from needles to pills: the trt switch i didn’t expect to matter this much

[Phil Goodman]

I'm well aware, however my approach to lack of authenticity, whether human or machine (which, sadly, is becoming more common in both cases) is to respond with authenticity, which will hopefully encourage authentic responses from someone and benefit other readers. I'm actually kind of glad the topic came up since the unavailability and/or unnecessary bundling of Kyzatrex or anything else is not a trend we want to encourage IMO.

Agreed, and I think you made a lot of great points regarding oral T. We see a lot of claims being made that aren’t necessarily accurate, and that need to be considered by users. For example, we always hear that it imap to hematocrit less than other forms… but I’ve shared a study here which showed the average increase was actually a little higher for oral than for injectable. Yes, for most users the increase will be less, but percentage is elevated so much because of the (granted, smaller) number of people who see large increases. So imagine the guy who goes with oral because he hears it’s better on that front only to see his hematocrit increase 10+ points.


And you made a good point about the meal timing. Intermittent fasting isn’t a huge deal for me anymore, but technically for anyone on oral I’d imagine that the largest fasting window they could hit would be 12 hours, which may not work for a lot of people.

I’m also not 100% sold that it doesn’t fully prevent natural suppression over time. For example, if someone is on oral T for three years do they really still naturally produce testosterone? Again I might be wrong, but I’d say it’s quite possible that after years of use the person on oral T would also have zero natural production just like the guy on injections.