Is there really a difference in absorption? I’ve had a couple of Dr’s say only intramuscular. I read an article on this site about the benefits of subcutaneous and lower hematocrit levels and other pluses.
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I personally saw my test levels go higher when I went from SubQ to shallow IM, even with a dosage reduction. Injection frequency or anything else did not change, just administration. Cannot answer to how it affected my hematocrit as I haven’t checked that for a while now. I want to say my E2 also dropped but not quite positive that it did affect it. I do feel better on shallow IM than I did for the 3 months I was on SubQ but that is probably due to higher levels achieved.
If it is the study I am thinking of, they also said Testosterone was higher. But if you look into it, the assumption was SubQ was easier to do, so they would inject twice a week, and IM would inject once. Blood tests taken at trough. The study was crap basically.
Yep. The surface area of the depot changes, along with the amount of blood flow. So slower uptake that would balance over enough time, I imagine. We’re already using longer esters, no need to further slow things down even more, IMO