hct and ethanate

[mooseman109]

I was speaking with a Dr today, considering switching from Defy, and his practice he prefers not to use cypionate but hater ethanate, stating that the former would tend to cause more RBC production. This is news to me, yes I could switch over and see how I feel and check labs, and likely will, but wanted to hear from the collective.
Anybody ever hear that before. I did not see anything in search engine regarding that.
Brent

 

[CoastWatcher]

The Ester chain drives Hct up??

They are - for all practical purposes - one and the same.

 

[madman]

I was speaking with a Dr today, considering switching from Defy, and his practice he prefers not to use cypionate but hater ethanate, stating that the former would tend to cause more RBC production. This is news to me, yes I could switch over and see how I feel and check labs, and likely will, but wanted to hear from the collective.
Anybody ever hear that before. I did not see anything in search engine regarding that.
Brent

Rubbish!

 

[Vince Carter]

I think that past the numbers of it all, how an individual would respond would be just that, highly individualized. But saying does this and it does that, as a factual thing would be a real stretch.

 

[mooseman109]

My wofe is an NP and her take is similar to yours VC. Some people respond poorly to generics other just fine. Sometimes the carrier can make a difference, but not a wholesale thing, rather individually

 

[Systemlord]

This doctor must need new patients pretty badly.

 

[maxadvance]

You never know, maybe it's true. One thing is for sure though, noone who responded knows either. Ask him where he got his info. From personal experience my body responds way better to sustanon than cypionate. Noone can say why, but I can tell you different esters produce different results.

 

[Tommy Wall]

I don´t know why but Sustanon seems to give me less E2.

 

[Cataceous]

Setting aside the issue of reactions to "inert" ingredients, I'll make the claim that the only difference between esters is in the speed of testosterone delivery. Of course this effect probably is quite significant. But in the limit, if you increase injection frequency enough then there will be no differences as long as the testosterone content is the same. As a thought experiment—not an exercise in torture—imagine injecting tiny amounts of a testosterone ester every few minutes. The release and resulting hormone levels become indistinguishably smooth between different esters. The end result for any testosterone ester is the same: after absorption it enters the bloodstream where within minutes the ester is cleaved from the testosterone by the esterase enzyme. Once freed, the testosterone molecules are all alike.