Round 2 Bloodwork, Estrogen?

[Hydrus]

The first bloodwork I did myself and used labcorp to draw.
Estro = 16 with a 7.6-42.6 pg/ml range
Roche ECLIA methodology
Test was in February

I found a Dr I liked and he ran his own labs based off what I showed him. This time my results were different.
Total Estrogens 128 pg/ml with a range of 40-115

How did I go from normal E to way over in a couple months? I am not on trt yet and haven't taken anything otc or any other prescriptions.

Main question is about what the dr. wants to do. He put me on .5mg of arimedex a day to see if that will work to lower my estrogen and bump up my T. He seemed hesitant to use trt as I anly 35. I am fine with this but after all the reading I have done people say that's a very high dose of arimdex and don't use that much because you will tank your E.

btw He mentioned dr.lipshulz and seemed to follow his studies. I know from here that lipshulz is well regarded.

 

[Gene Devine]

Hydrus - Can you post your complete labs here including reference ranges.

If it were me, I would have had E2 retested to rule out lab error; the delta between the two labs would suggest an error in one of the labs.

Dr. Lipshulz is a pioneer in male hormonal replacement and was one of the first to publish his work in using HCG in Hypogonadal men.

 

[Nelson Vergel]

What was round 1?

What was your TT before starting anastrozole at .5 mg per day?

Was the first Estro you show estradiol or total estrogen?

Your doctor is using a estrogen assay that over estimates estrogen ( he should use one based on LC/MS instead of ECLIA).

I bet you did not need anastrozole, specially at such high dose.

 

[Gene Devine]

What was round 1?

What was your TT before starting anastrozole at .5 mg per day?

Was the first Estro you show estradiol or total estrogen?

Your doctor is using a estrogen assay that over estimates estrogen ( he should use one based on LC/MS instead of ECLIA).

I bet you did not need anastrozole, specially at such high dose.

Nelson, Round I was: Estro = 16 with a 7.6-42.6 pg/ml range
Roche ECLIA methodology

.5 mg a day of Arimidex is way way way too much!!!

 

[Hydrus]

The first test I did didn't include free test. I didn't even know my t was low it was just a hunch so I checked. I will scan labs and post later today. I will also call Dr office and request a sensitive test I found in the other thread

 

[Vince Carter]

you had two different Estradiol tests, simple as that. Each one gives different values, one is wrong to use (ROCHE ECLIA) one is correct LC/MS/MS

 

[CoastWatcher]

Did I understand you ran "Total Estrogens" on the second set of tests? How are you comparing that to a sensitive estradiol test? It's an apples/oranges comparison, isn't it?

 

[Vettester Chris]

Yeah, neither of those labs are estradiol sensitive. The total estrogen is female specific, and is virtually unreliable for any realistic measurement accuracy for men. 1/2mg of Adex per day?? That's 3.5mg/wk ... Good luck with that one, you will be crashed in no time, and then a whole new litany of problems will begin!

 

[Vince Carter]

.5mg a day is wreckless to say the least, that's an overdose. Most none of use take more than .25mg and only twice a week.

 

[Hydrus]

Guess it's back to the Dr. hopefully he listens or I will find a new one.

 

[CoastWatcher]

Many, perhaps most, of us faced challenges in finding the right doctor. Don't settle for someone who you don't feel confident with.