Testosterone Cypionate is a testosterone ester that is soluble in oil. When injected, as slowly absorbed, the ester groups are removed and you have bio-identical testosterone. It is not an oral drug. As an oral, absorption would be very poor and the liver would absorb a substantial amount as first path as the vein that picks up what the intestines absorb dumps directly in the liver.
The product that you have found is bogus. There is a product of this nature that is very different, 1000mg Testosterone undecanoate. Some products of this nature have been found to absorb better with a good dose of vegetable oil.
If you inject 100mg T cyp/eth per week, after the ester goups are removed, you have ~ 70mg T, which is ~10mg/day. The amount of T required in orals drives up the costs. Ditto for trandermal T gels where you apply 100mg to to hopefully absorb 10mg. Transdermal absorption can often be very poor.
Injected T is least cost and 100% absorbed. Tiny and short insulin needles can be used.
Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.