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Reviewer: 35-44 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month
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Its only been 2 weeks and my soreness is gone. I am still waiting for my energy level and sex drive to return. My doctor told me it takes about 2 to 3 weeks for the first injection to take affect.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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50 year old male, testosterone 326, first implant by physician, 8 - 75mg, site sore 30 days, extruded one pellet, after 2 months 356, disapointing. 2nd implant done by RN at HRC, 8 - 200mg, sore 4 days, no problem, in fact easy 5 mins. I think the first implant was done improperly because the 2nd one was and is easy. Waiting for the next test to see how my rate is rising, not too much improvement
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Reviewer: Rmman, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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What a nightmare! Do not subject youself to this procedure. I recently had Testopel implanted at the suggestion of my Doc. This began a 12 month disaster that first started with a very very painful 6" bruise at the injection site that lasted 21 days. After that, each of the 12! Pellets slowly worked their way back through the original site or through the fat and skin on my rear to
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Reviewer: Johna66, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Had 8 pellets inserted in my butt 5 mos ago. A month later one came to the surface and was very uncomfortable, like a giant splinter when you put pressure on it. Dr removed and a month after that another piece of a pellet had to be removed for same reason. The sight is still bruised. The positive side was the increase in energy. Erections increased in frequency and effectiveness. I just had blood
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