]

For post cycle will I need clomid and hcg? If so how, how much and when should I run it after doing a 18 week cycle?

You should only use HCG if you seriously need it. Your body gets desensitized to it the more you use it.

[slowpokn]

You should only use HCG if you seriously need it. Your body gets desensitized to it the more you use it.

does your body get desensitized to clomid also??

[Demon Deacon]

does your body get desensitized to clomid also??

That my friend is a good question. I hope not but i honestly dont know.

[Solrock]

does your body get desensitized to clomid also??

Here are the results of a study that addreses the clomid issue:

Disparate effect of clomiphene and tamoxifen on pituitary gonadotropin release in vitro

E. Y. Adashi, A. J. Hsueh, T. H. Bambino and S. S. Yen

The direct effects of clomiphene citrate (Clomid), tamoxifen, and estradiol (E2) on the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-stimulated release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) were studied in cultured anterior pituitary cells obtained from adult ovariectomized rats. Treatment of pituitary cells with Clomid or enclomid (10(-8) M) in vitro for 2 days resulted in a marked sensitization of the gonadotroph to GnRH as reflected by a 6.5-fold decrease in the ED50 of GnRH in terms of LH release from 2.2 x 10(-9) M in untreated cells to 3.6 x 10(-10) M. Treatment with E2 or Clomid also increased the sensitivity of the gonadotroph to GnRH in terms of FSH release by 4.3- and 3.3-fold respectively. Tamoxifen, a related antiestrogen, comparable to Clomid in terms of its ability to compete with E2 for pituitary estrogen receptors, was without effect on the GnRH-stimulated LH release at a concentration of 10(-7) M. Furthermore, tamoxifen, unlike Clomid, caused an apparent but not statistically significant inhibition of the sensitizing effect of E2 on the GnRH-stimulated release of LH. Our findings suggest that Clomid and its Enclomid isomer, unlike tamoxifen, exert a direct estrogenic rather than an antiestrogenic effect on cultured pituitary cells by enhancing the GnRH-stimulated release of gonadotropin.


In Summary:
These tests involved infusing patients with 100mcg of GnRH and measuring the output of pituitary LH in response. The focus of this test is to see how sensitive the pituitary is to Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone. The more sensitive the pituitary, the more LH will be released. The tests showed that after ten days of treatment with Nolvadex , pituitary sensitivity to GnRH increased slightly compared to pre-treated values. This is contrast to 10 days of treatment with 150mg Clomid, which was shown to consistently DECREASE pituitary sensitivity to GnRH (more LH was released before treatment). As the study with Nolvadex progresses to 6 weeks, pituitary sensitivity to GnRH was significantly higher than pre-treated or 10-day levels. At this point the same 20mg dosage was also raising testosterone and LH levels to an average of 183% and 172% of base values, respectively, which again is measurably higher than what was noted 10 days into therapy. Within 10 days of treatment Clomid is already exerting an effect that is causing the pituitary to become slightly desensitized to GnRH, while prolonged use of Nolvadex serves only to increase pituitary sensitivity to this hormone. That is not to say Clomid won't increase testosterone if taken for the same 6 week time period. Quite the opposite is true. But we are, however, noticing an advantage in Nolvadex.

[Solrock]

You should only use HCG if you seriously need it. Your body gets desensitized to it the more you use it.

This is true. I ran clomid for 3 months after my last cycle, and was still suffering from hypogonadism. I got my HCG in, ran it at 500iu ED for 6 days, 3 days off, then 3 more days on. My testes came back to full size. (At least... what I remember their 'full size' to be...

[Terminator1]

My cycle is 700 per week of Test cyp and 400 per week of EQ and I started off with Dbol at 50 mg per day for 6 weeks.

[Terminator1]

I think I am still going to go with both this time and I need to know what would the minimum would be for each to do its job?