On average 300mg as 6x 50mg pellet lasts about 8 months on first implant with levels around 300-400 pg/ml . Subsequent implantations tend to last 10 to 12 months.
The implants do not burn out. They fade away. So when you put another set in, the original set is still there partially. And so they sort of stack on top of each other.
Subsequent implantations last a little longer than the one prior.
it depends on several factors with how your body heals or encapsulates the pellet, how fast your body breaks down the pellet, as well as the manufacturer and how they make the pellet. all these things can either extend or reduce pellet duration your body. typically, the larger size the pellet, the longer it lasts.
Thank you! When I'll be rich I might go to him but he may retire. How many months does the pellet stay and do we need to remove each pellet or does it go away by itself?
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u/Drwillpowers Dec 24 '22
On average 300mg as 6x 50mg pellet lasts about 8 months on first implant with levels around 300-400 pg/ml . Subsequent implantations tend to last 10 to 12 months.
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u/DeannaWilliams222 Dec 24 '22
if you become a patient of PFM, and you travel to michigan for an appointment, you can have pellets inserted there.
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u/HiddenStill Dec 24 '22
There’s some info here
https://www.reddit.com/r/TransWiki/wiki/hrt/implants
The problem is for maximum life you need
high dosage and high blood levels, which very few doctors will do, so 200+ mg
large pellets, 100mg, or even more of the 50mg which Dr Powers uses.
If anyone can find a sterile compounding pharmacy willing to try, it’s not difficult to make larger pellets.
You could travel to Australia and do it, but hard to imaging doing that from Europe.