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I see the research Pubmed study showed good results with 5 cialis / 50 viagra. Anyone every try 5/100? FWIW, neither one ever lowers my BP. (Not that I would expect them to, they lower pulmonary BP.)

There is a high probability that your body does not make hepcidin and you are a carrier, or have, C282Y hemochromatosis. For a basic explanation as to how you would have low ferritin but have or carry hereditary hemochromatosis, see this post on FB...

Once you do a deep dive you discover that it's pretty much EVERYTHING. I summarize findings with studies on my TRT Ferritin Protocol Page. Sorry if you already know this, I have so many guys doing this I lose track of whom I've spoken to. https://vorck.com/erythrocytosis.html

Thanks for this -- I just added it to the protocol. Days 1 and 2 are especially critical to have an empty stomach. The rest of the time we're just keeping hepcidin up so it's less criticial I would guess. Random thought: so many of us take Semaglutide and that keeps food in the stomach longer...

If you're on Test, you can't make ferritin because TRT = increased EPO = increased erythroferrone = lowered hepcidin = ferroportin lets iron release from hepatocytes = ferritin doesn't rise. However there's a lot more going on here... In your case, if you are anemic on Test (like for real, an...

See Raising ferritin FAST (a how-to, not a question)

Forum won't let me make edits. This process evolves; see my site for the latest changes.

I'm curious as to why you're under 14 and on TRT. Sorry it took me so long to see. You would need a higher hemoglobin, which you probably guessed. Raising it would take: 50,000 units vitamin D, 1 gram vitamin C, and one 70mg iron dose all together at 9am every day for between 1 to 2 weeks. This...

Do the ferritin recovery protocol. https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/raising-ferritin-fast-a-how-to-not-a-question.24186/

Do the ferritin recovery protocol. https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/raising-ferritin-fast-a-how-to-not-a-question.24186/

Yes, you can get labs right away.

I am really not sure how to explain this meager increase unless your RBCs were in the 4.x range. The protocol leverages our erythrocytosis on TRT so guys with high RBC tend to get good results. I really am not sure whats going on unless you have vitamins or supplements that are killing hepcidin...

You can't. This is a REALLY long explanation, but high ferritin in cases of hemochromatosis happens after years, and I mean decades, of high serum iron because ferroportin lets all of it slip out of cells. Eventually there is so much iron that it has nowhere to go and starts piling up like a...

"My point was that 7 points difference in ferritin labs is not terribly significant" It's plausible it's testing itself I suppose. Hypoxia will drive up Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1-alpha which is inflammatory, but it's not the prime mover of hepcidin. But it can contribute. Hypoxia's biggest...

Ferritin raised from inflammation is molecularly identical to ferritin raised from food or iron pills. So that number is always an actual number. Remember that serum ferritin is what is measured, and serum ferritin is efflux from ferritin in hepatocytes. There are two paths to arrive at making...

Not sure what you mean. Not as a serum measure of ferritin. When someone does my protocol, hepcidin raises to the point where iron is sequestered, so the ferritin rise comes from recycled RBC iron. Oral iron supps are to raise hepcidin in my protocol, and are not intended to be absorbed, except...

Did your hemoglobin move up at all in that time? I've never seen a drop.

? Crashing ferritin is a thing of the past. https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/raising-ferritin-fast-a-how-to-not-a-question.24186/

How did you fare after you ran my ferritin restoration protocol?

I'm not looking where to buy Cialis and Viagra. I have them both. Are you confirming that using them WITH bimix is fine?

Background: I don't know if knowing this helps, but my ED is the type where I get an erection, but I don't always stay hard. It's somewhat random. I have been prescribed bimix. My concentration is 15mg / .5mg, which is of course half the normal concentration of 30mg / 1mg. My doc says this is...

Might be of help on ferritin. For the ED, I can't say. https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/raising-ferritin-fast-a-how-to-not-a-question.24186/

I'm not sure -- you gained 100 points in ferritin from doing my protocol for one week but when it came to maintenance you lost it, and we see this with large Testosterone dosing or HFE gene mutations. I rarely see anyone keep a ferritin over 70 anyway, but I am at a loss to understand why the...

Varies a lot. I have one friend who does this, he loses a point of ferritin for every day he doesn't take a 5mg iron pill. Me, I can keep a level ferritin for a couple weeks with no iron pills when I'm done with my 5 day. For me, I just re-do the protocol for 5 days every month now to maintain...

"Should I continue taking Iron but add Vit C to try and increase Hgb to match Hct?" I would not. HGB is "what it is" and in your case it's sufficient. There is no need to go higher. HCT is usually 3x HGB and variances are generally hydration related. My protocol makes HGB fall a tiny bit...

If it wasn't 60mg to 80mg each dose, it simply will not work at all. Vit C also as mentioned will prevent this from working.

Have you checked out https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/raising-ferritin-fast-a-how-to-not-a-question.24186/ Apologies if you already have

To all in this thread, I actually last night wrote to the Doc at UCLA who discovered hepcidin and asked if he could evaluate my protocol and improve it. It might be either the smartest, or stupidest, thing I have done in my research effort. I got a read receipt so fingers crossed. I told him...

Absolutely yes unfortunately. You'll have to give these up for your 5 days. Now, Vit D is a little less problematic. If I were to spell out the whole protocol in detail, I would get way too many 'what if' questions, so I keep it general. For example, 100,000 IU of vit D reduces hepcidin by 33%...

He's like some kind of mainstream science separatist -- when you dive into his personality he comes off as the guy who wants to be an "expert" by going against what everyone else is saying. Like that guy who was out there saying Vitamin C cures all these cancers. More 'nefarious' than 'correct.'...

However, note it's serum ferritin, not tissue ferritin, but yes. This is why I measure mine monthly, to make sure what my level is is real and not anomalous. I know not everyone wants to do a monthly test but that's just how I go about it. It says "The levels of ferritin can go up several-fold...