Recent content by Eric Peterson

I have been on TRT since 2011. Initially on a compounded creme (MedQuest) switching later to Axiron and for the past year on testosterone cypionate. I started at the typical dose of 100 mg/week. These labs were drawn to evaluate a dose of 160 mg/wk. I inject IM into my glutes. I am 55. I...

My doc is open to increasing my dose. The question is how much. If I have done my calculations correctly, my current free T is about .98% or about half of what it should be. My current dose is 100 mg/week. Should I go to 125 mg? 150 mg? Anyone with experience with high SHBG? I am repeating...

I have been on TRT for 6 years starting with compounded cremes, then Axiron and always struggled to get levels up and for the past 6 months switched to IM injection. My current protocol is as follows: 100 mg Testosterone cypionate weekly; 250 IU 3x/week. I just had labs drawn at trough (Quest...

Thanks. I am currently supplementing with 2000 IU of D3. Should I push it higher? I see that I forgot to enter the estradiol ulrasensitive value which was 22 pg/mL. It was on the high end of the range (30 pg/mL) in my peak labs but I was having no symptoms. Should I expect that peak...

After 2 months on 100 mg testosterone cypionate once per week I had "trough" labs drawn. I inject Wednesday evening, these were drawn Wednesday afternoon. Labs are Quest Diagnostics. Total testosterone 762 NG/dl (250-1100) Free testosterone 80 pg/mL (35-155) Estradiol (ultrasensitive) pg/mL...

I've been in touch with the doc and we are going to do trough labs. He is sending the lab slip in the mail so I have some flexibility in how soon I do this. I have just administered by 3rd weekly dose. Should I wait a couple of weeks? I know that T Cyp has a half-life of 8.5 days so levels...

I have been on TRT for 6 years and with the exception of a short period where I inexplicably went supra-physiological (quality control problem at the compounding pharmacy?), I have mostly struggled to maintain levels near or above 600. I was on a compounded creme for the first 5 years and last...

The results are LabCorp Total Testosterone: 710 ng/dL Free: 13.7 pg/mL Estrodiol, Sensistive: 5 pg/mL PSA .9 ng/mL Hemanotcrit 46.4 Background: I am 51 and have been on TRT for 3 years. I use a compounded Lipo Cream (MedQuest) 3- clicks both am and pm Recently I started feeling some nipple...

I have been using MedQest in North Salt Lake City Utah. My internist in Palm Springs preferred them because they source their precursors from Europe (he was especially concerned about pharmacies using ingredients from China). I have received excellent customer service from them. http://mqrx.com/

This does appear to be the regular E2 test rather than the ultrasensative. I am not supplementing with zinc. Should I be? If so, how much, and what is its role? Thanks for your comments. Eric

I have recently moved from California to the DC area. The new PCP was not really comfortable with TRT and after some struggle I was able to identify a urologist who is testosterone friendly. I had my first visit with him last week and he is comfortable with my current management. He did order...

I think that the 3x/day dosing could be a deal breaker. I would also like to see what tolerability was in the study as well as in real-life populations. There are a number of intranasal medications that have been poorly tolerated and therefore never caught on. Intranasal calicitonin comes to...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/825326 "Among 19,968 hypogonadal men who received testosterone therapy during a 5-year period (2009–2014) at Low T Centers nationwide (www.lowtcenter.com), the risk for MI was 7-fold lower and the risk for stroke 9 times lower compared with samples from...

I have been using a compounded cream (MedQuest) for 2.5 years and I have generally been pleased with the results. The only downside is that we have had to increase the dose each year to achieve the same levels (we aim for the 900s and I am now applying 3 clicks 2X/day). I have been paying out of...