TRT Dosing

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I'm 43 with total test in the low 400s. I understand that obviously everyone is different but I'm just curious of dosing from some of you that have been on it. Going through my urology clinic, they don't sound like they are going to go higher than 100 mg (sub q) per month. Wondering what some of y'all's levels were/are and what kind of dose it took to achieve it.

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your doctor is a fricking idiot if he is saying once a month injection. Does he not understand half life?

he is an even bigger idiot for putting you on test for levels in the 400s. Especially if he did not address lifestyle and diet first and retest multiple times. Why did he tell you that you need it? and what are your free test levels like.

you should run and find a new doctor...like now.


but to answer your question

optimal is 2x dosing a week. you just split the dose.

your dose should start at 100mg per week subq and access from there. at 43 you will want to be somewhere in the 700-900 range. you do not want to be at the top of the range now anything below that is kind of a waste if you were feeling bad with levels in the 400s.

overall dose stays the same, you are just splitting the dose due to half life.


and yes i prefer to use insulin needles and do subq. over course i have been on for 6 years now and had to do everyday HCG shots for a year prior to that for the fertility treatment i did. Currently i am injecting into quads just because i was getting bruising in the stomach from doing subq for so long without a break.

LINK

LINK

that is two good articles discussing the benifits of subq over IM. plus its painless if done with a 27 or 29g needle




some of you guys would be much better off getting the shite off the black market the way many of you are being treated. for fricks sake.

Your test is higher than most for your age. Kinda surprised you got prescribed much of anything. You don’t need it, but I’m sure someone will prescribe you more if you look hard enough

I’ve been kicking around TRT for a while. My levels were mid to low 400s. I am reluctant because when I am doing what I need to do, working out, eating cleanly, etc. I feel pretty good. I haven’t been doing that for about 2 months now and just starting to get myself back into the routine. Even when I was though, I saw these guys on T and they were like 20 yr olds with all the energy they had. I go back and forth on whether I should try to get levels up to around 700-800 or if it would really make that much difference. I’m 40 btw

I'm 28 and have total test in the low 200s and free test in the 5s when not supplementing with extraneous testosterone.

My doc started me out at 50mg/week and I am currently up to 120mg/week. Recent labs put me at 537 total test and 20 free test. 120mg/wk puts most people at 800-900 total test, so I just so happen to be a very low responder. Despite my higher numbers, I haven't seen any reduction in symptoms. Doc said for me to stay at 120/wk for a few months and see if I improve, but I'm probably gonna bump it to 160 and see how it goes.

I do subq injections twice a week and they couldn't be easier. Took some tweaking to find a carrier oil that worked for me. The cyp I got for first round was suspended in cottonseed oil and that shite was horrible. Very itchy and irritating. I'm on Enanthate that's suspended in sesame oil now and it's super friendly to my body.

There are no known testosterone esters that maintain serum levels for an entire two weeks, much less an entire month. Your levels will be lower than you started at the end of two weeks (and in one month) because the synthetic testosterone will be gone and will also suppress your natural HPT axis from producing its own. I see this all the time

Once weekly at the least, but better at twice weekly.