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How long will this vial of testosterone last me?

Started by owl, January 21, 2011, 01:25:57 PM

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owl

So i just got my Testosterone from the pharmacy :)
I took a pic of it, it says 200MG/5ML
I am wondering how long this will last me, i don't know my dosage yet, but how long do you THINK it will last me is what i mean haha :P


thanks,
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xAndrewx

It's really hard to say because everyone is on different doses and we can't talk doses hear but congrats on getting your T :)

owl

Oh thats right, i had forgotten! I guess i will have to find out soon :o)
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Robert Scott

Divide your dosage amount ... that should give you an idea
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Elijah3291

its 10 ml?

cant really say w/o knowing your dose, but I am on a "normal" dose, and a 10 ml vial lasts me about 5 months
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Sarah Louise

If you have a prescription for this, it will tell you how much your supposed to take.  If not, talk with your doctor.

None can tell you how long it would last without stateing their doseage, which would be against the Rules here.

Sorry.
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Sean

As stated before, we can't tell you the dosage.

What we can do is explain to you how to read the label and understand your dosage that your doctor will tell you.

200 mg/ml identifies the concentration of the drug, not the dose. What it means is that for every 1 ml of the drug, you will be getting 200 mg of Testosterone delivered to your body. If the concentration was lower, then you would need more volume of the drug to achieve the same dose.

Your bottle looks like it is 5 ml from that picture. What that means is that you have 1000 mg of Testosterone in that vial. (If I'm wrong and it is a different volume, you can multiple the # of mls in your vial by 200 mg to know how many mgs of T you have).

Once you know your dosage, you can divide the amount of T that you take every week or every other week into how many mg of T are in the vial, and that should tell you ROUGHLY how long it will last. For example (and this is NO ONE'S actual dose - this is for showing how to do the math!),  if you have a vial that has a concentration of 200 mg/ml that is 3ml in volume, then you have 600 mg of T. If my doctor tells me to take 5 mg of T every week, then I know that I have about 600/5 doses, and it will last me 120 weeks (which is about 2 years). THIS IS NOT AN ACTUAL DOSE! It is a math lesson!

Here are other factors that will affect how quickly you go through the vial:

- Changes in your dosage. The dose you start out with may not be the same dose you wind up taking in 2 months from now. Adjustments in dose will affect how long it takes to get through the vial.

- Wasted doses. Starting out, you might make a mistake with a needle/syringe that results in some amount of waste, if you realize you have to throw out a filled dose and it can't be used (e.g., you compromised the sterility, it has trapped air/blood/etc)

- Slight mistakes in filling your syringes. It's hard to fill perfectly to the line every single time, and while you will typically be close enough to the dose not to matter, the imperfections can add up over doses, leaving you slightly off at the end of the vial.

- Not being able to get the last drop out in the end. It's much easier to fill the syringe with a full vial than an empty one, and it is normal to not be able to get the last dose out.

And congrats!
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owl

Wow sean, thanks so much! I did end up calling my doctor and getting the dose amount. Thanks everyone for responding. :D
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Nygeel

My guess is that it will last you a long time. I would guess anywhere from maybe 3 months to a year depending on your dose. It also depends on if your doctor starts you on a low dose and progresses to a higher dose.
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Nic_Loren

Hey, I got my first vial of T the same day you got yours! Congrats!

I too had this same question, so thanks for the answers guys :)
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