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Call Gilead too and ask for help...they are covering my Co-pay for I think the first year

 

If you use 1 mL injection per week (average dosage) you can get 2 vials of 10 mL each (total 20 mL which would be 20 weeks) for $75-80 using coupon from Goodrx.com. you just need your doc (or another) to give you a prescription.

 

 

I think that's on oversimplification of the costs involved. The big cost in hormone replacement therapy is not the hormones. It's the testing. Expect ~$1k per year for lab tests. Labs may or may not be covered by insurance. Kaiser docs are totally clueless when it comes to testing for HRT. They think it's sufficient to check your total testosterone now and again.

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Being highly-sexed is a great gift. Enjoy it.

 

One of the great things about playing with a highly-sexed man is that I can borrow some of his abundant sexual energy and be as much of an animal as he is. I had a FB with an extraordinary libido. In an afternoon, he might cum 5 times. The thing is, when we had sex, I was able keep with him and perform in ways that I normally didnt.

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I've always said I'd appreciate something to keep it DOWN. I look forward to those days.

No you won’t! Believe me you will not! Did I get my point across. Like being with a guy who is one of the hottest dudes on the planet... and it stays “DOWN} is something you don’t look forward to having to experience... :(

 

I’m happy for you... you are one of the lucky ones... enjoy it as long as it lasts!

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I think that's on oversimplification of the costs involved. The big cost in hormone replacement therapy is not the hormones. It's the testing. Expect ~$1k per year for lab tests. Labs may or may not be covered by insurance. Kaiser docs are totally clueless when it comes to testing for HRT. They think it's sufficient to check your total testosterone now and again.

Not necessarily. My hormone doctor uses a lab that will bill insurance and if insurance doesn't pay then they just write off the rest of the cost. I have my labs done every 6 months and for the year only pay maybe $200.

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Not necessarily. My hormone doctor uses a lab that will bill insurance and if insurance doesn't pay then they just write off the rest of the cost. I have my labs done every 6 months and for the year only pay maybe $200.

 

They write off the cost as long as insurance pays most of it. They wouldn't write off the cost if insurance had only covered a small portion of the cost. You are fortunate if you have insurance that covers labs for HRT.

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Not necessarily. My hormone doctor uses a lab that will bill insurance and if insurance doesn't pay then they just write off the rest of the cost. I have my labs done every 6 months and for the year only pay maybe $200.

 

They write off the cost as long as insurance pays most of it. They wouldn't write off the cost if insurance had only covered a small portion of the cost. You are fortunate if you have insurance that covers labs for HRT.

 

I suspect medical necessity is a factor here.

 

I’m a diet controlled diabetic. I suspected something was amiss and asked my endocrinologist to check for testosterone levels. Turns out I had almost none. She prescribed AndroGel which worked well and finally cured what had been a profound mood disorder. My insurer gradually increased my copay until I was paying $90 a month or roughly $3.00 per daily application. I complained and she gave me a prescription for a compounded lotion that costs me about $18 a quarter. There’s no charge for the lab work I have done three times a year.

 

One of the ironies is that I’ve ED that seems diabetes related. Masturbating with ED is frustrating. On HRT the need to masturbate is more frequent and more often frustrating.

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I suspect medical necessity is a factor here.

 

I’m a diet controlled diabetic. I suspected something was amiss and asked my endocrinologist to check for testosterone levels. Turns out I had almost none. She prescribed AndroGel which worked well and finally cured what had been a profound mood disorder. My insurer gradually increased my copay until I was paying $90 a month or roughly $3.00 per daily application. I complained and she gave me a prescription for a compounded lotion that costs me about $18 a quarter. There’s no charge for the lab work I have done three times a year.

 

One of the ironies is that I’ve ED that seems diabetes related. Masturbating with ED is frustrating. On HRT the need to masturbate is more frequent and more often frustrating.

 

A doc who really knows the diagnosis and procedure codes can work magic with insurance carriers.

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I suspect medical necessity is a factor here.

 

I’m a diet controlled diabetic. I suspected something was amiss and asked my endocrinologist to check for testosterone levels. Turns out I had almost none. She prescribed AndroGel which worked well and finally cured what had been a profound mood disorder. My insurer gradually increased my copay until I was paying $90 a month or roughly $3.00 per daily application. I complained and she gave me a prescription for a compounded lotion that costs me about $18 a quarter. There’s no charge for the lab work I have done three times a year.

 

One of the ironies is that I’ve ED that seems diabetes related. Masturbating with ED is frustrating. On HRT the need to masturbate is more frequent and more often frustrating.

My insurance doesn't cover anything. My hormone doctor has shopped for labs that package the cost of lab testing in a way that doesn't cost the patient much. If insurance agrees to pay, we have to pay them what the insurance company gives them, but if not, we are not charged. I have seen him for about 5 years now and he has changed labs a few times and it has gotten less expensive each time.

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Just wondering if anyone has tried vesele an OTC product which was just approved in Canada but I believe has been in the states for awhile? Or any other products like viral-x which are non prescription?

The reviews on Amazon of this product indicate it is not very effective.

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For those of you who think your viagra isn't working well, consider asking your doc for a prescription for SUB-LINGUAL viagra (dissolves under your tongue).

Usually made in a compounding pharmacy. I Rx for my patients who request it, either 50 mg or 100 mg, and it has far better absorption!

 

Does it come in the cheap 20mg size? Mine is totally hit or miss and I suspect it has to do with absorption, especially if my stomach isn't empty. I used to think it was too much filler involved in 5 20's, but that also would relate to absorption.

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They will make any strength you want - it's a compounding pharmacy.

Tho I have not had the product, my patients say there is a huge difference because it is dissolved under the tongue (you cannot do the same with regular preparation.)

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For those of you who think your viagra isn't working well, consider asking your doc for a prescription for SUB-LINGUAL viagra (dissolves under your tongue).

Usually made in a compounding pharmacy. I Rx for my patients who request it, either 50 mg or 100 mg, and it has far better absorption!

This is interesting. Do they compound Revatio with an ingredient that makes absorption much more effective?

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They will make any strength you want - it's a compounding pharmacy.

Tho I have not had the product, my patients say there is a huge difference because it is dissolved under the tongue (you cannot do the same with regular preparation.)

 

It's harder to dissolve 5 20mg pills under the tongue. Maybe crushed. I chew mine first anyway.

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