A small, friendly reminder:
Injectable hormones are suspended in ~~castor oil~~ a carrier oil. ~~Castor oil~~ Carrier oils are really good at keeping those hormones dissolved.
But ~~castor oil~~ carrier oils go rancid over the course of a few years, depending on what type they are. Faster if you don't keep it in a dark place. And rancid ~~castor oil~~ carrier oils don't work properly, and can even hurt you.
So, please keep an eye on the expiration date of any vial of hormones you have or get, and discard anything past its expiration date promptly.
Because you can't tell if ~~castor oil~~ carrier oils have gone rancid by sight. Only smell or texture.
And you can't smell or feel it in a sealed vial.
Edit: I was not entirely correct here--injectable hormones use a variety of oils, some of which are longer-lived than castor.
That being said, the core point remains: Please take the expiration dates on your injectable hormones seriously, especially if you have other comorbidities that can interact with injections.
Shannon McKinnion
Als Antwort auf Doc Impossible • • •- If I remember
Estradiol valerate uses castor oil, (sometimes sesame oil)
Estradiol cypionate uses cottonseed oil.
That being said, they both have roughly 12-24 months and really like a cool dark place.
Doc Impossible
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Als Antwort auf Shannon McKinnion • • •mmmm from the data sheets I can find, cottonseed oil goes rancid *faster* that castor, not slower. Max tested life before rancidity was just under 650 days, from the Science Direct source I found.
I'd love a source that says otherwise.
EDIT: Someone found information showing otherwise. Please disregard this!
Shannon McKinnion
Als Antwort auf Doc Impossible • • •Doc Impossible
Als Antwort auf Shannon McKinnion • • •@shannon_mck I can't find a definitive statement on Pfizer EC. This is their MSDS, and it doesn't address it.
Mind checking the expiry on your vials? The suggestions I've been able to find (poor source strength) says they dare them for 6-12 months from manufacture (and, if so, the shorter shelf life would explain why there seem to be shortages of EC so much more often than EV).
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Shannon McKinnion
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Als Antwort auf Doc Impossible • • •- So I checked. (because I said I would)
Of the six vials of cyp I have (5 mg/ml, inject 0.5ml a week), Two expire 11/2027 and four expire 6/2029
The two vials of val I got (my doctor wanted me to have backups in case the cyp got in short supply again, 100 mg/ml, inject 1 ml a week), both expire 7/2026.
So it seems like, provided storage is good, it makes more sense to use the val first and the cyp second. :)
Now, if I could get my hands on more progesterone.... :)
Raeve
Als Antwort auf Doc Impossible • • •can't even be sure that's an issue with how low-concentration cypionate is anyway, difficult to build a reserve when one only gets maybe a single extra dose from a vial
am curious about diy suppliers who just specify 'mct' though
Doc Impossible
Als Antwort auf Raeve • • •@raeve @shannon_mck the issue isn't the concentration, it's the carrier oil going rancid. Once chemical compounds change, all sort of things go up in the air, and the needle moves from "safe" to "not safe."
Note: this doesn't mean "unsafe." it's that nebulous, risky never-never land.
Raeve
Als Antwort auf Doc Impossible • • •yeah I'm just speaking to whether a vial of US cypionate could even reach that point, as the doses-per-vial doesn't have any excess
... which is largely why I switched to valerate and the expiration actually becomes a concern
Doc Impossible
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Als Antwort auf jiub • • •@jiub No. This is just how it works.
All things decompose with time.
Doc Impossible
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •@old_angry_queer Nope! The benzyl alcohol is an antimicrobial. It's there to keep the tiny number of microbes that get into the vial when you pierce it from proliferating.
Rancidity happens even in a completely anaerobic environment, and is fundamentally a factor of time and entropy (aided by other things for sure).
Erin
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