Re: fortesta gel

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PatiA,

I just don't know what to tell you I don't jump on new meds anymore been down

that road. And it's a long one if your HB and Son are doing OK. I would hold

what they are doing and see how this new drug works out.

Back in the day I was on a Compounded Testosterone cream and doing great on it

but I needed to get a copy of the script and send it with filled out paper work

to BCBS to pay for it. Then the Patch came out BCBS told me they would not pay

for the cream but will pay for the patch. I made the switch and it was Hell I

have red marks all over my body the patch left a red rash when I took it off and

I could not get the glue off it had to wear off.

I had to put up with this crap using HC cream to heal the rash so I could use

the patch on the same spot in 7 days.

I was very happy when the gels came out but they did not work for me very well I

had very sore joints and muscles on it so bad I was house bound.

I was on this for yrs until someone posted they had the same problem on gels and

switched to shots and there pain was gone.

I am on shots today and doing great on them but I don't do shots every week I do

my shots every 3 days this keeps me more leveled and helps to hold down

Estradiol and helps keep my blood thinner.

I heard about this new gel but I am not going to try it I feel if it's not

broken don't fix it.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: PatiA <patianderson3@...>

> Subject: fortesta gel

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> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 10:05 AM

> Does anyone know about this new

> medication? It was just approved the end of December. It is

> 2x's as strong as Androgel. The directions say the dosage is

> 1-7 pumps on the inner thighs daily. Normal starting dose is

> 4 pumps. Both my husband (androgel user), and my son

> (kleinfelter's - injection user) want to try it. I printed

> out the prescribing info and had them take it to their

> respective doctors.

>

> My husband's anti-aging doctor never heard of it, but said

> he would research it. We'll see what happens.

>

> Here's my concern:

>

>   My son's doctor prescribed it, but in a stupid way,

> as far as I am concerned. He wrote rx's for injections, but

> cut the dose from 1 & 1/2 cc to 1/2 cc and wrote only 1

> pump of the fortesta. I don't think that this is an equal

> dose to what he had,  and I'm pretty darned sure that

> Blue Cross isn't going to pay for 2 types of test. Should I

> even fill this fortesta rx - which he wrote for only a

> month's supply instead of the 3 month that we send to

> Medco?  Thanks, Pati

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