People take hormones intravenously? I’ve only heard of intramuscular and subcutaneous injections. I thought intravenous injection resulted in too large of a spike in hormone levels.
I think she just made a mistake, tbh - she probably was reaching for “injected” and her brain gave her “intravenously”.
You are right, hormones are a depot injection meaning the drug is injected into muscle or fat where it can slowly release over time. Intravenous injections are not a method of depot injection, and you’re right that it would spike (but also, I don’t know what the consequences of injecting an oil into the veins would be - it sounds risky, intravenous drugs are usually formulated in a saline as far as I know, the right electrolyte mix in the saline is important to not disrupt heart function).
You are correct haha. I’m actually just starting injections this week after taking oral HRT for the past decade. My ADHD brain got my words mixed up lol
oh super congrats - injections have worked really well for me and most people I know on injections have great results (it’s so convenient to not have to dose every day, and there might be reduced health risks from not putting a burden on the liver, etc.).
A decade on oral is a really long time - how have your experiences with oral been, and why the change?
People take hormones intravenously? I’ve only heard of intramuscular and subcutaneous injections. I thought intravenous injection resulted in too large of a spike in hormone levels.
I think she just made a mistake, tbh - she probably was reaching for “injected” and her brain gave her “intravenously”.
You are right, hormones are a depot injection meaning the drug is injected into muscle or fat where it can slowly release over time. Intravenous injections are not a method of depot injection, and you’re right that it would spike (but also, I don’t know what the consequences of injecting an oil into the veins would be - it sounds risky, intravenous drugs are usually formulated in a saline as far as I know, the right electrolyte mix in the saline is important to not disrupt heart function).
You are correct haha. I’m actually just starting injections this week after taking oral HRT for the past decade. My ADHD brain got my words mixed up lol
oh super congrats - injections have worked really well for me and most people I know on injections have great results (it’s so convenient to not have to dose every day, and there might be reduced health risks from not putting a burden on the liver, etc.).
A decade on oral is a really long time - how have your experiences with oral been, and why the change?