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I'm not 100% certain but it seems like Andractim is what all the Euro trans guys get too. I haven't heard of anyone outside North America getting a custom DHT compound; they always seem to get Andractim. (I know guys in the UK who could not get their prescriptions filled.)
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11-24-2013, 02:19 PM
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Andractim is the only DHT compound I have ever used and furthermore I would recommend against having products compounded at other pharmacies.
While researching testosterone I learned that various compounds are often far less effective than the Pfizer product, due to testosterone being difficult to properly synthesize.
Although many other medicines are easier to compound, I still don't like to take chances on things that important to me, and all of my hormones are going to be the tried-and-tested ones, not other ones which are more likely to be made in small batches by people with less experience making that particular chemical.
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I'm interested in getting DHT, and have read all about it being controlled in US. Seems risky to order without an RX. I asked my doc (GP who works with a lot of trans patients) if he subscribes it and he wasn't familiar with its usage. I didn't push that day but am wondering if there's any advice for educating him and asking again. Any experiences educating and asking your docs? I don't have a date for meta but would like to do DHT this year for hopefully meta in the next 15-18 months depending on surgeon.
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05-18-2017, 05:40 PM
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Hi Mason, my doctor had no familiarity with DHT but he wrote me a prescription based on the info I gave him. I provided him with anecdotal reports of DHT working for trans guys, along with references to journal articles about the safety of DHT. He wrote the prescription on the spot.
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Joshua, thanks so much. I think my doc would do the same if I came prepared with print offs and/or a list of articles. Any chance you have published this bibliography of journal articles on your blog?
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Perfect! Thanks for all you do man
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08-24-2017, 03:26 AM
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Hey Joshua! As an update, I was able to get a script for DHT and to get one of the last orders from All Saints. It seems they have a supply problem currently and aren't sure what the future holds. My order is in the mail, they said. I am now preparing myself for the regimen and wanted to see if you could help me understand the math around my dosing, as well as what I may want to look out for in terms of my regular T dose while I'm doing the DHT cycle.
First question though- I noticed on your blog you were doing a Round 2, maybe a couple years ago. Did that yield any new results for you? Just curious.
So since this is the 2.5% gel, it seems I'd need to quadruple my dose compared to what I've read about the 10% dosing. If you were doing 60mg a day at 10%, my equivalent dose would be 240mg a day? I'm not sure if they will include the measuring stick thing with it so I'll need to find a way to measure that out. Also plan to get lidocaine based on a thread in the comments on one of your posts.
Two 80g tubes of Andractim come with the order so I think if it's 240mg a day that's like 666 days worth that I have product for. That's a lot!
Any thoughts are appreciated on this, basically my doc was willing to write it for me. He hasn't prescribed it before but I brought him your post and the research you mentioned, and he was like ok, it's not gonna hurt you, so here you go. That said I didn't discuss with him how to change my T dose to accommodate this testosterone addition. On top of that, I'm moving to Portland Oregon next week, and I won't start this until I'm there. I can ask my doc for my T level number so I know it and then get my levels checked maybe after 4 weeks on DHT? To see how it is affecting me. I think I run a little low anyway in the normal range. How did you alter your dosing of T when on DHT? I usually take 200mg every two weeks, standard dosing.
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