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Bryan What is your age and when did you first notice bph symptoms? Do you have BPH symptoms? Weak urine stream, waking up at night? Any meds for BPH ? did T replacement make your bph symptoms worse?

Your numbers look great ! How old are you? Any hair loss ? This is something very important for everyone to remember though, no matter how good or how high your dosage is, you will always encounter some days where you may feel tired or have a low libido. I am quite certain that when each of us...

Your total T of 589 and free T of 15.8 are awesome. E is a tad high but not bad. Under 30 is optimal but 34 isnt bad. you are doing 85 mgs every 6 days with these numbers? how old are you? you could try 40 mgs every tuesday and friday. Thats easy to do. Every 6 days can be confusing.

i had a stress test performed the other day and my initial pressure was 153/69.. very high in my view. i am 50 and in good shape, not overweight. My arteries in my neck were scanned as was my heart and everything looked good. I also did well on the stress test ( tread mill ). They took my blood...

I have an “ irritated prostate” that is slightly enlarged. Is it slightly enlarged because of the irritation? Who knows.. i do have an almost constant irritated feeling in my prostate area. It seems to get worse the day after i ejaculate. Ejaculation isnt painful but my prostate feels very...

Not to digress but this is a great example as to why our ( U.S. ) health care system should NOT be controlled by the government. We may pay more but i can keep going from doctor to doctor until i find the one thats the best fit for me.

I agree, dr rand is a very nice man and it is very nice of him to take time to answer questions.

Im a bit disappointed doctor Rand isnt answering our questions regarding DHT ..

Vince, as usual, is giving some great advice. 100 mgs per month is ridiculous and that tells me as well, that she does not know what she is doing. Does she also prescribe one advil for a gun shot wound? If you only do 100 mgs per month, i guarantee, by day 10, your T levels will be lower than...

Bookersnooker how old are you? do you have any prostate enlargement symptoms ; weak urine stream, frequesnt urination? Do you wake up at night? As far as psa, they not only look at the number, they look at the velocity of change. Example, you could have a very low psa of .4 and then 6 months...

OrinnIsreal what is your age?

Your numbers are excellent despite having high shbg. I dont know of any health risks associated with high shbg? could there be a correlation between shbg and cholesterol? I dont know of any. Your Free T is great !!!!! i also recommend eating more fiber. do you eat a lot of carbs or red meat...

dht makes you gain body hair but lose hair on your head. what is your testosterone dosage? What is your total T level?

Im starting to think a lot of these finsateride side effects are written by sleazy lawyers looking for class action lawsuits. seems like they are now moving on to testosterone claiming they cause heart attacks.

Hi Dr Mcclain I have a question regarding DHT. When i inject 100 mgs of testosterone cypionate per week, the following few days my dht goes well over 150, i know the day after the injection it does. A week later just before my next injection my dht is 90 ( range 35-80 ). When my total T (...

Healthman, do you use either durasteride or finasteride? If so, any negative side effects?

Of course, as T increases so does dht. The article the Healthman was nice enough to post shows that dht inhibitors have no negative affect on muscle or sexual function while using Testosterone even though DHT is sigificantly lowered. very interesting.

Ok guys.. if you wipe out DHT( hypothetically),other than muscle, what benefit does testosterone itself have? Does Testosterone itself improve libido and erections or is that DHt?

Hi Dr Rand. I have a question regarding DHT. When i inject 100 mgs of testosterone cypionate per week, the following few days my dht goes well over 150, i know the day after the injection it does. A week later just before my next injection my dht is 90 ( range 35-80 ). When my total T ( natural)...

Henry is it Dr..R ???

Not sure if this is the correct forum but i notice many guys mention depression quite a bit here. I have been researching the subject quite a bit and there seems to be a common denomonator in mens depression. Granted, its not the only one but its a very common factor: insecurity. I also think...

That dosage is way too high. Sounds like a dosage an ex juicehead would prescribe. Also, what kind of idiot doctor would prescribe arimidex without even waiting for you to get blood results after at least 6 weeks of being on T. Is he a fortune teller ?? 200 mgs is a steroid cycle, not replacement.

Just an observation. When using T injections, i notice my face looks uglier as funny as that sounds. I consider myself good looking but testosterone does something to my face especially in the morning when my eyes look more baggy and squinty. T exaggerates that quite a bit. i was told that...

Murderface when you use finasteride, less T is converted to dht so total T levels do rise about 15-20%.. a lot of guys i know who use Finasteride report similar effects( more erections/ libido ). Estrogen can also raise by 15% which usually isnt a problem unless you have higher estrogen levels...

Vince i am in no way endorsing dht blockers. I am just disagreeing with what you say about DHT not being the culprit with prostate enlargement and the true culprit is estrogen. Think about it: why does Proscar shrink the prostate? Proscar also raises estrogen by about 15%. If dht wasnt the...

Vince i disagree with dht not being the culprit for prostate enlargement. Why? Proscar shrinks the prostate because it significantly lowers DHT and raises estrogen by about 15%.. proscar works by shrinking the prostate. Arimidex doesnt shrink the prostate.

Great question. High enough for the benefits but not high enough to where you get hair loss and prostate enlargement. I wish i knew ! i would think that by getting free and total t in upper range of normal but getting dht in low normal would be optimal. many guys do this with low dose...

Im wondering if high or normal levels of testosterone in conjunction with low normal estradiol levels contribute to higher dht? Perhpas less estrogen being converted from T so more is converted to dht ? it seems that estradiol raises when using finasteride which is a dht blocker.

Jaylay777 what are your free t levels? your total T fluctuate between 500's and 700's ??? Those are very wild swings. Ive never seen that unless you are on T replacement?

Vince opinion on my thyroid?? Tsh - 2.01 ( range .40- 4.5 ) T4 - 7.0. ( range 4.5- 12.0 ) T3 uptake - 30 ( range 22 - 35 ) Free T4 - 2.1 ( range 1.4 - 3.8 )

Most may already know this but my doc pointed something out.. he has seen some guys who have above average T and free T levels from T replacement and keep requesting to up the dosage and insist on being in “ above high end of normal ranges” because thats where they need to be to feel good. He...