hcg made hemoglobin go high

[pumacorp]

I have been on trt for many yrs ..Recently I did the scrotal cream at 50mg a day ...Well I needed hcg bad as testicles were pulsating ..In any event I took a few HCG shots that week ..Had horrible heart palpitations ...I am a bio chemist btw which means nothing in the trt world lol ,,but I know how to read blood pretty damn good ... So I asked my Dr to test for estrodial,,tsh,,t4 and a bunch of others stuff ..Hes very compliant with me as he knows my education background ...He actually hands me a script and tell me to write out the script on what I want for blood work ..lol ...Anyway The HCG Made my hemoglobin soar from 15.5 to 16.8 and yes I drink a lot of water all the time ...Did anyone else have these issues from HCG ???
Also my blood work there are a few slight anomalies ...Major heart palpitations ...

Estradiol sens 10 L
free t4 1.22 H
prolactin 6.4
Progesterone 0.2
DHEA s 526 H
Aldosterone 4.8
acth 42

 

[Deleted member 16042]

Testosterone stimulates erythropoesis. Did you change your testosterone protocol in any way?

And BTW, Hgb 16.8 is fine.

 

[captain]

Yes he says he tried scrotal cream and added HCG. He then thinks HCG is causing the side effects.

 

[pumacorp]

Testosterone stimulates erythropoesis. Did you change your testosterone protocol in any way?

And BTW, Hgb 16.8 is fine.

I was on inject cyp for 2 yrs with no Hemoglobin problems at 15 tops ...Since I stated HCG it flew up ..16.8 is pushing the envelope ..

 

[captain]

The Scrotal Cream could cause it just as HCG can. It's the spike in levels that contributes to increased Hemoglobin. You get better absorption and probably faster rate with Scrotal application. Also one set of Labs don't confirm any of it.

 

[Deleted member 16042]

I was on inject cyp for 2 yrs with no Hemoglobin problems at 15 tops ...Since I stated HCG it flew up ..16.8 is pushing the envelope ..

Then what is the comment about scrotal cream?

 

[Vince]

I use injections for my T. I’ve been injecting 500 iu of hcg, twice a week for 6 years. So far I have zero issues with that amount of hcg.

 

[pumacorp]

Then what is the comment about scrotal cream?

Cause cream shouldnt impact Hemoglobin as much as injection does ..I did the cream twice a day to lower the impact on hgb and it still went up more and the only thing that I did different was add hcg

 

[Wolverine]

Interesting. I've been on injections for years. Never had HCT issues until this year when I started HCG. I tried everything to lower the HCT (reduced T dose and increased frequency, drank more water etc), but cannot seem to get it down without blood donation. I tried to avoid donation due to past low ferritin and iron issues (which are now better), but I did go ahead and donate about 2 weeks ago. Maybe its the HCG. I'll stop HCG and see what happens. I'm done having kids so no fertility issues. Read on T Nation that there is a group of docs, including Rozier, that are against non fertility HCG and the use of any AI. They say let your E go as high as it wants. This whole HRT field is very interesting with all of the diverse opinions. Goes to show you, no two people are alike.

 

[pumacorp]

Interesting. I've been on injections for years. Never had HCT issues until this year when I started HCG. I tried everything to lower the HCT (reduced T dose and increased frequency, drank more water etc), but cannot seem to get it down without blood donation. I tried to avoid donation due to past low ferritin and iron issues (which are now better), but I did go ahead and donate about 2 weeks ago. Maybe its the HCG. I'll stop HCG and see what happens. I'm done having kids so no fertility issues. Read on T Nation that there is a group of docs, including Rozier, that are against non fertility HCG and the use of any AI. They say let your E go as high as it wants. This whole HRT filed is very interesting with all of the diverse opinions. Goes to show you, no two people are alike.

Absolutely ..The opinions differ all over ..I watch my own blood work and sometimesIll do BW every 2 weeks ...All I know is that I am against AI use and Hcg I only use for either libido if its bad or when my testis are killing lol ...

HCG seems to be the culprit cause u cant go a few years with normal hgb on trt and then all of a sudden within a few weeks in jumps up only after using HCG ..