Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 What's dostinex? Forget the gum, all reports here say it doesn't stick in the mouth and is pretty useless. Have you had your estradiol checked? Shots are great, but only if you manage your estradiol. Also, consider doing shots sub-q as described in some of the post above. It's a better method, for me so far anyway. Armyguy > I just visited with my Endo this week. He was asking me to consider a > new treatment for TRT that you put on your gum and absorbed the T > through the skin of the gums. Has anyone else tried this and does it > work? What about cost? > > He agreed with the weekly injections but wanted me to consider this > new treatment or go back on the patches. He said these two treatments > would help prevent the rollercoaster rides I now experience. Cost was > the only reason I went to injections. It is very hard to pay for any > TRT and pay for Dostinex, and other meds on top of this with no insurance. > > > Huck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hi, Whatever form of T therapy you use, it should provide a constant flow of T into your blood stream to avoid having conversion of T to E. Spurts of T cause the body to react. ernestnolan > I just visited with my Endo this week. He was asking me to consider a > new treatment for TRT that you put on your gum and absorbed the T > through the skin of the gums. Has anyone else tried this and does it > work? What about cost? > > He agreed with the weekly injections but wanted me to consider this > new treatment or go back on the patches. He said these two treatments > would help prevent the rollercoaster rides I now experience. Cost was > the only reason I went to injections. It is very hard to pay for any > TRT and pay for Dostinex, and other meds on top of this with no insurance. > > > Huck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Huck, It is called Striant. I tried it for a few days and I think I felt better, but I had a lot of problems getting it to stay in place. It was also slightly uncomfortable. I could have tolerated that though if it would have stayed in place. Worth a try, i suppose, but I haven't heard a lot of good things about it because of the problem I mentioned. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 > I finally had my levels stable on 1 1/2 patches a day > and my company had us join the union. I have no > insurance till I get so many hours in and you have to > have so many per quarter to keep the insurance. Then > you must have the hours a quarter before you can get > the insurance too. I figured I better go for the less > expensive route and think now I am going to have to > give up my Dostinex too because it being $30 a pill. > > I agree with the constant flow and I am hoping the > weekly injections will get me there. So far my E has > remained in the middle range(35.8, 5.4-65.9). I will > have to keep an eye on it though. My Endo is not > concern with it, but I just add it to my blood work > order on occasions. > > > Huck > If you can tolerate it, bromocriptine might work out to be cheaper than Dostinex. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 I tried Bromocriptine when I found out I had an elevated prolactin level. It made me feel crazy and I slept all the time (could have been the low T). I went on Permax then, and I gained 30 lbs. I think this was because the permax gave me heartburn and I had to eat to prevent this. Bromo is very affordable, and I will have to consider it again. Huck --- brad999us <no_reply > wrote: > > > I finally had my levels stable on 1 1/2 patches a > day > > and my company had us join the union. I have no > > insurance till I get so many hours in and you have > to > > have so many per quarter to keep the insurance. > Then > > you must have the hours a quarter before you can > get > > the insurance too. I figured I better go for the > less > > expensive route and think now I am going to have > to > > give up my Dostinex too because it being $30 a > pill. > > > > I agree with the constant flow and I am hoping the > > weekly injections will get me there. So far my E > has > > remained in the middle range(35.8, 5.4-65.9). I > will > > have to keep an eye on it though. My Endo is not > > concern with it, but I just add it to my blood > work > > order on occasions. > > > > > > Huck > > > If you can tolerate it, bromocriptine might work out > to be cheaper > than Dostinex. > > Brad > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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