Insulin syringe for T help

[Pallacious]

I'm aiming for 100 mg per week total of dose injections of T Cyp EOD to help my low SHBG. I have a few questions as a follow up from earlier post answers;

1. Insulin syringes I picked up 29 gauge 1/2", is that as SubQ used or intra muscular?

2. Dosage helping, first time doing EOD.. my math says it's either 29 mg or 33 mg per.

3. Help with conversion 200MG/1ML Test Cyp being injected with said needle, how many units am I looking to draw and inject EOD? Units value

 

[Systemlord]

Insulin syringes are good for IM or SQ, whatever you prefer. A low SHBG guy here, 25mg EOD was insanely high for me, 1000+ was too much for my system. Remember when injecting more frequently than 2-3 times a week, you require less testosterone to achieve high levels.

An example, 50mg twice weekly got me to 677 Total T, 25mg EOD got me to 1000+ on the same weekly dosage of 100mg. Both proved to be too much for me, Free T was always over the ranges.

There's nothing wrong with starting out low and going slow.

 

[MarkM]

1. You can use the 29 gauge 1/2 “ for SubQ or IM. However, if you are not lean and have a lot of belly fat then the 1/2” needle won’t be long enough to get into the muscle. I use a 1/2” for IM but I am fairly lean with good muscle definition.
2. Either would work on the dosin*. You might just want to use 30 mg for ease in drawin* into the syringe until you are more accustomed to doing that.
3. Since you are using 200 mg/ml in a 1cc syringe and assuming you go with the 30 mg dose for each injection then you would draw your test cup into 5he barrel of the syringe up to the 0.15 mark. If you do not have a 0.15 on the barrel of the syringe then just go half way between the 0.10 and 0.20.

Make sense?

 

[Pallacious]

140 mg per week was my dosage prior- was around 800 T. You think 100 mg divided out EOD is still high? Mainly trying to wean off AI and boost my SHBG.

 

[Pallacious]

I opted for the 0.5mL 29gauge 1/2" needles, figuring dosage is low and would be easier to measure. Would it then be .30 units?

 

[MarkM]

Systemlord makes a great point on the dosing. Dosing EOD will typically give you higher testosterone levels on smaller doses. You may be better off starting off with 20 to 25 mg per injection and them inch up if needed.

 

[Pallacious]

One more thing.. since I'm fat'ish.. 1/2" a bad way to go then? When using normal needles wife does the IM injections for me in the normal rear area while pinching after an alcohol wipe.

 

[Systemlord]

One more thing.. since I'm fat'ish.. 1/2" a bad way to go then? When using normal needles wife does the IM injections for me in the normal rear area while pinching after an alcohol wipe.

I'm 33% body fat (skinny fat) and is why I inject in shoulders, after I lose some weight I plan on rotating from shoulder to outer quads.

 

[MarkM]

You can use the 1/2” for SubQ or shoulder like Systemlord does. I run about 12% body fat and rotate IM beteeen outer thigh, deltoid, and ventrogluteal (VG). This gives me 6 good locations for IM.

 

[Vince]

I use an Easy Touch 29g 1/2" syringe for shallow IM injection in my shoulders and

ventrogluteal (VG) for both testosterone and HCG. I inject 16 mg of T daily and 500iu of HCG twice a week.

Vince's testosterone panel from 6/12/2018

https://www.excelmale.com/forum/showthread.php?15162-Vince-s-testosterone-panel-from-6-12-2018

Best Injection site, no aspiration needed, avoids all nerves

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[Deleted member 16042]

One more thing.. since I'm fat'ish.. 1/2" a bad way to go then? When using normal needles wife does the IM injections for me in the normal rear area while pinching after an alcohol wipe.

"Normal needles"? What does that mean?

If you have some fat and she is pinching up the tissue with 1/2"(normal) needle, it is likely you are getting subQ, not IM. It doesn't matter as long as you have no injection site reactions and your blood levels are fine. SubQ works just fine for many men.

Irrelevant to you if you have a robust fat layer, but for me, with low external body fat, 1/2" needles go IM if I push in the entire length straight in and don't pinch up skin and inject at an angle. Thus I use 5/16" needles for subQ.