Hi I am about to start using Xyosted 100mg weekly subcutaneous injections. is anyone here using it and what are your impressions on it? Thanks in advance
There may be a few on the forum that are using it but it is not common and it is fairly new to the market as it was only FDA approved for trt in September 2018.
The most common testosterone esters used for trt are enanthate or cypionate whether compounded or big pharma -Delatestryl (enanthate) or Depo-Testosterone (cypionate).
Xyosted is just testosterone enanthate in an auto-injector designed to be used for subcutaneous injection which would be no different than one using testosterone enanthate drawn from a vial using a syringe and injected subcutaneously -
the only main difference is using an auto injector to inject as oppose to a syringe.
Not sure if your insurance is covering the full cost as Xyosted is expensive let alone you do not have the freedom of tweaking your dosage/injection frequency slightly if need be as the auto-injector only comes in 50/75/100 mg strengths.
Most men are started on trt at 100 mg/week.....although some do 50 mg every 3.5 days.
Most men on trt are using anywhere from 100-150 mg/week and in some cases 200 mg/week (not common) to achieve a healthy TT/FT level and there are also some that use even less than 100 mg/week to achieve such.
Top it off with the fact that depending on ones SHBG not everyone uses the same injection frequency as many are injecting weekly dose split twice weekly (every 3.5 days) and others M/W/F, EOD or even daily.
With Xyosted you are not only locked into using a set dose of T but you also do not have the freedom of injecting more frequently as the auto-injector was designed for once weekly T injections at a specific dose.
It would be far more sensible/cost effective to have your treating physician prescribe you Testosterone enanthate or cypionate whether compounded or big pharma which comes in a 10 ml vial in 200 mg/ml or 100 mg/ml strength (most are using 200 mg/ml strength).
You would than purchase 1 ml insulin syringes (fixed needle) either 27-31 gauge, 1/2 inch (12.7mm) or 5/16 inch (7.9mm).