Hi guys,
I'll try to be as to the point here as possible, as I know these OPs tend to go on a bit!
I began taking Nebido in April. My second (or loading) injection was administered after 4 weeks.
Initial results were positive, but symptoms started to reoccur about 6 weeks after this second shot.
By the end of week 11, I was feeling horrendous, and the decision was taken to administer my third injection immediately, rather than wait until the 12 week mark.
A blood test performed 6 and a half weeks after the third injection showed a T blood level of 8.5 nmol/L. By week 8, I was again feeling horrendous and the fourth injection was eventually administered at the end of week 9.
I discovered through research that levels on Nebido peak after 1 week. So I got tested seven days after shot four - showing a level of 17.1 nmol/l.
Now this to me is more akin to the type of trough level one should be aiming for. However, upon meeting with my consultant (a professor of endocrinology) a couple of weeks ago, he seemed more concerned that my levels might go too high and limited me to an eight week injection cycle.
I showed him printed evidence from academic papers that levels peak after week one. He argued that the peak is more in the middle of the cycle and seemed unaware that testosterone undecanoate is the pharmacological name for Nebido. He was perfectly happy with a level of 17.1 nmol/l after one week.
I'm at the end of my tether guys. I waited nine years for a diagnosis, having been fobbed off on numerous occasions with Cialis prescriptions and psychiatrist appointments.
The last 2 years of treatment have been a bust. The Testogel was a failure, even at two sachets a day, producing trough levels of 11.1 nmol/l, and leaving me with some appalling side effects (nascent gyno, awful acne).
His conclusion is that T just decays quicker in my body than in most.
Is there anything I can do? What would you do? Anyone have a similar experience? Thanks.
I'll try to be as to the point here as possible, as I know these OPs tend to go on a bit!
I began taking Nebido in April. My second (or loading) injection was administered after 4 weeks.
Initial results were positive, but symptoms started to reoccur about 6 weeks after this second shot.
By the end of week 11, I was feeling horrendous, and the decision was taken to administer my third injection immediately, rather than wait until the 12 week mark.
A blood test performed 6 and a half weeks after the third injection showed a T blood level of 8.5 nmol/L. By week 8, I was again feeling horrendous and the fourth injection was eventually administered at the end of week 9.
I discovered through research that levels on Nebido peak after 1 week. So I got tested seven days after shot four - showing a level of 17.1 nmol/l.
Now this to me is more akin to the type of trough level one should be aiming for. However, upon meeting with my consultant (a professor of endocrinology) a couple of weeks ago, he seemed more concerned that my levels might go too high and limited me to an eight week injection cycle.
I showed him printed evidence from academic papers that levels peak after week one. He argued that the peak is more in the middle of the cycle and seemed unaware that testosterone undecanoate is the pharmacological name for Nebido. He was perfectly happy with a level of 17.1 nmol/l after one week.
I'm at the end of my tether guys. I waited nine years for a diagnosis, having been fobbed off on numerous occasions with Cialis prescriptions and psychiatrist appointments.
The last 2 years of treatment have been a bust. The Testogel was a failure, even at two sachets a day, producing trough levels of 11.1 nmol/l, and leaving me with some appalling side effects (nascent gyno, awful acne).
His conclusion is that T just decays quicker in my body than in most.
Is there anything I can do? What would you do? Anyone have a similar experience? Thanks.
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