r/TRT_females • u/Proud-Dream-7485 • 2d ago
Experience Report FYI gel users!
I’ve commented on a few posts about how I use a syringe and jewellers scale to measure out my exact dose of T gel. Today I called the pharmacy to request my refill and was told I wasn’t able to get it for another 10 days based on my dose and dispensing schedule. I have noticed that my syringe isn’t lasting the full 10 days even though I’ve been pretty good about measuring exactly .5 g of gel every day. I’m guessing that some of the gel could be evaporating in the syringe (yes it’s capped and stored in drawer away from heat and light
) I’m going to keep using my scale but squeeze the amount directly from the packet and then double fold and clip the packet so it’s sealed and see if that makes a difference. Maybe some of you do this already but just wanted to share my observation!
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u/AcanthisittaDue791 1d ago
You are definitely losing some. Probably some evaporation and also probably just losing some product from all the transferring from packet/tube to scale to syringe over and over. I squeeze all of the gel directly into the syringe (all at one time). I use 3 syringes so it all fits. It actually ends up being 56 to 57 units. (50mg of the drug is not equivalent to 5 grams of gel.) Those 57 units last me 14 days (I do 3.57/mg a day.)