low ferritin trt

A pattern shows up in ExcelMale lab threads every few weeks: hematocrit at 52% or 53%, ferritin at 15 ng/mL, and a man who has donated blood five or six times in a year to stay under his prescriber's limit. He is tired, his legs won't settle at night, and he wants to know whether an iron pill...

Testosterone replacement can cause a decrease in ferritin in men even without the presence or use of blood donations or therapeutic phlebotomies. A study gave men testosterone enanthate at a dose of 125 mg per week (it also used T enanthate with or without finasteride to see the effect of...