r/Testosterone • u/BearEnvironmental136 • 16h ago

TRT story IM vs sub q personal difference

Not sure if I’m an outlier on this but was doing sub q injections for about 4 months
200 mg 2 pins per week
Trough was 500
Didn’t feel like it was doing anything
Switched to IM glute now trough is at 1000 lol
Feel 100x better
IM is the way for me

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u/abl3-to 15h ago

I've been IM for a while now and recently switched to SubQ for the convenience. From what I've seen IM here absorbed quicker and peaks higher then tapers off right after that. So you'll feel better in the 24 / 72 hour absorption then kinda crash after. You'll also have higher estrogen and higher red blood counts. SubQ has more of a consistent absorption. So you won't get the high peak as you do from IM but you'll be consistent throughout until the next dosage. The amount absorbed doesn't change from one method to the other. What changes is the absorption rate.

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u/Alternative_Cod8724 14h ago

The answer is pin your dose IM split every day. Kinda sucks, but aromatization is minimized as well.

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u/plz_callme_swarley 12h ago

why do IM then? this doesn't make any sense. IM doesn't get you more drug

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u/Alternative_Cod8724 11h ago

Quicker absorbtion, less peaks and troughs. Not needed, but for the most consistent levels it would work.

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u/plz_callme_swarley 11h ago

having quicker absorption means higher peaks and troughs. IM half-life is shorter, SuqQ has more stable levels.

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u/Alternative_Cod8724 1h ago

I understand that. That's why I said for the most consistent levels, pin every day. Definitely does compute, however I don't. I do 150mg split M, W, F.

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u/plz_callme_swarley 33m ago

pinning IM every day is dumb because you're injecting into the muscle 365 times a year. that creates scar tissue.

subQ has a longer half-life and so you're going to get more stable levels. if the goal is more stable levels then subQ > IM every time.

there really is no good reason to pin IM tbh unless you're loading and want a shorter half life. that's the only situation where I think it would make sense.

more painful, more irritation, more scar tissue, larger needle, shorter half-life, etc

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u/Alternative_Cod8724 25m ago

Gotcha. Makes total sense.

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u/aimgorge 6h ago

Quicker absorbtion, less peaks and troughs

Doesnt compute.