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I am in Australia, where my provider isn't able to provide Test C anymore. They have given me Test E now, and I feel like I have gone back to my pre trt days. Lost all zest to work out, plenty of acne and no libido, and ED is back too. Unless there is something wrong with the current lot of Test E. Then again it's not UGL, and I presume the Test E won't be a fake.
AlphaMD's Answer
The testosterone molecule is exactly chemically the same, whether it comes attached to cypionate, propionate, enanthate, undecanoate, isocaproate, hexyloxyphenylpropionate, or any other carbon side chain. Technically speaking, once the testosterone is released from the ester, it will be no stronger or no weaker than testosterone from any other source because the chemical structure is exactly the same.
The half-life of testosterone enanthate is 5-8 days, which is the same as testosterone cypionate. The ester weights are also pretty similar (100mg of test cyp yields 68mg of testosterone, with the rest being cypionate; 100mg of test enanthate yields 73mg of actual testosterone, with the rest being the ester).In my experience, cypionate is preferred by most people because although the half-lifes of cypionate and enanthate are both listed as 5-8 days, in actual reality, the average half-life of enanthate is closer to 5 days, whereas the average half life of cypionate is closer to 8 days.
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