Switching to EOD, dosage question...

maneframe150 · Dec 28, 2017

So, I started the TRT journey way back when with the 200mg 1x/every two weeks. Graduated to 100mg 1x/week. And the last few months I've been doing 40mgs every 3.5 days. I was able to stop taking .25 anastrozole every 3.5 days when I switched to 3.5 days with my testosterone.

My Test levels are between 750 and 800 when I get my labs drawn just before my next injection.

I also JUST started using an insulin syringe and going into my delts (which is SO much better than quads).

I've been reading a lot about every other day injections.

1. Should I do EOD injections?

2. If I do EOD injections, would 20mgs EOD be the logical dose? (I ask because when I went to every 3.5 days, the dose did drop)

3. Can I alternate between delts EOD long term?

Thanks in advance for any insight!

Vince · Dec 28, 2017

I would say if you're using only 80 mg a week it would make sense to use 20 mg every other day. I would think you would need to add another location besides your shoulders to inject.

HealthMan · Dec 28, 2017

If you are feeling good with your protocol and are not having henatocrit or estradiol issues I don’t see a reason to change. Don’t fix if it aint broke.
~23mg would be the obvious start dosage for EOD (80mg / 7 x 2) so 20mg is a good rounded number.
Alternate injection site is always a good idea. I am currently doing shallow IM and i rotate both shoulders and thighs. Given you plan to to EOD it would be a good idea to rotate different sites.

Vince Carter · Dec 28, 2017

I concur that if you're otherwise on track then there's no reason to make changes. You should rotate as best you can but I'm not quite a subscriber to any issues that come up like scar tissue or anything like that from repeated use of the same location.

Systemlord · Dec 28, 2017

I recently switched from 50mg twice weekly to 25mg EOD and had high E2 symptoms, I was perfectly fine injecting 50mg twice weekly. I believe the issue I had was moving to EOD didn't allow my levels to drop much before my next injection, so now I'm injecting 20mg EOD and am feeling a little better but still not where I was before the change.