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[Postmeno3]

Hi, ladies.
Following the instructions to use the (weird) pea-sized blob daily for ten days, I find I still have some T left in the sachet. So, are we talking petit pois, garden pea or marrowfat here? 😂

[VictoryV]

Morning PM,
I use the very scientific garden pea sized blob now. I’ve given up counting how many days a sachet lasts. I much prefer the Testogel pump as it’s easy to get a far smaller blob out and one pump would probably last a year.

[Louise2010]

Hi Postmeno3 👋🏼
This a conundrum I have pondered too. I asked a dr at the Studd clinic where I was originally prescribed testim and he didn’t answer the question just said use it for 8 days and throw it away. I think it’s such a waste and I carry on using a garden pea amount to answer your question.
I haven’t noticed any lower affects at all by using until tube is empty. Maybe someone on here knows more ….

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Hi, ladies.
Following the instructions to use the (weird) pea-sized blob daily for ten days, I find I still have some T left in the sachet. So, are we talking petit pois, garden pea or marrowfat here? 😂
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[CrispyChick]

How much is in a sachet?

If it helps, I have a cream with Testosterone from my compounded pharmacy. I'm not currently using it, but the dosage is 1mg per pump. I can take up to two a day.

[Gnatty]

I think it's more about how long you have been told to make the tube last and to scale up or down the blob! So when I was told to make it last ten days I squeezed out smaller blobs than now since been told to use one tube every week. If you find you have some left at the end of the timescale you were given then that's a clue you need to be squeezing out a bit more and of course vice versa.

[VictoryV]

How much is in a sachet?

If it helps, I have a cream with Testosterone from my compounded pharmacy. I'm not currently using it, but the dosage is 1mg per pump. I can take up to two a day.

This is what my prescription sticker says:
Testogel 50MG/5G Gel SATCHELS(?!)
Apply 0.5ML OR 0.5GM IN A PETIT PEA SIZED BLOB AMOUNT DAILY.
One SATCHEL (😂) SHOULD LAST TEN DAYS

[Postmeno3]

Thanks, everyone. It's all a bit crazy, isn't it, as almost impossible to control how much comes out with any real accuracy. I know the sachet is designed for men and their dosage would be the whole sachet in one go, making it simple. They are 50mg sachets, 5g. The prescription was a sachet every ten days; just all a bit archaic and random! So, I'm clearly needing to up my pea guesstimate! 😂

[CrispyChick]

So 50mg would be 5mg a day for 10 days... Not 0.5mg...

I think that would make sense given I can take up to 2mg a day... I'm only in peri and starting out, so I'd expect a lower dose at present.

But there you go... Any pea between 2mg and 5mg is clearly appropriate. I'd go garden pea 🤣

Maybe you can buy a tiny wee scoop spoon???

[VictoryV]

I measure it by eye. I was last told to make the sachet last a week. I suppose a small spoon would work for some.
How are you all storing your opened packets plz? I seal it with a clothes peg and stand it in the fridge.
I’m asking for the pump next time as it’s far easier.

[Postmeno3]

Thanks. I know some people put it on the back of a spoon, just to see how much is there, it not absorbing into the finger on administering and it being most straightforward that way. I agree we need a more sophisticated version for 2022 and as T is becoming so much more to the fore of great relevance for women, it's time! However, a new conundrum! A frozen garden pea is smaller than a "proper", fresh, pod garden pea! Think of the range, though, in a standard pod! (Am I being a bit silly today?) 😂

[VictoryV]

Very true PM! Some pods only have one big pea too!
I’ve just tried to order a Testogel pump on prescription and been told they can’t source it and have several women waiting for supply. This is brilliant news as it means Scotland NHS Highlands are prescribing it!

[Dotty]

Hi you get used to how much to put on after a few sachets. I squeeze it onto my inner forearm and rub it in with the other forearm so none is wasted . x

[Postmeno3]

Dotty, 👍.
VictoriaV, just the Highlands? I've got another 46 sachets to get through! At one every ten days, I'm looking at Christmas! 🙄

[Justyna1970]

Hello ladies x
I am on Androfeme, not Testogel but it’s same same.
I use 0.5mls per morning. The measurement equates to more like a white cannellini bean size, not pea size. I use a syringe to get my exact dosage.
I hope that helps with your question about size xx

[Postmeno3]

Interesting! Thanks! Yes, I still have about a quarter of a sachet to go having applied what I thought were 11 "peas" so far! 🙄