Sore, Red Bump after First Test E SubQ Injection

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I injected my first ever test E dose on Monday. I opted for subQ, to the left of my belly button. This morning, I woke up with a red bump that’s sore at the injection site. Is this normal? A couple of reasons why I think it may be sore after investigating possible causes:

-Pinched my skin too tightly
-Wasn’t quite at a 45 degree angle
-Injected too quickly
-Didn’t warm the dose before injecting

Test E: Beligas Pharma 300mg/ml (Splitting this up, at 150mg, twice weekly)
Syringe/needle: 30G/0.5in insulin needle

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That concentration is getting to the point of higher pip. You also injected subq with too much oil. It will go down but i would suggest smaller amounts more often if you are going subq or go IM with 1/2ml 2 times per week.

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Understood, thank you for responding. Would you advise 0.25ml EOD?

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I think that would be the max i’d inject subq. Maybe even .15ml. Might wanna look into a lower concentration as well if the pain/redness persist.
IMO you should switch to IM unless you have a reason not to.

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Thanks. Is it a bad idea to use these 30G/0.5in insulin needles that I have for IM?

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If you are lean and hit your delts it would prob work but anywhere else I would use 1" needles.

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I think 1/2 inch anywhere between 30-27g is the move. In terms of PIP I have seen big differences on brand, injection site and SOP. Do some research on the tips and tricks. Currently injecting 0.5ml of 125mg of test E twice a week. Working fine.

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Are you also injecting subq in the belly?

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Glutes

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For SQ, yep. Esp with UGL product that may be over-filled (so to speak) with solvents.

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Thanks. Going to inject delts with my .5in needle from here on out

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Older thread, but I got same reaction for Beligas test E, 0.3ml subq as well. I also got some PIP for about 3 days from IM. Seems to be par for the course with this sauce.

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I ended up going ventro glute IM for the rest of the vial. Literally zero redness/PIP/anything

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Ty for the reply, I will try ventro glute for my next pin.

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I also using 23G 1” needles so they’re not tiny. No pain at all

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For anyone else who may find this useful…

Pinning ventro glute along with heating up the oil resulted in very little pip. 29g, 1/2", 0.5cc total.

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Long time lurker. New member. Been on other forums for 10+ years. 12 yrs with gear. Never injected sub q until last week. Got a massive hard red lump now. Ended up going to urgent care and got amoxicillin. Doesn’t seem to be working. Injected monster test e 300 1 cc with insulin pin. And idea what I should do? Or just ride it out

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Ya, Thats probably too much oil to be taken at one time Sub Q. The lumps are for the most par a normal part of Sub Q when injecting bigger doses of oil. Split your dose up and inject multiple time per week should help.
As for your last injection? Just ride it out.

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Beligas Pharma Test E 300mg/ml… worst PIP I’ve ever had from a compound.