Hello. Newbie here. TRT advice

Silverback

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Hi all,
I've been on TRT for almost a year. I'm feeling dialed in but want to save some time and money.

I currently go to a TRT clinic once a week to get shots. I get 150mg Test Cypionate, HCG and 1mg Arimidex per week. Insurance is covering with copay at $40 per week.

My primary doc has agreed to prescribe me the Testosterone for self injection but NOT Arimidex. He says its only for women cancer treatment. SMH. I'm looking for a new doc. The prescription is $10 a month.

My Testosterone was in the low 200s when I started in Oct 2014.
My E2 after 4 weeks of Test only, without Arimidex , was 43 pg/mg. It was outside the high range of 42, so they added Arimidex. Testosterone was at 860.

After a few months with Test, HCG and Arimidex labs showed 9.0 E2 and 610 Testosterone.

Anyways, can I get away without the HCG and Arimidex? We don't want to have anymore kids. The dilemma is...I feel good, feel dialed in but want to save that $150 per month.
 
1mg of Arimidex is a serious overdose!

What you could do is go thru Defy for HCG, which I wouldn't go without as you may not be concerned about fertility but other pro/hormonal activity occurs in the testes and many men can experience pain and shrunken nuts due to leutenizing hormone shutdown. Then there's the cosmetic outward appearance of having your nuts turn to raisins.

I know Anastrozole is avail from peptide companies that you could use.
 

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A form of estrogen produced from testosterone. Important for bone health, mood, and libido. Too high can cause side effects; too low can affect well-being.

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Lakshman KM, Kaplan B, Travison TG, Basaria S, Knapp PE, Singh AB, LaValley MP, Mazer NA, Bhasin S. The effects of injected testosterone dose and age on the conversion of testosterone to estradiol and dihydrotestosterone in young and older men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Aug;95(8):3955-64.

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