Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: E on October 06, 2010, 05:45:36 AM Return to Full Version
Title: How long does spiro stay in the body?
Post by: E on October 06, 2010, 05:45:36 AM
Post by: E on October 06, 2010, 05:45:36 AM
I'm planning to start on spiro, and I need to know how long it takes after you stop taking the pills until the effects are gone? That is, until the effects are faint enough that a before/after blood test would be within standard variance of each other.
Thank you in advance.
Thank you in advance.
Title: Re: How long does spiro stay in the body?
Post by: pebbles on October 06, 2010, 06:39:34 AM
Post by: pebbles on October 06, 2010, 06:39:34 AM
Well I don't know about an actual half-life it depends on many factors like metabolism and such I've also not had a blood test to check but you have to take a divided dose twice a day usually because it's effects will begin to wear off after 16 hours.
I've gone 3 days without taking a dose and I was certainly getting signs of rising T-levels but I think it would take a month or so for your T level to return to normal if you flatlined it with AA's and if you've been taking AA's for a long time it might never return to what it once was.
Don't worry tho unless they are specifically looking for it they won't detect spiro or low T levels.
I've gone 3 days without taking a dose and I was certainly getting signs of rising T-levels but I think it would take a month or so for your T level to return to normal if you flatlined it with AA's and if you've been taking AA's for a long time it might never return to what it once was.
Don't worry tho unless they are specifically looking for it they won't detect spiro or low T levels.
Title: Re: How long does spiro stay in the body?
Post by: E on October 06, 2010, 06:46:25 AM
Post by: E on October 06, 2010, 06:46:25 AM
Quote from: pebbles on October 06, 2010, 06:39:34 AMDon't worry tho unless they are specifically looking for it they won't detect spiro or low T levels.Thank you. I'm not sure they won't be specifically looking, though - and I can't really take any risks.
I'll probably have been on spiro for a bit over a year by the time I go to the endo. If they detect that I've been self-medicating... well, all the stories I've heard suggest that they punish that particular sin by delaying transition considerably.