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Testosterone Basics & Questions
Advice on low dose daily testosterone
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<blockquote data-quote="Cataceous" data-source="post: 189983" data-attributes="member: 38109"><p>I'd go with 15 mg daily subQ. With your SHBG a tad on the low side and likely to go lower you might aim for somewhat lower total testosterone than is typical. Maybe around 500-700 ng/dL. The goal is to achieve a reasonable level of free testosterone, which can be measured with one of the accurate methods, or guesstimated with one of the calculators.</p><p></p><p>When you first start TRT you will have an additive effect, during which time your injected testosterone is added to your natural testosterone. Over time the natural production is suppressed to low levels, leaving only what you're injecting. Sometimes the extra-high initial levels give a honeymoon period. "madman" is offering good advice: The goal is to titrate your dose to provide decent serum testosterone/free testosterone, and then wait an additional period before evaluating your progress. For example, suppose you start with 15 mg TC daily, and after 6 weeks you measure total testosterone to be 500 ng/dL. You decide you'd rather target 700 ng/dL. Then you'd increase the dose to 21 mg daily and wait another 4-6 weeks to retest things. If your level is then close enough to the target, you'd continue with the protocol for at least another 2-3 months before deciding if changes are needed. You'll likely have ups and downs along the way. It can be tempting to make changes before things have really settled down. But this should be resisted because it makes it harder to determine what's actually going to work for the long run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cataceous, post: 189983, member: 38109"] I'd go with 15 mg daily subQ. With your SHBG a tad on the low side and likely to go lower you might aim for somewhat lower total testosterone than is typical. Maybe around 500-700 ng/dL. The goal is to achieve a reasonable level of free testosterone, which can be measured with one of the accurate methods, or guesstimated with one of the calculators. When you first start TRT you will have an additive effect, during which time your injected testosterone is added to your natural testosterone. Over time the natural production is suppressed to low levels, leaving only what you're injecting. Sometimes the extra-high initial levels give a honeymoon period. "madman" is offering good advice: The goal is to titrate your dose to provide decent serum testosterone/free testosterone, and then wait an additional period before evaluating your progress. For example, suppose you start with 15 mg TC daily, and after 6 weeks you measure total testosterone to be 500 ng/dL. You decide you'd rather target 700 ng/dL. Then you'd increase the dose to 21 mg daily and wait another 4-6 weeks to retest things. If your level is then close enough to the target, you'd continue with the protocol for at least another 2-3 months before deciding if changes are needed. You'll likely have ups and downs along the way. It can be tempting to make changes before things have really settled down. But this should be resisted because it makes it harder to determine what's actually going to work for the long run. [/QUOTE]
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