HCG sterility shelf life

Mechanix13 · Jul 3, 2025

How long are you all using your HCG vials? I've tried weeding through some old threads, but I'm not finding anything recent. The pharmacy's guidance is to throw away my vial after 30 days for sterility reasons. My urologist wants me to take 500 IUs twice a week which would leave me throwing 4000 IUs away every month since I can only get it in 10000 IU vials currently. I'm on TRT, but I'm completely new to HCG. I'll be taking it in conjunction to try to mitigate the shrinkage side effects I'm experiencing. I'm very interested in all of your thoughts, advice, and experience. Thanks!

Vince · Jul 5, 2025

I've been using 10,000 IU of HCG for over 10 years. Injecting 500 IU twice a week, now every third day. I never threw any out and never had any issues.

Nelson Vergel · Jul 5, 2025

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Thread 'HCG Mixing Needle, Sterility, discard after 1 month?'

Apr 3, 2016

Hi,

I just started HCG. I have been on T-Cyp for years.

The kit came with an 18G needle for mixing the water into the powder. This is a big needle and made a big hole in the rubber stopper. Maybe even bigger as I was pointing the water at the side of the vial.

Today I did my second injection. I had the vial inverted, pulled about .5ml into the insulin syringe, then pushed the syringe plunger back to get my dose. Normal so far. When I pulled the syringe out of the vial, I got a squirt from the big hole until I turned the vial upright. That makes me concerned about sterility over the...

Mechanix13 · Jul 6, 2025

Vince said:
I've been using 10,000 IU of HCG for over 10 years. Injecting 500 IU twice a week, now every third day. I never threw any out and never had any issues.

Thank you! that’s incredibly helpful to know

Swilsondc · Jul 10, 2025

From what I remember reading back when I started HCG you should be good using a vial for at least 2 months. After that HCG starts to lose its potency somewhat. I’ve always used my entire vial even up to 4 months increasing my dose some towards the end. Now though I only use 350ius 2x/wk. I order my HCG from Reliable Rx and get the 5000iu vials. These last just under 2 months for me. Of course after you mix HCG keep in fridge.