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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
Please help me read my first post-TRT test results
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<blockquote data-quote="Cataceous" data-source="post: 236031" data-attributes="member: 38109"><p>100 mg per week of testosterone cypionate is on average giving you 10 mg of testosterone per day. The normal natural production range is 3-9 mg, with 6-7 being average for healthy young men. Therefore, your overall dose is likely excessive. You hint at the problem: by injecting only once a week you have a large variation in serum testosterone. You've measured a trough value of 461 ng/dL. Even this puts you in the lower end of the healthy normal range for free testosterone, which is substantially better than pre-TRT—the drop in SHBG mutes the rise in total testosterone, but it's free that matters. Meanwhile, your peak testosterone in the day or so following each injection is likely between two and three times higher, i.e. around 1,000-1,500 ng/dL, which is excessive and could in time lead to side effects. So yes, do consider injecting more often. I think you should also try a little lower dose, e.g. 40 mg twice a week. Best guess is that your average total testosterone on 100 mg TC/week is 800-900 ng/dL. I think for initial evaluation it's better to target 600-700 ng/dL, assuming SHBG around 30 nMol/L.</p><p></p><p>Once your levels are reasonable then you need to give it time:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3188848/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cataceous, post: 236031, member: 38109"] 100 mg per week of testosterone cypionate is on average giving you 10 mg of testosterone per day. The normal natural production range is 3-9 mg, with 6-7 being average for healthy young men. Therefore, your overall dose is likely excessive. You hint at the problem: by injecting only once a week you have a large variation in serum testosterone. You've measured a trough value of 461 ng/dL. Even this puts you in the lower end of the healthy normal range for free testosterone, which is substantially better than pre-TRT—the drop in SHBG mutes the rise in total testosterone, but it's free that matters. Meanwhile, your peak testosterone in the day or so following each injection is likely between two and three times higher, i.e. around 1,000-1,500 ng/dL, which is excessive and could in time lead to side effects. So yes, do consider injecting more often. I think you should also try a little lower dose, e.g. 40 mg twice a week. Best guess is that your average total testosterone on 100 mg TC/week is 800-900 ng/dL. I think for initial evaluation it's better to target 600-700 ng/dL, assuming SHBG around 30 nMol/L. Once your levels are reasonable then you need to give it time: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3188848/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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Please help me read my first post-TRT test results
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