drawing up

wheat thins are delicious · February 20, 2011, 04:57:13 PM

Is it possible to draw up T with a 25 gauge needle? I ran out of needles and I could only get 25 gauge. I inject with those all the time but have never drawn up with one.

Morgan · February 20, 2011, 06:27:02 PM

It's about as impossible as it gets. My nurse who did my injection lesson smuggled me some 21g needles because we just could NOT draw with the 25 I was prescribed.

wheat thins are delicious · February 20, 2011, 06:50:09 PM

Well dang. There is only one more pharmacy to call which I will tomorrow but dang. I don't want to miss my shot.

Logan1986 · February 20, 2011, 08:23:45 PM

i found that i had lumps in my leg when using the 25 but going to the slightly bigger 22.5 it's never happened. have you even had this? i figured it was from it not going deep enough in my leg.

wheat thins are delicious · February 20, 2011, 08:53:12 PM

What do you mean? The question here is: Is it possible to draw T into the syringe using a 25ga needle?

But to talk about injecting for a minute. No matter what the gauge. I've used 22ga (when first starting) and 25ga (now) and both times for a few days after my shot I have a sore spot that feels a little harder than other parts of my thigh but gauge hasn't made a big difference in sore/lumpy spots imo, I can't even tell a difference between the shot site after either needle size.

Logan1986 · February 20, 2011, 09:31:31 PM

Quote from: Andy8715 on February 20, 2011, 08:53:12 PM
What do you mean? The question here is: Is it possible to draw T into the syringe using a 25ga needle?

But to talk about injecting for a minute. No matter what the gauge. I've used 22ga (when first starting) and 25ga (now) and both times for a few days after my shot I have a sore spot that feels a little harder than other parts of my thigh but gauge hasn't made a big difference in sore/lumpy spots imo, I can't even tell a difference between the shot site after either needle size.

I know but i didn't want to start up a new thread for just that one question. Just figured since you were talking about 25g needles and had experience I would ask. I've never tried to draw with a 25 so I do not know the answer to your question.

Liam K · February 20, 2011, 10:38:36 PM

I don't understand why it would be impossible. If the T can get out of a 25 gauge needle (injecting), then it must be able to get in (drawing up). I would imagine that it would just take more time. And warming the vial of T between your hands beforehand to make it less viscous would probably help. Can't hurt to try, right?

But, FWIW, I don't have any experience with using that size of needle, so this is all just speculation.

wheat thins are delicious · February 20, 2011, 10:41:29 PM

Yeah I was thinking warming it might help. I planned to warm it anyway since I think it improves my shot to warm the testosterone some first.

xAndrewx · February 21, 2011, 12:04:55 AM

It'll be slow going but I think you can. I draw up and inject every week using a 23 gauge. It takes a while but it works. I just pull back as far as I can and let the T drip in. Then when it looks like it's about the right amount I let go and check it to make sure.

Revel · February 21, 2011, 10:29:44 AM

I'm a bit late, but I thought I'd add--I've been drawing up with 25g for months. Perfectly fine. I bought a box of 1ML syringes for increasing accuracy (versus using the 3ML) and they came with the 5/8" 25's on so I figured I'd use them. It's probably slower, but I don't consider that a problem.

I've also never felt a difference in post shot, uh, lumpiness shooting with a 25g versus a 21g but I wasn't paying that much attention either. I would assume it would hit the muscle the same way as the 21, as long as they're the same length (I shoot with a 1" 25g).

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