lou123 said:
Relax, I was just asking a question, i could care less if you take 1000 mg week
Dam man I read this this morning and my post back to you sounded like some smart ass I did not mean for it to come accross that way. No good with putting words to paper sorry for that. What I was trying to say is why do you ask this are your levels good on a low dose. And like most of us have you run the Dr. gambit seeing one after the other and not getting anywhere
I have had this low T for over 22 yrs. My system eats up the T meds big time it takes a lot to get my levels up to where I feel good. Hell if I get an infection my levels drop like a hot patato. Just wired that way. But it is not uncommon for some men to need higher doses to get there levels up. Here is a copy of a post from one of Dr. Shippens men Dr. Shippen wrote the best seller "The Testosterone Syndrome" and has low T him self.
Found this interesting conversation on another website regarding subQ injection of Depo-T apparently being Dr. Shippen's favorite way to administer T - at least as of February 2004 . . . have any thoughts on this Dr. C?:
http://forum.avantlabs.com/index.php?showtopic=8130
[From the link above:]
[Initial posting:]
"I was corresponding with a patient of Dr. Eugene Shippen (THE TESTOSTERONE SYNDROME) about Dr. Shippen's protocol. Apparently his preferred method of testosterone replacement therapy in cases where he otherwise might have tried pellets, creams or gels is now SUBCUTANEOUS testosterone injection. According to this patient, unlike intramuscular injection, subcutaneous injection of a small amount three times per week results in ultra stable levels and low estrogen conversion. Apparently Shippen uses this method for his own testosterone replacement. Not only does it work better than even pellets apparently but it's dirt cheap compared to about any other method.
I was going to get pellets (hypopituitary) but now I wonder if I should try this. I have two questions though:
1) Are there any studies on this method? I couldn't find any.
2) I don't doubt Shippen; the lab work of who knows how many patients would not lie. But if it works so well, why the HELL wasn't this thought of and tested a long time ago?? It seems like there is a big "DUH" factor here."
[A second posting:]
"does he use free testosteorne? a suspension? does he used an oil based ester? specifics please
also, subQ injections are often more painful or lead to inflammation. if you ever have accidentally gotten a steroid injection into the subq instead of the muscle you would understand"
[A reply:]
"I heard back from the patient of Dr. Shippen. He injects depo-testosterone 200mg/ml, .35 ml every 3 days into abdominal fat. He splits the injections into two .18 ml injections which is .36 ml, and says this is because a tiny amount will leak out of the injection site.
According to this patient, this dosing schedule leaves him with a stable 900 ng/dl total testosterone level and none of the high estrogen conversion associated with large intramuscular injection.
Apparently Shippen is convinced enough that this is now his preferred method of TRT. I know he starts by trying to get levels into the high normal range by trying to get the body to make its own, but if TRT is called for apparently subcutaneous injection is the first thing he prescribes."
[This appears to be 70mg every 3 days for a total of 163mg/wk]
As you can see this is more T then I do.