Ok. So I was prescribed 200 mg test cyp per week 2 100mg doses, hcg every day totaling around 3300 i/u's (I think I did the math correctly) and 1 arimidex tab every other day. Believe it or not my biggest concern is, is this a good protocol for me? How can I be sure? I'm worried about any side effects? And also once I start I assume I cannot just quit at least not w out some lasting side effects. I feel like I have researched this to death and I just can't do it anymore. Should I just start the dam protocol and quit worrying or scap the dam thing all together?
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Vince
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I think your protocol is terrible, I would probably start with 50 mg of testosterone and maybe a hundred twenty-five IU of HCG daily. I wouldn't use an AI until I know what my estradiol levels are, with the sensitive estradiol test for men, after I been on the protocol for 6 to 12 weeks.
Systemlord
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Looks like your doctor is wanting to induce osteoporosis with the arimidex dosage, that protocol would fail anyone. Seems like this is yet another T-clinic with one goal in mind, sell as much drugs for profit without regard for your health. You're never supposed to inject HCG more than 500iu at once, unless your goal is to jumpstart natural production.
You need to seek out a knowledgeable hormone specialists which rarely exists within insurance based healthcare providers.
You need to seek out a knowledgeable hormone specialists which rarely exists within insurance based healthcare providers.
From what I can tell the 200mg isnt so bad as I've seen that plenty. However the other two seem to be way out of whack as compared to most of what I've seen. I'm beginning to think that if it ain't broke dont fix. I mean I can live I'm not dying so my common sense tells me to just scrap it and move on. I dont wanna jeopardize my overall health as all my numbers were phenomenal and I'd hate to blow that.
CoastWatcher
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Your protocol is a ticket to hormone hell. Here's the gold-standard study, now 12 years old, that establishes without doubt, that 200mg every two weeks is going to fail. https://www.excelmale.com/forum/showthread.php?12771&p=88718#post88718
Your doctor is either woefully out of date or simply ignorant. The anastrozole dose is perfect - if you are a woman recovering from breast cancer.
Walk away from this physician.
Your doctor is either woefully out of date or simply ignorant. The anastrozole dose is perfect - if you are a woman recovering from breast cancer.
Walk away from this physician.
Ok so last question. So how exactly do you seek a second opinion? I mean I can find another dr but what do I do w all this and the labwork. Surely any new doc I seek out is going to want to start over and that seems unnecessary. Or would they use the labs and the meds I already have?
CoastWatcher
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Do you live in the United States? If so, either of our medical sponsors, Prime Body and Defy Medical, will be open to working with your current lab values (assuming they are reasonably timely). Call both, their banner ads are here on the site, and explain the situation. I'm not a patient of either practice so have no vested interest in either Defy or Prime Body. By the way, you can ask "hard" questions about cost and so forth. You're the patient considering engaging their professional services. Find out all you can.
madman
Super Moderator
He was prescribed another common t-mill protocol 200mg/week (100mg every 3.5 days) and high dose aromatase inhibitor from the get go, let alone too much hcg!
madman
Super Moderator
200mg/week is way too high of a dose to start trt and just because many trt mills push that dose on patients and yes there are asome men that choose to use that dose it is way too high a dose to start someone alone let alone rarely being needed to experience relief/improvements from low t symptoms.
100-150mg/week is considered a common trt dose and even than 150mg/week would put many mens testosterone levels over the top end of the physiological range.
Highly unlikely one needs to have their testosterone levels above the top end of the physiological range to benefit from trt and if one feels they need testosterone levels that high than I would say they there is issues regarding thyroid/adrenal dysfunction or other underlying health issues.
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