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    HCG Questions

    Reading Dr. Crisler's website I came across this info.

    "My HCG protocol is to use 250IU of HCG two days before, and one day before,
    their testosterone cypionate IM injection. The HCG is injected with an insulin needle, subQ within 6 inches of the
    navel."

    Would I benefit more from this protocol or just injecting HCG 1 day prior to my Testosterone injections.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigdippin View Post
    Reading Dr. Crisler's website I came across this info.

    "My HCG protocol is to use 250IU of HCG two days before, and one day before,
    their testosterone cypionate IM injection. The HCG is injected with an insulin needle, subQ within 6 inches of the
    navel."

    Would I benefit more from this protocol or just injecting HCG 1 day prior to my Testosterone injections.
    IMO, the short answer is that you'd benefit from hCG using any protocol. There is a wide range of protocols used by the people on this forum. Some do low doses every day, every other day, and higher doses three times a week. I pin 250iu EOD - no matter when I take my T. You just have to find what works for you.
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    What 2Sox said.

    What you described is intended for a once per week Test injection protocol. Part of the idea there is to bump up your test on those last two days when your T levels are dropping....
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    Thanks for the responses. Just wanted to make sure. Here is what I'm doing starting tonight.

    Sunday Morning-HCG 250iu
    Monday Morning-Test Cyp 80mg
    Tuesday-Arimidex .5mg

    Wednesday Night-HCG 250iu
    Thursday Night-Test Cyp 80mg
    Friday-Arimidex .5mg

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigdippin View Post
    Thanks for the responses. Just wanted to make sure. Here is what I'm doing starting tonight.

    Sunday Morning-HCG 250iu
    Monday Morning-Test Cyp 80mg
    Tuesday-Arimidex .5mg

    Wednesday Night-HCG 250iu
    Thursday Night-Test Cyp 80mg
    Friday-Arimidex .5mg
    ^^^ my favorite protocol. is there a reason why you're taking 0.5 mg AI, was that based on BW? I am asking because it seems a bit high.

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    The dr. had my on 1.5mg per week when my blood work came back at an estradiol level over 100. Had blood work again last week and I'm at 27 now, so he wants me to go to 1mg per week. That was the last time with the dr. as I'm now self injecting with another dr starting this week.

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    Big, I guarantee you will crash your E2 at that dose, and you won't like it. if I were you i'd cut that to 0.25 twice a week. 1 mg per week is what most bodybuilders take when they cycle at 600-800mgs ew.

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    What bass said ... I crashed my E2 and it sucked, bad! My E2 was at 60 when I started 1mg per week, got down to 9.3 in 6 weeks and stayed that low at .5 mg per week. I'm on no AI at the moment trying to get it back up to the twenties. Low E2 sucks worse than high, imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bass View Post
    Big, I guarantee you will crash your E2 at that dose, and you won't like it. if I were you i'd cut that to 0.25 twice a week. 1 mg per week is what most bodybuilders take when they cycle at 600-800mgs ew.
    Thanks, with my new dr. I got .5 capsules. Is it possible to somehow break those up so I only take .25 twice per week?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vmons01 View Post
    What bass said ... I crashed my E2 and it sucked, bad! My E2 was at 60 when I started 1mg per week, got down to 9.3 in 6 weeks and stayed that low at .5 mg per week. I'm on no AI at the moment trying to get it back up to the twenties. Low E2 sucks worse than high, imo.
    I will use .25 twice per week until I do my next blood work. I have some of the tabs left from my previous doctor, but they are 1mg tabs and are so damn tiny. Going to try and cut it into 4 pieces.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigdippin View Post
    I will use .25 twice per week until I do my next blood work. I have some of the tabs left from my previous doctor, but they are 1mg tabs and are so damn tiny. Going to try and cut it into 4 pieces.
    Use a hand held one sided razor blade on a hard, smooth surface. It works pretty well.

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    You can also buy a pill splitter real cheap from any drug store. If you have capsules then take once a week. Tell your doc to prescribe 1ml pills next time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2Sox View Post
    Use a hand held one sided razor blade on a hard, smooth surface. It works pretty well.
    I'll give it a shot. Was always using a kitchen knife to cut them. Blade is kinda think so using a thin blade makes sense. I will also check out a pill splitter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigdippin
    I'll give it a shot. Was always using a kitchen knife to cut them. Blade is kinda think so using a thin blade makes sense. I will also check out a pill splitter.
    I use a hand held razor blade. Could never get the pill splitter to cut them evenly :-/

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