Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: avjaro16 on April 15, 2013, 12:52:08 PM Return to Full Version
Title: How long can T be open without being used?
Post by: avjaro16 on April 15, 2013, 12:52:08 PM
Post by: avjaro16 on April 15, 2013, 12:52:08 PM
I'm getting my prescription 4/25 and my friend is giving me a vial of T he never used because he switched from cypionate to enanthate. We use the same endo and pharmacy and I actually watched him purchase this vial so I know that it is not dangerous. The idea is I'll always have a spare vial of T, should I need it. The vial should last 3 months and expires 8/31 so I would have to use it up first. The problem is I won't see him until 5/10 and I'd rather not wait an extra 2 weeks to do my first shot. So my question is: If I use the vial I purchase for my first shot then wipe it clean, close it tight, and store it well, and then use the vial my friend gives me for the next 3 months, will it still be safe to use the first vial again after 3 months?
Title: Re: How long can T be open without being used?
Post by: Felix on April 18, 2013, 07:12:00 AM
Post by: Felix on April 18, 2013, 07:12:00 AM
I don't know how effective it would be or if there would be degradation from air or whatever. Idk about contamination either. The vials I use don't open, but instead have a self-sealing rubber cap that the needle goes into.
Anyway regardless of what is officially the proper thing to do I wouldn't let that stuff go unused. It's not cheap and I can't imagine it doing much good in the sewer system or municipal waste stream if you were to dispose of it anyhow.
Anyway regardless of what is officially the proper thing to do I wouldn't let that stuff go unused. It's not cheap and I can't imagine it doing much good in the sewer system or municipal waste stream if you were to dispose of it anyhow.