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@DS3 (or anyone who is knowledgeable), i just now had time to go over the parts of this post that I’d missed during the month or two I was off and am left with a burning question: If LH receptors have been desensitized, is there a way to cycle them so that they turn back on? I just did a “DIY...

When the pharmacist at Empower called me back (couldn't help it; I'd already arranged a call back before I posted here) she pretty much said the same thing. She said she believes "upper management is trying to expedite the proper licensing for biologicals and that the FDA will arrange for it"...

Been doing my best sharing in groups on social. I'll keep doing just that. Trying to ease our own minds over here and failing. Thanks, Nelson... will keep sharing.

I just called Empower to ask how these changes will affect us as patients if they go into effect. The rep said, and I quote, "we will still be compounding both HCG and FSH regardless of the classification and there are no plans to discontinue either." She was aware of the reclassification issue...

This new law applies to ALL compound pharmacies-- 503A and 503B-- correct? I found this older thread and wasn't sure if it applied to this or not. Pharmacies like Empower would still be affected, correct? I submitted a comment to the FDA page, but my hopes are VERY low that we have any chance...

Holy crap. How did I not know about this? I am now officially stressed as hell. I wish I had heard about this sooner. I left a comment.

Thanks, both of you. I have been pushing for FSH for six months and his doctor won't prescribe. She said she'd "consider it" if he was still low once his test levels came back up. We are point blank asking for it this time. I want him to be able to get back on test so we can put an end to this...

Hi, everyone... I've been posting to this thread for probably six months now. I'd like some guidance as I have another update and would like an opinion before we have a follow up appointment next week. Hubby started on HCG monotherapy (1500IU/3Xweek) in July. He had a follow up SA and bloodwork...

Thank you SO much for you input, Dr. Saya. Husband is off T right now and was on it for less than a year, so this makes me have a good degree of confidence moving forward with the HCG+Clomid protocol. Sides and Juice aren't joking when they say there is better info available here than there is...

I wish you the best of luck in your parenting journey! We have an (almost) three year old together and I have an (almost) 16 year old from my prior marriage, and to say it is life changing doesn't even begin to hit the tip of the iceberg. They get more expensive as they get older too. Oh my oh...

Just want to say thanks Sides for your opinion and advice. We will give the HCG + Clomid a go for awhile. He went from 0 - 4 mil/ml in two months on HCG, so hopefully it'll continue rising. Even at .20/unit, FSH would probably be $400 a month or so for us... so we will give this a whirl for now.

Saw the fertility doctor yesterday and she refused FSH/HMG. She said he is doing fine on HCG monotherapy but increased him from 1500IU/3x/week to 2000IU/3x/week. She also wants to add 50mg of Clomid every other day to his regimen. Sigh. In the fertility world, they will absolutely not advise...

Excellent. THANK YOU! We are currently using Empower. Hoping she will add FSH (or even better, HMG since it mimics both LH and FSH, right?) on Monday. Bringing your screen shots above with us. Ty ty ty as always.

I hope it is OK to reply to this thread; I'm not a super frequent user of EM so I apologize if this is not acceptable. My husband was on combo therapy that included testosterone, clomid, anastrazole and HCG for six months. This got his test levels through the roof, but it still zeroed out his...

I do wonder if he should continue the Clomid, though. She said he should discontinue. Most the studies I'm reading for gonadotropin therapy either use HCG monotherapy or HCG + HMG or rFSH. I haven't seen much with a SERM combined with a gonadatropin.