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hcg during or after cycle

spiderbait

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would like to kw if it would be better to do hcg during a cycle or from the last week of cycle onwards and wat dosage would be appropriate for an 8wk cycle of test
 

jarhead95

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Depending on what your taking and how long it esteres in your system. What are you taking? If your on Decca then you should wait three to four weeks after your last injection. Thats how long some aas stays in your system.
 

.:Prime:.

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I disagree.

HCG should be shot during a cycle to keep the stepchildren nice and round and healthy. HCG is not recommended in PCT because it mimics LH, and therefore delays your own natural LH production.

Stick with nolva and clomid for PCT.
 

rAJJIN

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I agree with Prime.... If your going to use it, Use it During the cycle at 500iu every 3 days or so.
 

spiderbait

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would hcg be neccesary if i were to use 8wks 750mg of sustanon ew and abombs ed for 4 weeks? or would clomid be jus fine
 

rAJJIN

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It keeps your nuts from shrinking up.
It also helps you recover quiker in theory.

Clomid never did anything for me...I never noticed a single thing from it.
I would get some nolva to have on hand though to have if needed for Gyno problems.

Just run the cycle for the 8 weeks and Then run your Pct as planned.
Up to you on the Hcg during or not.... Id go ahead and get it and The Nolvadex to have on hand if needed.

I guess you decided on Bulking instead of the Prop tren Combo? :)
 

spiderbait

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hey rajjin.. if were to use hcg 2 to 3 times on e cycle.. how much should the dosage be like? the box i'm gettin is 5000iu per box
 

rAJJIN

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If it were me I would use it at 500iu ed untill its gone. (so 10 days)
That should be more then enough. Hcg and Nolva are always good to have on hand imo.

Ill posts an article here from Swale...A Legitimate Hrt,Trt Dr.
Smart guy when it comes to this topic.
 

rAJJIN

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here is Swale's PCT protocol. He is a doctor (HRT specialist):

"I advise my AAS patients to use small amounts of HCG (250IU to 500IU) two days each week, right from the beginning of the cycle. This serves to maintain testicular form and function. It makes more sense to me to keep the horse in the barn, so to speak, then to have to chase it across three counties later on. I am also a big fan of maintaining estrogen within physiological ranges. Both therapies have been shown to hasten recovery.

Any more than 500IU of HCG per day causes too much aromatase activity. Some feel aromatase is actually toxic to the Leydig cells of the testes. You are then inducing primary hypogonadism (which is permanent) while treating steroid-induced secondary (hypogonadotrophic) hypogonadism (which is temporary--hopefully).

If 250IU or 500IU on two days each week isn’t enough to stave off testicular atrophy, then I recommend using it more days each week (as opposed to taking larger doses). In fact, I wouldn’t mind having a guy use 250IU per day ALL THROUGH the cycle. Those that have tell me they thus avoid that edgy, burned-out feeling they usually get. They also say they simply feel better each day. Subjective reports, to be sure, but they are hard not to appreciate. Especially when HCG is so inexpensive.

The testes are then ready, willing and able to again produce testosterone at the end of the cycle. LH levels rise fairly rapidly, but endogenous testosterone production is limited by lack of use. I also want to make sure a SERM, such as Clomid or Nolvadex, is at effective serum dosage (around 100mg QD for Clomid, 20-40mg QD for Nolvadex) when serum androgen levels drop to a concentration roughly equal to 200mg of testosterone per week. That is when androgenic inhibition at the HP no longer dominates over estrogenic antagonism with respect to inducing LH production. Of course, if the fellow has been doing Clomid or Nolvadex all along the way (and I now prefer Nolvadex over Clomid, due to the possibility of negative sides from the Clomid), he is all set to simply continue it at the end (no need to switch from one to the other). BTW, I see no evidence of any benefit in using BOTH SERM’s at the same time. I used to think a couple of weeks of the SERM was enough; now I like to see an entire month after the last shot of AAS (and migration of long to short esters as the cycle matures). Tapering the SERM is probably a good idea during the last week, as well.

I want my patients to stop taking HCG within a week after the end of the cycle. The testosterone production it induces will further inhibit recovery, as will using Androgel, or any other testosterone preparation, while in recovery. There is no escaping this, as there is no such thing as a “bridge”. Just because you are not inhibiting the HPTA for the entire 24 hours does not mean you are not suppressing it at all. IOW, you can’t “fool” the body—it is smarter than you are.

I like Arimidex during the cycle (in fact, consider use of an AI while taking aromatisables a necessity) but it ABSOLUTELY should not be used post cycle (even though it has been shown to increase LH production) because the risk of driving estrogen too low, and therefore further damaging an already compromised Lipid Profile, is too great (this also drives libido back into the ground—and we don’t want that, do we?).

All this is meant to get my guys through recovery as fast as possible (the real goal, yes?). So far, all of them who have tried it have reported they are recovering faster than when they have tried other protocols."