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Question for my F.T. friends that are on TRT. Yesterday I got a notice from my insurance company that after 1/1/ 13 they will no longer pay for my androgel 1.62% the drugs they will pay for are Androderm, Axiron, Fortesta. Do you guys use any of these and how do they work.
Thanks
Bill.

Just started anxion afew days ago. I like the application location

From a pharmacist-it does not matter which one you use! you will get the same results-go with what the insurance covers. I would recommend Fortesta. You could also getting it from a compounding pharmacy. It probably wont be covered but should be the same fee as your insurance co-pay. Jim Fortesta has some online coupons which should take care of your copay for maybe 11 months-not sure what is out there currently. Jim

I'm paying $25 mo axiorn for hopefully a year then it goes to $300 monthly

I have been on Axiron 4 applications a day and my levels haave gone from 32 to 700 in 6 months. I feel great and have lost weight. 60 years old and insulin diabetic. Not much help with ED

dock123 wrote:I have been on Axiron 4 applications a day and my levels haave gone from 32 to 700 in 6 months. I feel great and have lost weight. 60 years old and insulin diabetic. Not much help with ED

I am also an insulin dependent diabetic. I started 1% Testim about a year ago which increased total T from 190 to 750 which did little if anything for my ED, but did increase libido a bit. Subsequently, reduced dosage because my PSA started to elevate- 1.1 to 1.6..

Im on Axiron very cheap for a year, my plan is to inject tesoterone after the year. Works great $25 a month. Feel great. No har d ons. I here Vitaros is coming to take care of that

have you considered the implants? Its small pellets injected into the butt area , whole procedure last about 5 minutes , I have joked it takes longer to get my hair cut . Virtually no pain , and its good for three months . My insurance coverage is about the same for the patches or androderm , so this is much easier and so much more effective.

I'm late to this topic, but I don't have Medicare part D or insurance to cover meds. I as getting a monthly shot in the butt at the docs till Medicare stopped paying for it. The doc asked if I could self inject and of course, I told him I could, even though I've never done it and don't even like to see the injection coming when others do it.
Anyhow, the doc sold me 4 syringes with alcohol pads for $85. I actually didn't have a problem giving myself the injections, but I prefer the butt alternating sides each week.
After several months the doc's asst asked me if I'd like to pay in cash for $70. Maybe the $ goes into the Christmas party fund? I do recommend going this route since it spreads out the amount of T more evenly.
The downside is that I have to get my T and PSA checked pretty often (I think it's every 3 months)?

I do the every 4 day small dose injection. 0.2mL alternately on either side of my belly button. This has been the most efffective method for me. The large injections bruised me and left my leg and butt hurting for days. I started at 255 I'm now close to 1000 I think...my actual labs are due in 3 weeks. The big shots raised my level from 255 to 272 and with that I got hot flashes. I don't get that on the low dose frequent injections. Ultimately i'd like to have a pump that would mimic the every 2 hour spike in luteinizing hormone dumped from the hypothalamus/pituitary. So I would be pumping not milligrams but micrograms of T into me continuously - this would perfectly mimic how the body does it. In Europe I've heard of a small pump designed for full-blown Kallmann's syndrome folks that does just that - alas it isn't available here.