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<blockquote data-quote="jkp062814" data-source="post: 213805" data-attributes="member: 43365"><p>You had mentioned steady state may take 4-6 weeks, correct? Would that typically be an ideal time to first measure blood levels?</p><p></p><p>My doctor mentioned following my endo's dosage recommendations at first, so the primary reasoning for doing 50mg weekly injections was because the endo had me doing 50mg daily gel just a month prior. I can't say for certain what dose he would typically start a new patient with, but since my endo had the 5+ years of my health history and treatment up to that point, he simply wanted to switch me from the gel to injections but not up the dose just yet. He reiterated several times that while many doctors' goal is to just get a patient within normal limits, he adjusts based on how the patient feels which gave me a sense of relief. I'm confident that he's open to my suggestions based on my first appt and conversation (future more frequent injections, dosage, bloodwork, etc.), so I didn't want to step on any toes and give my own suggestions just yet. I was just glad to get a doctor to fully agree that injections were better than the gel. LOL</p><p></p><p>This is a "newbie" question - with injections, and if I do end up injection more frequently, is this written as part of a prescription and will my pharmacy always just provide me with the correct number of needles, or do you guys get needles elsewhere? My apologies if that's a dumb question. I'm already a bit anxious about giving myself an injection for the first time in a few days after the nurse did the initial one last week, but trying to think ahead!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jkp062814, post: 213805, member: 43365"] You had mentioned steady state may take 4-6 weeks, correct? Would that typically be an ideal time to first measure blood levels? My doctor mentioned following my endo's dosage recommendations at first, so the primary reasoning for doing 50mg weekly injections was because the endo had me doing 50mg daily gel just a month prior. I can't say for certain what dose he would typically start a new patient with, but since my endo had the 5+ years of my health history and treatment up to that point, he simply wanted to switch me from the gel to injections but not up the dose just yet. He reiterated several times that while many doctors' goal is to just get a patient within normal limits, he adjusts based on how the patient feels which gave me a sense of relief. I'm confident that he's open to my suggestions based on my first appt and conversation (future more frequent injections, dosage, bloodwork, etc.), so I didn't want to step on any toes and give my own suggestions just yet. I was just glad to get a doctor to fully agree that injections were better than the gel. LOL This is a "newbie" question - with injections, and if I do end up injection more frequently, is this written as part of a prescription and will my pharmacy always just provide me with the correct number of needles, or do you guys get needles elsewhere? My apologies if that's a dumb question. I'm already a bit anxious about giving myself an injection for the first time in a few days after the nurse did the initial one last week, but trying to think ahead! [/QUOTE]
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