Doctor wants Test Cypionate-Help

[l2elapse]

He wants to do 200mgs once every 2 weeks and he wants blood results 5 days after first injection. Is this enough time to raise my test levels and be a good indicator it is going to work? I also heard its wise to give shots once a week but he insists starting once every 2 weeks.

[bigboy67]

your doc needs an education in TRT, once every 2 weeks isnt enough. optimal would be 50mg twice a week, but 100mg once a week is good too.

also, if he is only going to give you the 200mg and test you after that, then he should test you TWO weeks later right before the next shot, not one week later. that doesnt make sense. unless he wants to give you 100mg and test you 5 days later (althoguh he should still test you right before the next shot)

[lvs]

Before going to an Endo, my GP did the same thing but started me at 100mg every 2 weeks and then raised me to 200mgs every 2 weeks. He would typically do blood work after 8-weeks on the day of the injection. My test levels would always come back lower than my baseline because the boys were in shutdown mode and after 5-7 days the test levels would continue to drop. I even sent him a very nice email trying to explain about the half-life and moving to once per week injections. After going to 200mgs/e2w and levels coming back lower than when on 100 he referred me to an Endo.

[l2elapse]

Well the website says the active life is 15-16 days but levels begin to fall after 5 days...im confused how my doctor wouldnt know this

[zaggahamma]

in regards to your ONLY question that I saw..

yes...not only time for them to raise they may very well be PEAK at day 5


the injection frequency yes once every 2 weeks isnt the best...maybe that will be tweaked down the road...obviously since your in the testing stage you have time to work on the doc

better luck next year rangers

[bigboy67]

Go here..... study.... learn..... then bring it to your doc and ask him to read it over too... its basically the TRT bible

http://www.allthingsmale.com/word_docs/TRT.doc

[HRTstudent]

Many doctors aren't up to date on current TRT guidelines. Keep in mind, it's "relatively" recent that most practitioners are moving toward weekly injections of T cypionate . It's quite shocking to see how much medical research from even 10-20 years ago was done injecting this compound once every 3-4 weeks. That leaves most people below where they started for longer than they are in the normal range.

More recent medical texts advise 2 weeks or weekly.

Be outspoken enough to ask your doctor questions. Sometimes (sometimes) they are wrong or simply not up to date on all areas so open up the dialogue to work together.

[Times Roman]

in the beginning, just go with the doc and what ever she says. You can fine tune down the road. be lucky your doc is prescribing test. many wont, or very reluctantly. trt is the rest of your life. plenty of time to get it right. alot of docs go with the eow injection plan since it is the most convenient, some are afraid of needles, whatever. with cyp, 100mg weekly is your goal. then down the road, you'll want blood panels (not this time after 5 days, i'm thinking like in 6 months) and then fine tune, based on the high end of the optimal range for a lad that is 21 years old. Me and my doc cut me back to 80mg cyp every week. with trt, less is more. you want to be in the high end of the optimal range (i didn't say NORMAL range), but not over.
Good luck
---Roman

[JohnnyVegas]

Get extra pins online inject every week. You could end up on a hormonal roller coasting if you don't. Many of us go further and break our shots up twice weekly. It keeps me E2 lower and I don't have any ups or downs.

[kelkel]

^^^^^exactly...

[Fred40]

Sure......but is he injecting you or are you self injecting?

If self injecting just cut the dosage in half and do it once a week.

If he's injecting you......well try to convince him to let you self inject at home. It's not rocket science.