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My prescription is 0.5 ml per week. So I am supposed to draw 1 injection and throw away the remainder of the 1.0 ml vial. I have noticed that the full prescription period assumes I use the entire vial so 5 vials are supposed to last 10 weeks instead of only 5. I believe their computer program...

First, I don't understand why you need Testosterone supplementation at 29 years old though there are medical reasons for this. Second, please do get a calcium scoring. I had no irregular heartbeats and my EKG looked good but I was not confident my heart was good. My dad passed away at 47 with...

I have read recently that Resveratrol may lower Estradiol. Any one here tried that?

Are there any studies showing that level is not abnormal for patients using TRT? The Anastrozole prescriber is an NP and will likely be reluctant to take my word for it. Right now, my insurance pays for the testosterone and lab tests except I do have a $2,700 deductible.

I took only .5mg once last week instead of twice as prescribed. Its not very accurate anyway because this pill is not scored so it doesn't cut cleanly. As I understand it, my Estradiol at 46 is not really high anyway. My testosterone was 837 at the time of this test.

I hope so. PSA doubled about 6 months ago to 0.16 so that raised concerns among the doctors but it did not increase with the blood tests last week.

I can't argue with your presumption. She prescribed the medicine last week the day after my blood tests came back without talking to me. I saw her for the visit a couple hours ago but didn't know enough to ask her anything about the new medicine. I am on TRT. I was treated for prostate...

Doctor said Estradiol was high and taking 1/2 dose twice a week should lower it. When I looked up my Estradiol number, it is a little high on some sources and within range on other sources. The pharmacist recommended taking it at night before I go to bed to lessen any adverse side-effects I may...

Recent blood test: Estradiol E2. = 46.4 Testosterone = 837 PSA Ultra-Sensative = 0.16 New medicine prescribed: anastrozole 1 mg tablet Take 0.5 tablets (0.5 mg total) by mouth twice a week.

You can get an MRI if you are willing to pay for it. No health insurance company is going to cover the cost just to satsify your curiosity since the doctor does not see a medical reason. A PSA of 2.5 is good.

I never took hCG but my testosterone did not come back after over 6 months so I restarted TRT.

I take sublingual B12 in the form cyanocobalamin but my blood tests do not include B12.

My hormone doctor recommended DHEA and said to take it at night. I wonder when others take it.

I have read a lot of warnings about ashwagandha interfering with many medicines. I take medicine for blood pressure and thyroid and 2 doctors warned me to never take that supplement. I had not taken it but told them I do take some supplements. That is the only one they were concerned about.

What does T = 20 feel like? Awful. No energy, no sex drive, no erections, lack of focus, every tendon & ligament in my body ached, muscle turned to fat, couldn't sleep more than 2 hours, blood triglycerides tripled, depression, etc. Many days I had all the aches and pains like when you have...

Ligaments and tendons don't seem to recover like muscle. While muscles seem to recover extremally quickly after an intense workout using compound movements, i have been battling biceps and elbow tendonitis since before my TRT journey. It doesn't seem to have an affect on tissue with poor blood...

No, I doubt that my urologist is familiar with that. I do wonder if it is worth it. At least with the injections (80mg/2x/week), I can control my testosterone level.

When I began TRT, my testosterone was 400-500 so about average for a 55 year old. When I stopped, it dropped to 18-20. Yes, nearly none. I suppose that radiation could affect T production but I was told several years ago by my doctor at the time that restarting T production after 5 years of...

I was told that after the radiation treatment (IGRT) my prostate would be mostly dead.

I was on TRT for 5 years then stopped for prostate cancer treatment. I was off TRT for 20 months and my natural production never came back at all. Not even a little.

Thank you. I did immediately lower the dosage but the swelling hasn't changed. I had some swelling before I went back on TRT but I don't know why. I just thought that changing the type of testosterone may help.

I owe the forum an update on my situation. The urologist did finally come around on testosterone replacement therapy and I have been back on testosterone cypionate since Sept 29 and feel much better. On Nov 11, the blood test bfor my anny physical exam measured my PSA increased from...

Nov. 2020 I finished radiation treatment (RT) for prostate cancer (Gleason 6 Stage: Stg IIA T: T1c N: N0 M: M0). I had previously been been on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and over a period of 5 years my PSA increased to 11. I stopped TRT in Jun 2020 and PSA dropped to 2. After RT...

That sounds like me. I have many of the common problems of low T but my doctors say they do not beleive the symptoms have anything to do with low T. To clarify, my T was 21 the last time it was checked and that was 9 months after a single shot of Lupron (ADT). I was on TRT for 5 years before...

I had heart bypass surgery 14 months ago so my doctors strongly discourage NSAID drugs. Otherwise, ibuprofen always worked well for me.

I had trigger trigger about 8 years ago in one finger and the cortisone shot provided relief for about 2 years. I was amazed. After that, it seldom returned. But this is different. This is 3 fingers on both hands (6 total) that all flared up within a few weeks of each other. This just...

I recently read that vitamin B6 could possibly provide relief but it wasn't clear how. So does my extremely low T cause prolactin to be elevated?

I have developed trigger finger on all but the little fingers on both hands within a month of each other. I had prostate cancer last year and my T is about 20 (yes, twenty) so I thought the low T may be causing my hand problems but I find not medical data supporting that theory. I know that...

Thanks for the info. I'm not familiar with other men's experience with TRT. I was on TRT for 6 years beginning at 56 years old. 18 months after stopping TRT, my T is still about 20. I did get one shot of Lupron for ADT last August but that was supposed to last 6 months max.

I was under ADT - Androgen Depravation Therapy or Chemical Castration. It is common to suppress testosterone in conjunction with radiation or surgery for prostate cancer. That was nearly a year ago but it is now only 21. I have read that once under TRT for several years, the body will often...

If the FDA implements this prohibition, it will drive patients to foreign suppliers whose quality controls are much lower than the pharmacies. Bad idea but I suspect the pharmaceutical companies are behind it.