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<blockquote data-quote="Mike.M" data-source="post: 129518" data-attributes="member: 12472"><p>OK, so more of the story is I've been prescribed, by an endocrinologist, trt for the past ten years. My free and total numbers at the time of my diagnosis were well below the lower limit of normal, don't remember that far back. I'm 61 years old. I am hypothyroid, daily taking 0.2mg levothyroxine and 5mcg liothyronine. With my current health insurance Testim is covered and my daily dosage is one 5 g tube of gel containing 50mg 1% testosterone.</p><p>So again I ask, does anyone know if there is a medical reason for maintaining the dosage as low as possible to keep me below the lower limits of normal? Is there a detrimental side-effect to maintaining higher, middle of normal range, blood levels of total and free testosterone?</p><p>As I've aged I've lost a lot of muscle mass. My erection certainly isn't what it once was and has failed me on occasion. My mood has been fairly even with some negative thoughts as normal. </p><p>Here are my labs from 3 weeks ago:</p><p></p><p>total testosterone was 159.4 ng/dl (normal range is 193 to 950)</p><p></p><p>and free testosterone 21.2 pg/ml (normal range is 46 to 224)</p><p></p><p>What other lab work is good to know for regulating trt dosage?</p><p></p><p>Thank you</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike.M, post: 129518, member: 12472"] OK, so more of the story is I've been prescribed, by an endocrinologist, trt for the past ten years. My free and total numbers at the time of my diagnosis were well below the lower limit of normal, don't remember that far back. I'm 61 years old. I am hypothyroid, daily taking 0.2mg levothyroxine and 5mcg liothyronine. With my current health insurance Testim is covered and my daily dosage is one 5 g tube of gel containing 50mg 1% testosterone. So again I ask, does anyone know if there is a medical reason for maintaining the dosage as low as possible to keep me below the lower limits of normal? Is there a detrimental side-effect to maintaining higher, middle of normal range, blood levels of total and free testosterone? As I've aged I've lost a lot of muscle mass. My erection certainly isn't what it once was and has failed me on occasion. My mood has been fairly even with some negative thoughts as normal. Here are my labs from 3 weeks ago: total testosterone was 159.4 ng/dl (normal range is 193 to 950) and free testosterone 21.2 pg/ml (normal range is 46 to 224) What other lab work is good to know for regulating trt dosage? Thank you [/QUOTE]
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