A (probably) new method of taking estrogen
Okay, so, this will probably also work for pretty much anything that's not super heat or water sensitive and doesn't have a carboxylic acid on it (eg. testosterone, progesterone, other things that I won't talk about here so that my post doesn't get taken down), but I'm personally just trying to deal with estradiol because somehow I've become the biggest non-prescription E distributor in my city. Instead of using a tablet press or buying gel capsules, you can make starch chips. Essentially, you mix starch, sugar (not essential, but I like the sweet), any other flavors you want (don't use a lot because it will be concentrated), and your active ingredient to the desired dose (how to find this will be explained later). Once everything is very well mixed together, you take 1 unit (by volume) of the mix and add 3 volumes water (this is about the maximum and makes it easier to handle as a fluid, but if you want more precision, use less water, down to 2 volumes where it will be very stiff and just barely fluid).
Now, while this whole thing is fairly precise, for the next bit it's more like baking than pill making. What you need to do is take about 1 mL of the mix into a syringe (no needle), pipette, or other precise measuring device, and drop it onto a baking sheet. You make as many drops as you need to use up all of the mix, being sure not to let the drops touch. At this point, count the number of drops on the pan to make sure that the mix is divided exactly into the number you had planned. If there are too many drops, the estradiol will be more dilute than intended, if there are too few, your estradiol will be more concentrated than intended. Put the sheet in the oven for 10 minutes at 325, lower temp can be used, but will need more time to dehydrate. The actual cooking time is not super important and you can go almost 5 minutes over without consequences, but more than that and it may burn. When they're done, you should be able to easily scrape the little starch chips off the sheet. If they are sticking, try using parchment paper, using less water, or cooking them a little longer. The starch things can be dissolved sublingually or swallowed.
In order to calculate the amount in each one, you take number of chips you expect to make and multiply by the dose you want per chip (eg. you use 100mls of dry mix and 250 mls of water, and want a chip that uses 1.5 mls of wet mix, so you have 350/1.5 which gives you 233 chips. If you want 4mg per chip, that means that the dry mix will need 933mg of estradiol in total. So, this means that you take 933mg of estradiol, add starch (and other ingredients if you want) up to 100mls, add water, make precisely 233 drops, and that's it).
I was rushed when I wrote this, but IMO it's pretty cool and I hope it helps someone. If anything needs clarification, just ask and I'll be happy to clarify
