Testosterone Pellets

[rick055]

Anybody use them?

Do we know if there is a propensity for them to convert to DHT or E2?

My brother is considering them.

[medgerton]

Anybody use them?

Do we know if there is a propensity for them to convert to DHT or E2?

My brother is considering them.


The following is from Doctor Crisler's "Receipe for Success" paper.

"In my opinion, their use is absolutely Stone Age. Granted, they can provide extra revenue by virtue of a billable office based procedure. However, needlessly exposing patients to the risks ALL surgeries pose—hemorrhage and infection—is unwarranted. Some have issues with pellet extrusion, but same is highly dependent upon clinician’s technique. And the area of insertion will be much tenderer than that following a mere IM injection. But the real issue which selects against pellet implantation is concerned with dosing. Let’s say you attempt to establish a “usual” initial dose for the pellets. As will be described in the next section, there is absolutely no way to predict, up front, how a patient will react to a given dose of testosterone, regardless of the delivery system, or patient’s body weight, activity level or composition. So you bury these pellets in your patient’s backside, and (hopefully) draw follow-up labs in a month or so. What are you to do if the total testosterone ends up greatly exceeding the top of normal range (meaning the patient hyper-responded to the treatment)? And what if the pellets do not elevate T enough? Will you bring them back in to implant more? It may be difficult to sell them on this idea, since they probably are not yet feeling the advantages of TRT enough yet to motivate them into undergoing another surgical procedure. It just doesn’t make sense, to my way of thinking. Worse, what if follow-up assay demonstrates markedly elevated DHT? Think about it.

Testosterone pellets do have some benefit in that selected patients may believe it more convenient to come in at longer interval, and then be done with it for a while. If your patient is on his way to conquer Mt. Everest, or extended safari, then TRT via pellet implantation is preferable to abstinence from TRT at physically challenging times."

[hormoneman]

Anybody use them?

Do we know if there is a propensity for them to convert to DHT or E2?

My brother is considering them.

I've actualy used them - my davice is this - NEVER EVER USE THEM - THEY SUCK!!

After you get the procedure done you cannot exercise for at least one week and if your body uses them up faster than anticipated you need another procedure done

I had 2 procedures done -first one 6 pellets, second one 7 pellets

I wouls rather have low T than get pellets

[rick055]

I've actualy used them - my davice is this - NEVER EVER USE THEM - THEY SUCK!!

After you get the procedure done you cannot exercise for at least one week and if your body uses them up faster than anticipated you need another procedure done

I had 2 procedures done -first one 6 pellets, second one 7 pellets

I wouls rather have low T than get pellets

Thank you, I will pass that on.

I have been STANDING on him to see Dr. J; he was going to go and then got anxious ... the low t/depression kind of anxious.

I just need to keep talking to him.

[pmgamer18]

I know a lot of women on them they work great for them. I tried them but the Dr.'s that do them want about $1,500.00 total that's office, labs, pellets and the cost to put them in. They say the last 4 months but mine only lasted 4 weeks then he put more in more money and in 4 weeks I was low again. I later found out he was not giving me enough pellets and most of the Dr.'s I talk to here in Mi. will not give you enough pellets to last 4 months. I would need about 1600mgs or about 21 pellets. At MESO guys went on them found a Dr. that did them right but the cost was killing them.

They had no E2 problems on them.

Thank you, I will pass that on.

I have been STANDING on him to see Dr. J; he was going to go and then got anxious ... the low t/depression kind of anxious.

I just need to keep talking to him.