TRT Advice

[DJMikeT]

She is referring to fertility treatment. Yes, that is way higher than we need for TRT. Most guys dose at around 500 IU per week, I prefer a higher dose for various reasons. I typically run about 1000 IU per week. HCG is the most expensive part of most TRT protocols, but I'm not particularly price sensitive and I believe I derive some additional benefit from the higher dose.

Note that the stuff has a limited shelf life once it is diluted. This also drives my protocol. The lowest amount it come in in the USA is 10,000 IU, which is what my doc prescribed. It has about a 6 week shelf life, but you can stretch that out to about 10 weeks, which is what I do.

I have some 5000ui vials that I ordered from overseas but I figured the stuff from the doctor would be better. The Tech did say that they had 6000ui vials but it was only $20 cheaper so I wouldn't save much going that route.

The overseas stuff is a lot cheaper and the last batch I got seemed to work great but I just feel better about using domestic Rx.

Thanks for all the help with my questions, once again greatly appreciated.

[Youthful55guy]

I have some 5000ui vials that I ordered from overseas but I figured the stuff from the doctor would be better. The Tech did say that they had 6000ui vials but it was only $20 cheaper so I wouldn't save much going that route.

The overseas stuff is a lot cheaper and the last batch I got seemed to work great but I just feel better about using domestic Rx.

Thanks for all the help with my questions, once again greatly appreciated.

I've had good luck too with the overseas stuff in the past. I stick with Pregnyl brand only. Same stuff as is prescribed by my doc. However, I have been shafted twice by one of the big names in the gear business on HCG. I believe they are sending out empty boxes to bogus addresses and then claim to have sent you the product and supply proof of shipping. However, when I investigate the tracking information, both times it cleared by customs, but got lost in delivery. Hence my theory that they did indeed send it (an empty box) but to a bogus address. I can't share who it is hear, but happy to share the name of the supplier by private message. I'm still bitter with their lack of customer complaint follow up. Buyer beware! I have noticed though in the eroids.com ranking of suppliers that they've slipped from #3 to #41 within the past year, so that should tell you something. The two suppliers I switched to for HCG (before my recent script) and for a few other non-prescribed ancillaries (like AI) are in the top 6 and I've had really good luck with them, so I trust the ranking.

So, when you consider the price of the overseas stuff the actual cost for a year's supply is about $500 (includes shipping) compared to $682 from my local pharmacy. Not a huge price difference. Factoring in the cost of being shafted, the pharmacy stuff is actually cheaper and 100% legal. Also, US distributed Pregnyl comes lyophilized in an injection vial, so there's no having to break glass ampules and suck it up with a long needle, which makes it easier and less change of contamination than with the overseas stuff. That's why I stick with it.

The only upside I can see to the overseas tuff is that it comes in smaller 5,000 or 1,500 IU ampules, so you make it fresh more often. Then again, you have no control over shipping conditions, so it may be subjected to heat during transport.