Investigating the Realm of the Injection - Question about my first Rx

[IslandSporks]

Hey gents! New to the forums here, but a bit of background real fast - 33yo, been dealing with ED symptoms for ~7 years now. Sildenafil worked okayish for a year or four. Been on Cialis 5's for about a year, and the morning wood has returned about 60% of the time I'd guess, and performance is a bit better, but still no where near where I'd like to be. I was stacking 20-60mg sildenafil with my Cialis 5's when I knew the misses would be up for some fun, but that seemed to only actually /work/ for a tiny bit.

Had a follow up at my urologist just about a week or three ago and told them what was going on. I was expecting to move to Cialis 10/day (Though, since, I've been reading the 10mg is not supposed to be a daily), or possibly look a bit more into my low-ish T levels more, but they were just like, 'yeah, so there's injections we can do as a next step'.

Slightly caught off guard, but wanting to be able to actually take advantage of the wife being in the mood without having to worry about not being, what feels to be, a quarter of the... potentness (?) as I was before all of the BS started.

Doc had sent over my Rx to the compounding pharmacy (Insurance doesn't cover compounded meds, BOO), and did all of that initial ordering rigmarole. A few hours later, the doctor from the lab calls me and wanted to make sure I knew to NOT use my meds until I've been shown what's up by my doctor, because it's their 'super' strength.

I figured she was just BSing me.

Vials just got delivered today and they're a BiMix PGE1/PhentoLamine 40MCG-0.5MG/ML Injectable.

Been reading around here that, yeah, this may very well may be a super strength med lol!



I guess basically my reason for posting this is to inquire what you all think I should start out with for a starting dose. I've been reading people's docs are trying to start them at like 30 units to begin - but I'm presuming that's with a 10mcg/0.5mg strength, yeah?

Further, did anyone else have any experiences with the 'jump-to-conclusions' mat exercise that landed them in this particular section of the forum?



Thanks all!

[K4OffRoad]

Do not start off with too much. I am in about the same boat as you are as far as age and effectiveness of the pills. The last time I injected 4 tiny marks on the syringe, I was hard for a verry scary 3.5 hours... Before you take too much feel free to take too little.

[Martin6469]

Good advice from K4, but if you have "lowish T," get that fixed first.

[IslandSporks]

Do not start off with too much. I am in about the same boat as you are as far as age and effectiveness of the pills. The last time I injected 4 tiny marks on the syringe, I was hard for a verry scary 3.5 hours... Before you take too much feel free to take too little.

Yeah I'm kinda tempted to take whatever they suggest and quarter it because from what I can gather the typical BiMix is 10/.5. Sadly it seems like 95% of the guys out that are active on the forums are on TriMix, and I'm sure that's not an apples:apples comparison.

Was tempted to request EDEX simply for the fact that I can get it covered by insurance

[IslandSporks]

Good advice from K4, but if you have "lowish T," get that fixed first.

So, after my vas, this is why I continued to be a patron at my uro. I figured my ED stuff was related directly to this. From what I've been reading around more and more, though, is that T levels are much more linked to libido, and not necessarily with performance. I probably should get a doppler ultrasound to track down what's exactly going on - this may be a follow up I have shortly to get that booked.

I tried Clomid for a good bit, but was starting to get some sides and wasn't ever feeling that much better, so I came off of it.

TT - I had tests in the low/mid 200's ng/dL (range 250-1100) before anything. CC brought me up around 535, and then after 8 weeks off of CC, I ran a 409.
FT - Two tests in the 60-75pg/mL pre CC (range 35-155). 128 on CC, 90 after CC.
SHBG Only got tested once after I came off, but it is at 19 nmol/L (range 10-50)
Estradiol seems to run stable around 20pg/mL (range < or = 39pg/mL)
FSH 2.8mIU/mL (range 1.6-8.0)
LH 5.0mIU/mL (range 1.5-9.3)


Honestly when I went back in to discuss how things were going and was very much in a 'good-not-great' result state with the pills, I was fully expecting to be running down the T side of things.

[1969CevyC10]

Island Sporks, I am much older, I am 74. I was put on edex40 in January of this year.
The edex works very well and will last for an hour or so. Just so you know....

[Old Guy]

Injecting is not a thing to start without doctors' instructions. If you inject too much an erection can last so long it may cause other issues.

[IslandSporks]

Injecting is not a thing to start without doctors' instructions. If you inject too much an erection can last so long it may cause other issues.

Yeah, I'm certainly waiting for my appt with my doc here at the end of the month.

[slipnslider]

Start low, and dont be angry if it doesn't work. If it works a little bit, then add 50% then next time. Many docs send their first time patients straight to the ER with a dose that is far too high.

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