How Long Can You Safely Use HCG

[nydj66]

I'm current on a self-designed HRT regime where I inject 150mg of test-E and 150mg of deca on Monday, then 1,500IU of HCG on Friday.

This works out well since it keeps me horny through the weekend. I'm just wondering how long I can do this before I'm at risk for leydig cell desensitization?

 

[Outtlaw]

I dont know but you would think that your doc knows what he's doing if he put you on that regimine. You should be asking him this stuff. But being that I self dose myself, I would not run hcg like that. Nor do I think that much is needed.

 

[r1]

Many men are on HRT using HCG monotherapy courtesy of Dr Eugene Shippen (author of "The Testosterone Syndrome") and docs who use his methods. I recall seeing several studies posted over the last year that said that anything above 3000 iu-4000 iu/week is risky. Some places (Cenegenics?) go as high as 5000/wk.

I don't think you are at risk for desensitization at 1500 iu/week regardless of how long you take it.

Sonny

 

[Indy]

I'm current on a self-designed HRT regime where I inject 150mg of test-E and 150mg of deca on Monday, then 1,500IU of HCG on Friday.

This works out well since it keeps me horny through the weekend. I'm just wondering how long I can do this before I'm at risk for leydig cell desensitization?

Well the information I gathered on HCG awhile back referred to taking 1500iu or so (which varies greatly by the way from 500iu to 1500iu) EOD or every third day, not to exceed 10 days for risk of leydig cell desensitization. Now taking once a week, that's a new one on me, and I have not seen any studies or documentation on that to be able to answer that accurately. With that said, simply looking at the half life of HCG, it's clear from your system days before the next injection, so predicting this is pretty tough. Need a doc or endo to answer this one, but I dont think taking like that is a good idea in my opinion. I would stick to the regimine of mid-cycle and end of cycle to kick off pct, and I only take for one week. All you really need it for is to keep the balls plump.

This week is my mid-cycle week and last night was my first HCG shot, OH MY GOD, never made me this horny, poor wife

 

[nydj66]

Well the information I gathered on HCG awhile back referred to taking 1500iu or so (which varies greatly by the way from 500iu to 1500iu) EOD or every third day, not to exceed 10 days for risk of leydig cell desensitization. Now taking once a week, that's a new one on me, and I have not seen any studies or documentation on that to be able to answer that accurately. With that said, simply looking at the half life of HCG, it's clear from your system days before the next injection, so predicting this is pretty tough. Need a doc or endo to answer this one, but I dont think taking like that is a good idea in my opinion. I would stick to the regimine of mid-cycle and end of cycle to kick off pct, and I only take for one week. All you really need it for is to keep the balls plump.

This week is my mid-cycle week and last night was my first HCG shot, OH MY GOD, never made me this horny, poor wife

On Swale's website he advocates using HCG two days a week while on TRT to keep the testes from atrophying but he recommends 500IU the two days prior to your next test injection. But he doesn't state how long you can safely do that.

 

[Indy]

On Swale's website he advocates using HCG two days a week while on TRT to keep the testes from atrophying but he recommends 500IU the two days prior to your next test injection. But he doesn't state how long you can safely do that.

But it usually takes me about 6 weeks before they atrophy when on heavy test, that just might be me though.

 

[faaassst]

Swale now never uses more than 250iu in a single dose. 1500iu in a single dose is way too high.