Injecting enanthate question

Melody68 · Dec 10, 2024

Hey guys, I've been injecting T enanthate for 8 months now. The first five months were with Delatestryl, then when that was no longer available, I switched to the Hikma brand. Typically, before I start, I warm the bottle in my hand for a while, then I inject the full 1 ml syringe of air into the vial (to pressurize it) before drawing the T. I find that when I draw the Hikma E (with a 27g needle) it's quite bubbly with air, almost kind of foamy at the syringe top; I never had this problem with the Delatestryl. I end up expressing the T back into the vial and then redrawing with the hope of getting a little less air in the mix. Does anyone else have that problem; am I doing something wrong?

madman · Dec 10, 2024

Melody68 said:
Hey guys, I've been injecting T enanthate for 8 months now. The first five months were with Delatestryl, then when that was no longer available, I switched to the Hikma brand. Typically, before I start, I warm the bottle in my hand for a while, then I inject the full 1 ml syringe of air into the vial (to pressurize it) before drawing the T. I find that when I draw the Hikma E (with a 27g needle) it's quite bubbly with air, almost kind of foamy at the syringe top; I never had this problem with the Delatestryl. I end up expressing the T back into the vial and then redrawing with the hope of getting a little less air in the mix. Does anyone else have that problem; am I doing something wrong?

There should be no difference between the big pharma Delatestryl (TE) vs the Hikma TE as they both use the same carrier oil (sesame) and excipient.

No need to inject that much air into the vial.

Inject the same amount of air as the dose of T you are drawing.

Even then although injecting air helps pressurize the vial which will make it easier to draw the oily solution it is not needed.

I never inject air into the vial.

If you are getting a lot of small bubbles in the solution which make it appear foamy then try adjusting how fast you pull back the plunger or better yet when you are holding the vial upside down tilt it on a 45 degree angle and the tiny bubbles with break up as the oily solution starts to run down the side of the barrel.

May take some time to get used to but it works like a charm.

You can always draw more (extra 5 units) into the syringe than you are injecting as the tiny bubbles will eventually rise to the top then just push the air back into your vial!