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I'm having trouble buying hrt and I'm not sure what syringe I should use to draw from a Vial. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Long story short I'm a twenty year old trans woman in an extremely transphobic third world country so I have to diy- HRT.

I previously was able to buy HRT and ship in to my country around January this year but three month in it started leaking so I had to throw away the vial. I suspect this was because I was using the wrong sized drawing needles.

Now that I'm trying to get access to HRT again the site I was using to but crypto (Binance) is now telling me its unable to accept my card, google pay isn't working and due to where I live doing a back transfer doesn't seem possible. Ive already tried getting a new card it does not worse.

What course of action can I take to get hrt? and what Size syringe should I use for drawing in the future?

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[–] 4 points 3 days ago

Can't help with getting meds, probably, but I use:

  • 18 gauge, 1 inch long luer-lok needles for drawing
  • 23 gauge 1.5 inch long luer-lok needles for intramuscular injection
  • 1ml luer-lock syringes

I use estradiol valerate 20mg/ml solution so I only need to inject a few tenths of a ml but you may need larger syringes depending on how much solution you need. Also, the valerate solution I use is moderately thick.

In general, thinner solutions you can get away with thinner needles and thicker solutions need wider needles. And generally you want wider needles for drawing both to make it easier and to more daily eliminate bubbles.

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