From the other side of the consultation, briefly.

Compounding pharmacy response time test for compounded supply: I email customer service at odd hours to test responsiveness. A pharmacy that can't answer questions promptly is a red flag.

My current pharmacy: average response time 4 hours. They answered my questions about reconstitution thoroughly and professionally.

Communication quality is a proxy for operational quality. A pharmacy that communicates well is likely manufacturing well too.

Dr.SportsMedIN said:

Compounding pharmacy response time test for compounded supply: I email customer service at odd hours to test responsiveness.

Second this. Nothing to add that would improve it.

Dr.SportsMedIN said:

Compounding pharmacy response time test for compounded supply: I email customer service at odd hours to test responsiveness.

Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. Steady state is faster than people expect: half-life about five days, so you are at plateau in roughly three to four weeks rather than five. That matters when you are deciding whether a dose step has finished expressing itself.

Dr.SportsMedIN said:

Compounding pharmacy response time test for compounded supply: I email customer service at odd hours to test responsiveness.

Compounded has been just as effective for me. If compounded supply is the concern, the COA from my 503B pharmacy shows 99.1% purity. Verified by Janoshik.

Following on from Dr.SportsMedIN — and this may be the naive question:

Whether anyone has held 10mg long term rather than climbing, and what happened over the following year?