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so I've been on oral Minoxidil 2.5 Mg since Aug 2023 and oral Finasteride (Propecia) 1 mg since November 2023. I think Im seeing some progress (see attached) with not alot of side affects. Since Finasteride throws off PSA testing.. how would you track if you actually got prostate cancer? One...

I am 2 weeks into oral propecia and my 4th month on oral Minoxidil. Is there anything I will gain doing derma rolling if I am not using topicals for hair loss?

Thank you! I'm doing 1 injection per week on Monday mornings. Then doing testing on a Thursday every 3 months to get the labs done. My Free Testosterone is low while the overall Testosterone is 541. What does that mean? (1 is higher and 1 is lower?) I'm using 2% Ketoconazole 2 times per...

So I have been doing TRT for 15 years. For the past 6 months I have reduced my levels down to .3ml per week of 200 mg/ml Test Cypionate from Hikma (thru Kroger). The shots are always Subq. (Test results are below) I kept stepping down because of hair loss. I'm just about at 3 months using...

All, I am doing .4 ml of Hikma Pharmaceutical Test Cyp 200 mg/ml per week. Shots on Monday, testing on Thursday. SubQ injections in thigh. For past 10-15 years I'm hitting 600 to 1100 on my test results. Averaging 800. Not sure why the big 1100 this last time. My hair has been thinning for...

Hello all, My wife is 50 years old. Never had kids and is in menopause. She has low T, no energy, brain fog, hot flashes. So she did pellets. Worked ok for 2 out of 12 weeks she had them in. (Week 6 and 7 ONLY). The rest of the time showed no results. Been off T pellets for 4 months. She was...

Hello all, My wife is 50 years old. Never had kids and is in menopause. She has low T, no energy, brain fog, hot flashes. So she did pellets. Worked ok for 2 out of 12 weeks she had them in. (Week 6 and 7 ONLY). The rest of the time showed no results. Been off T pellets for 4 months. She was...

50 year old male. Drinking 5-6 drinks on a Saturday (about 1 drink per hour) starting 2pm to 10 pm watching the basketball games. On TRT for 10 years. Arimidex at 1/2 pill twice per week. Testosterone subq injections in thigh 2 times per week .05 ml each time. (1 ml per week). Testosterone...

Some background: 50 year old male, 6'1, 230 lbs. Back in Feb 2020, I had internal intestinal bleeding. Ended up losing 8 pints of blood. Hemaglobin dropped to 8.0 and did not require a transfusion. By 2/26 and taking iron pills, got my Hemaglobin up to 9.8. Ive been on TRT for over 10 years...

any commercial pill cutters you can recommend.?

Im on TRT. My Estrogen started getting up there around 60. They put me on Anastrozole. The pills come in 1 mg size from Kroger. Im supposed to take 1/4th tablet twice a week. These suckers are hard to cut. Is it OK to take 1/2 pill once a week?

would increased iron also increase hemaglobin?

So.. Ive been on TRT for 8 years. Over the past 2 years, my Dr and I tried to follow an article from a particular Dr which said I had erythrocytosis not polycythemia and to follow platelet count vs. hemaglobin/hematocrit levels and not donate blood. So for 2 years I did that and my levels...

Question 2.. Im doing .3 mL twice per week on Monday and Thursdays. I missed Monday and Tuesday and did .3ML 3pm EST on Weds. (today). How do I get back on schedule? Do another .3 ML on Saturday and then back on the regular schedule Monday?

So I changed docs. The new doc ordered Testosterone Cypionate 200 mg/ml from Perrigo (Contains Benzyl Alcohol) and states for IM use only. I always go SubQ. Can I use this for SubQ use? Any difference?

I do 120 mg per week. Shot of 60 mg on Monday and 60 mg on Thursday. I also do baby aspirin and fish oil along with vitamins. Im also on Thyroid, HCG and DHEA.

Ive been on TRT for 5 years. I stabilized once I stopped donating blood and doing the Yo Yo of Ferritin, Iron, T levels, Hema and Hemo. My levels are pretty consistent at 18 hemo and 52 for hema the past 1.5 years. I stopped donating about 1.5 years ago. My testosterone level is always in the...

Ok, let me get my 2 cents in here. I was diagnosed a year ago with severe sleep apnea. Im on TRT (2 shots per week 120mg per shot), HCG, Anastazol M, W, F. DHEA. Also taking Vitamin C, Ferrous Fumarate, D3, Fish Oil, Fiber, and multi vitamin. Thyroid medicine 2x per day. No caffeine after 6...

Here are the instructions I got from the doc: It does not matter what day of the week you have the draw, or how many test cyp shots you do each week, DO NOT EVER HAVE THEM DRAWN ON TESTOSTERONE INJECTION DAY. THAT DOES NOT MEAN HAVE THE LABS DRAWN IN THE MORNING, THEN DOING YOUR TEST CYP SHOT...

And I am now taking my Anastrazol on Monday, Weds and Friday

I do my testosterone shots on Monday and Thursday morning at 8:30 am. When am I supposed to do testing?

When SHBG gets low it mean there is more free floating estrogen in the system. Estrogen still too high for me.

My doc thought my estrogen levels are still too high

I'm 48 years old, 6'1, 225. Work out 1 hour per day on elliptical. Decent diet (grilled chicken, veggies), non smoker, drink on weekends and sometimes 5-6 drinks on a weekday. Started a CPAP machine 1 week ago for sleep apnea. Getting good night sleep now but still having issues with...

Thanks for the link, but erythrocytosis and Polycythemia are not the same. Erythrocytosis may not require or should do blood draws.

So my understanding is that if it is TRT raising your hematocrit levels, this is erythrocytosis not Polycythemia (Poly). Poly can cause a stroke but can erytho? I should be watching platelet counts and not hematocrit/hemoglobin?.. my platelets have not gone up in the 4 years on TRT That...

Thank you. Good advice

Is there a point where Ferritin will be back in a decent range and H&H will be in range at the same time? How do I get there? Do I take iron for the next 30 days adn then donate blood and then reevaluate?

Do iron supplements accelerate Ferritin rising?

How quickly does Ferritin levels come up on their own?

So do you guys believe its OK for me to take 58 mg of iron per day, give blood on 7/6, then retest on 7/15 and then re-evaluate? Ive been on TRT for 3 years now and have not stabilized... Been giving blood pretty much every 52 days. My last Endo doc thought it was better to keep lowering my...