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This is good to know as it is so individual and honestly it seems there is only so much micro-managing one can do. If my H's SHBG is high end "for him"...then it seems that from reading here that the protocol would be less frequent injections which is what we are going to switch to... AND esp...

Thank you, madman. You all don't know how much i appreciate the help. Well we inject late because we aren't morning people. Last injection was Sunday at midnight, so next injection will be Thursday at noon, correct? Then repeat.... I don't think his doctor would mind either way what dosage...

Oh sorry, i mean Free Testosterone is always very low and Total usually tests out in the high 500's. He is on NDT (Nature-Throid) and has been since initiating TRT therapy Also if you guys really think i should go to twice weekly then i will defer to you and do that as you obviously have more...

No, he started TRT 100/wk last October and has been on that steady dose. The last labs were in March that i posted and other labs (don't have them) have shown low FREE T. Just got his lab back on SHBG and posted it (55). Just last week we increased his dosage (rx'd) to 150/wk and do know that...

This makes sense which is why i'm keeping the 3/wk injection since it doesn't seem that his SHBG is excessively high and that is what we've been doing for a while. I think i will do the dosage increase the doctor suggested and sit on it for a month and then get tested again and more importantly...

This would be interesting, BlackHawk, especially since your doctor disagreed w/the less frequent injecting protocol. I don't know what the forum will say about my husbands #'s but maybe it will just be a dosage increase is what he really needs and i'll probably keep the 3x/wk injecting so as to...

Overthink boy isn't that the truth!! I'm just trying to do the best i can to figure this out and help him but the rest is up to his body. I DO know that one way of raising Free T is upping the dosage so he was on the minimum dose, maybe this is what he needs. I'll have to think about how often...

Test result in OK so we got his result in and the number isn't too bad: Standard range: 22-77 nmol His result: 55 nmol. This is shooting 3 x a week. We are going to go ahead and bump it up to the 150/wk. For reference, his last Total and Free T numbers were: mid March: Total : 513. Free...

Oh no... yes another thing to worry about and that's why we started at twice weekly because i knew about the E2 conversion. I won't do anything until tests come back tomorrow and i may just stick with twice weekly i think, depending on what tests say. That's the last thing he needs is to be...

Thank you, FeelingLost OK now from extensive reading, it seems that at least one of the ways to treat high SHBG (IF that's what he has and i am betting...) is with TRT and less frequent injecting like..once a week (this from search results on this forum) so that would be very interesting to do...

I'll get him to go in to the lab today, very interested to see what the result is, i am going with what you all are advising and trying 125/wk instead of 150/wk you all have never steered me wrong and i appreciate the help. Better to go slow and at least it is an increase! Susie

Thanks for your response! I will get him in and get his SHBG tested, even though i just gave him his new dosage.... it has never been tested, needless to say we fired his Endo as he wouldn't even test E2, we had that tested ourselves and it was fine..this was 4 months into TRT at 100/wk. His...

Thanks for that... What were your labs on 100 mg a wk? H's is in the 500's and his free T3 is always very low.... i absolutely do feel he needs an increase but will ponder what you've said.. maybe others can weigh in but yes i will think carefully about this

Thank you. Well i went ahead and gave him his first shot which will be .25 ml 3 x weekly.... idk maybe we should just see in 6 weeks how he does on this?

Thanks, yes i just figured this out! At least the tests are ordered (so insurance will cover most of it) and we'll retest in 6wks. I'm also wondering if we should go ahead and test his SHGB right NOW, since it's never been tested..but like i said he just got his first dosage increase...

I asked for advice on my husband and how often to give his T dose and you all gave me good advice on splitting his dose to 3 x a week instead of 2 x like we had been doing. He's on the standard 400 mg a month but his FREE T has consistently tested low and his Total has been in the 500's in a...

OK i'll ask my pharmacist to order a box, their prices are good and she understands me and what i'm trying to do. So you are injecting 100 mg a week divided 3x a week? That would be .11 mark on that syringe? (yea i probably failed math, i have CFS and brain fog is pretty intense, thus the...

Yes, that's what i've decided to do. I'm thinking of trying to draw up the T with the 25 g needle that we have to inject, instead of drawing with our 20 g and then injecting with 25 g so as to minimize the dead space so to speak unless someone has a better idea. Asked the pharmacist about...

Thank you FeelingLost, If his doc ups the dosage then we probably won't have to buy new syringes/needles (we have a ton of them) because it'll be easier to measure the higher dosage... i may still do it 3x a week instead of twice weekly. Do you all use Defy or how do you find a doc that will...

Yeah, the instructions say inject 0.5 ml weekly so yeah... for some reason i thought that was the standard starting dose. I just emailed his Naturopath with not much hope that he'll comply but i gave compelling reasons. I think he may be concerned about the PSA which we will have rechecked. If...

Thank you... so you use this IM and not SubQ? With these needles, can i choose either delivery? And yes i've heard that you need at least 1/2 an inch, have you gotten any feedback about using this length IM? Thanks Susie

Hi, NO he's getting 0.50 mg/ml's WEEKLY (i divide that into two doses) because he's rx'd 200 mg/ml's MONTHLY so i am going to have to divide that 0.50 dose now into 3 doses instead of 2 and i have to figure out what needles and syringes i should buy as the needles i'm using now have dead space...

Oops, i stand corrected...i think he's rx'd 200 mg a month, because i've been injecting him with .025 ml's twice weekly and his rx lasts one month, the instructions say inject .05 ml once weekly and i've been dividing that into 2 doses so you can see why i'm fretting about breaking that down...

Well you are doing something right, you look great! i don't know what to do about HGC or if he should be taking it? Is this something i should bring up to his doctor? Is it absolutely necessary? The 27g needle, it's an insulin needle? Does it come w/syringes or do i order those separately...

I will try hard to get him tested, just need to find out what insurance will cover. OK, i'll ask my pharmacy to order specifically 27 g insulin syringes...still unsure about SubQ but maybe we should go for it.. \ He's only rx'd 400 mg a month so dosage won't change, just the amount i will be...

Hi, last test was the Estradiol sensitive as i ordered it from discountlabs.com and it was 24.7 pg/ml (highest lab range is 35) He does take DIM but not D-Glucarate.... FWIW he has non alcoholic mild liver cirrhosis and takes liver support. He also has lost at least 15 lbs which he needed to...

Hi, My husband is 69 and has been on TRT for about 5 months. Standard dosage 400 mg and he shoots twice weekly (well... i give him the shot) His E2 is fine, his thyroid numbers are good (also on replacement therapy) and he has been testing above 500 and below 800 in a trough. This is Total T...

Thank you, i appreciate it Susie

Thank you guys for the responses. Systemlord, we're with you...no finances and it's frustrating because we have medical insurance and pretty much cannot use it because of the doctors attitude. My husband depends on me researching all of this and pushing those doctors which i have repeatedly to...

My husband is 69 and has been on TRT (100 mg a week, i inject him twice weekly) since Mid Oct. His starting numbers BEFORE TRT were: Total: 304 Free: 23.3 Test in late December (Endo refused to take a Free T) Total T: 789 That was in a "trough" so to speak. He shoots SUN and WED night and...

New here, just ordered the Tadalafil citrate 30mg x 30ml for my husband after hearing really good results from it on another forum (TMB) from what i understand, a few are getting good results from 5 drops but i know to experiment with what will work best for him. He was on FLOMAX for BPH, it...