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Should I swap needles when drawing and injecting Testosterone?
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<blockquote data-quote="EmpowerPharmacy" data-source="post: 4272" data-attributes="member: 109"><p>When drawing <a href="http://www.empowerrxpharmacy.com/drugs/testosterone-cypionate-injection.html" target="_blank">Testosterone Cypionate</a> or <a href="http://www.empowerrxpharmacy.com/drugs/testosterone-enanthate-injection.html" target="_blank">Testoterone Enanthate</a> a lot of patients ask me whether or not they should swap the large bore needle they draw with (21-23G) and switch it out with a smaller one (25G 1'') before injecting. These are what I've found to be the advantages to using a single 25G 1'' needle for both the draw and injection:</p><p></p><p></p><p>1. <strong>Less waste</strong>.</p><p>2. <strong>Time is saved</strong>. Let me expand on this... The time it takes to put on one needle, draw the injection, pull back on the plunger to draw out the liquid from the 21-23G needle and hub, cap the needle, take off needle, open another package put on the new needle, uncap then inject is much longer than just drawing and injecting with 1 needle. At room temperature a 25G 1'' needle will draw 1mL of oil every minute (30 seconds to draw 0.5mL), so the time saved using a larger gauge needle would be negated due to the time loss of swapping needles.</p><p>3. <strong>Sterility is assured</strong> as swapping needles exposes the critical points of the syringe and needle ports to open air.</p><p>4. <strong>The stopper's life is extended</strong>. Using a large bore draw needle causes a large hole in the rubber stopper every time it is punctured. When large holes are present this causes the vial to no longer be a closed system, which increases the possibility of germs being introducing into the vial.</p><p>5. <strong>Coring is prevented</strong>. By not using a large bore needle you also prevent coring the stopper, which is the breaking off of a cylindrical piece of rubber into the vial due to the cutting action of the needle puncturing the stopper. This occurs more often as the bore of the needle increases.</p><p>6. <strong>Cost savings</strong>. Less supplies = less money out the door. </p><p>7. <strong>No more losses</strong> from not properly sucking out the oil from the draw needle before discarding.</p><p>8. <strong>Simplicity prevents confusion</strong> with the end user. Less steps in the administration process makes it easier for patients to be compliant with their dosing.</p><p></p><p></p><p>For a subcutaneous (SQ) injection a 29G 1/2'' syringe is what I recommend and it takes less than 1 minute to draw 0.25 mL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EmpowerPharmacy, post: 4272, member: 109"] When drawing [URL="http://www.empowerrxpharmacy.com/drugs/testosterone-cypionate-injection.html"]Testosterone Cypionate[/URL] or [URL="http://www.empowerrxpharmacy.com/drugs/testosterone-enanthate-injection.html"]Testoterone Enanthate[/URL] a lot of patients ask me whether or not they should swap the large bore needle they draw with (21-23G) and switch it out with a smaller one (25G 1'') before injecting. These are what I've found to be the advantages to using a single 25G 1'' needle for both the draw and injection: 1. [B]Less waste[/B]. 2. [B]Time is saved[/B]. Let me expand on this... The time it takes to put on one needle, draw the injection, pull back on the plunger to draw out the liquid from the 21-23G needle and hub, cap the needle, take off needle, open another package put on the new needle, uncap then inject is much longer than just drawing and injecting with 1 needle. At room temperature a 25G 1'' needle will draw 1mL of oil every minute (30 seconds to draw 0.5mL), so the time saved using a larger gauge needle would be negated due to the time loss of swapping needles. 3. [B]Sterility is assured[/B] as swapping needles exposes the critical points of the syringe and needle ports to open air. 4. [B]The stopper's life is extended[/B]. Using a large bore draw needle causes a large hole in the rubber stopper every time it is punctured. When large holes are present this causes the vial to no longer be a closed system, which increases the possibility of germs being introducing into the vial. 5. [B]Coring is prevented[/B]. By not using a large bore needle you also prevent coring the stopper, which is the breaking off of a cylindrical piece of rubber into the vial due to the cutting action of the needle puncturing the stopper. This occurs more often as the bore of the needle increases. 6. [B]Cost savings[/B]. Less supplies = less money out the door. 7. [B]No more losses[/B] from not properly sucking out the oil from the draw needle before discarding. 8. [B]Simplicity prevents confusion[/B] with the end user. Less steps in the administration process makes it easier for patients to be compliant with their dosing. For a subcutaneous (SQ) injection a 29G 1/2'' syringe is what I recommend and it takes less than 1 minute to draw 0.25 mL. [/QUOTE]
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