Hey guys, first time poster, long time lurker here. I’ll give you a quick rundown. I’m 30, been dealing with TT levels under 300 for about 4 years now. I put off TRT for most of that time because I didn’t want to affect my fertility. I had one child in that time and am definitely wanting a second. I initially bit the bullet and went on 100mg/week of test cyp from my GP in September. I was floored by my results. My brain fog was mostly gone, I recovered from workouts, got strength gains for the first time in years, and just felt like a bigger and better version of my old self.
My wife and I decided we want to start trying again and I approached my GP about it. She was clueless. I found a reputable urologist and he suggested HCG. My insurance excludes it from coverage. I am now relegated to paying 120 a month for it out of pocket. Where can I get a better price? I am using medlist right now and have a prescription. Any suggestions? Everyone says there are cheaper pharmacies but I can’t find anything. Thanks for the help and try not to flame me too hard. Also, I’ve never cycled before, aside from a M-1D and MMv3 prohormone run, which probably wasn’t even a real PH anymore in 2011 when I did it.
I plan to push my Endo to give me a script for hCG at my next appointment and have similar concerns. I found research that shows hCG can be reconstituted and frozen with only minimal damage to the peptides. However I also want to know I’m getting at least some unfrozen stuff.
My plan is to buy 1 vial of hCG + bacteriostatic water and 2 empty sterile bottles. I’m going to fill each empty vial with half of the reconstituted hCG, use one, and freeze the other for 4-6 weeks. Some people mentioned freezing it in needles but I don’t want a bunch of syringes in my freezer nor do I think it’s safe.
My issue with hCG is that if I want to buy it I have to use 25% of it and throw the remainder away because I can only get 10,000iu vials. For 150/vial plus supplies forget that shit.
[quote]dhickey wrote:
Yeah, the US is the only country you can get safe medications…[/quote]
LOL of course not, but I stand by my concern stated above.
When ordering temperature-sensitive polypeptides like HCG through the mail, you need to make sure that the drug will stay within the recommended storage temperature ranges for the whole transport chain, which is obviously a problem when the transport lasts 3-4 weeks, much of it happening in tropical countries.
Is it really that big of a concern before it’s reconstituted? Do we know for sure how it’s handled before it gets to a domestic pharmacy? One could always stock up in the winter I suppose. I’ve never had a problem with HCG and have always ordered from international sources…that I know of anyway. Because it’s just an ancillary, I don’t think it matters that much if it loses a bit of potency. When 250IUs wasn’t enough to keep the boys full and dangling, I just upped the dose. Just my opinion, but I think the significant cost savings easily outweighs the risks.
I would trust Canadian drugs over the US. We have tighter policies in almost every area of industry but I don’t think I would ever mail order medications. They wont even allow mail order companies in Canada because it’s way too sketchy.
[quote]C27 H40 O3 wrote:
I plan to push my Endo to give me a script for hCG at my next appointment and have similar concerns. I found research that shows hCG can be reconstituted and frozen with only minimal damage to the peptides. However I also want to know I’m getting at least some unfrozen stuff.
My plan is to buy 1 vial of hCG + bacteriostatic water and 2 empty sterile bottles. I’m going to fill each empty vial with half of the reconstituted hCG, use one, and freeze the other for 4-6 weeks. Some people mentioned freezing it in needles but I don’t want a bunch of syringes in my freezer nor do I think it’s safe.
My issue with hCG is that if I want to buy it I have to use 25% of it and throw the remainder away because I can only get 10,000iu vials. For 150/vial plus supplies forget that shit.[/quote]
Are you getting 10,000 in Canada without a script ?
If so where ?