As regards HCGs use of Post-Cycle-Therapy (post cycle therapy (pct)), smaller and more frequent doses after a cycle of AAS would give the best results with the least amount of side effects. A dose of 250iu to 500iu everyday (ed) for 2 to 3 weeks is plenty and should very little from person to person (3). The Physicians Desk Reference recommends 500iu/day, as did the late, great, Dan Duchaine. The smaller doses are sufficient enough to begin reversal of testicular atrophy and used in conjunction with nolvade, will help the already present problem of recovery without raising the levels of estrogen to high and increasing the risk of gynecomastia in the user. Lower doses of 250iu to 500iu also avoid the further risk of down regulating LH receptors in the testes. The old saying more is better definitely does not apply to the use of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG). You dont want to finish post cycle therapy (pct) after using too much Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) only to find out your back at the beginning again. Your best bet is to start at 250iu or 500iu ed for 5 or 6 days, and if you dont notice anything happening (nuts dropping and getting bigger) up the dose slightly. Small doses like 500iu two days a week isnt going to cut it like some people think. The only thing small doses of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) ay be useful (sublingually) for is reducing symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (7). Yeah, thats right, you can probably reduce some symptoms of an enlarged prostate with the use of small doses of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG).
As stated above the cycles of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) should be in the 2 to 3 week range with a least one month off in between, you could stretch your cycle out to four weeks without any major concern if you are using lower doses. One should however take care when using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) as prolonged use could repress the bodys natural production of gonadotropins permanently, but this is mostly just pure speculation as it does not have yet to be reported nor has there been a case of an overdose. To be on the safe side shorter cycles of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) seem to be that of the norm. Most users cycle Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) near the end of a steroid cycle, you should start your Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) therapy on the last week of your cycle. For best results you should also run nolva while you run Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) as taking Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) by itself will do little to nothing and gyno even though rare may also flair up. Once the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) cycle is finished you continue with your usual clomid or nolvadex (preferably the latter) for post cycle therapy (pct) as it is more effective when used in conjunction Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) for post cycle therapy (pct). With an AAS cycle of 6 to 10 weeks Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) may not be necessary unless extreme doses of AAS were used or there is an existing problem of testicular atrophy or you are running a heavy oral only cycle. AAS cycles of 12 or more weeks should have Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) as a part of post cycle plan.
