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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 154660" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>If you feel good overall and overall blood work is healthy than stay on said protocol.</p><p></p><p>Just understand you are only 8 weeks in and when you first started your hormones were in flux during the weeks leading up to when blood levels stabilize at 6 weeks.</p><p></p><p>Although you feel great I would give it 2-3 months to truly gauge how you feel on said protocol.</p><p></p><p>Although a TT 1342 ng/dL is not absurdly high do understand that you had the wrong test done for FT the direct immunoassay which has been shown to be inaccurate and is no longer recommended.</p><p></p><p>When testing FT the gold standard Equilibrium Dialysis or Ultrafiltration (next best) would need to be used or use the newer calculated TruT method which is on par with results obtained by the gold standard testing method Equilibrium Dialysis.....if you truly want to know where your FT level sits.</p><p></p><p>If we use the newer TruT calculated method.....taking your TT 1342 ng/dL, SHBG 48.3 nmol/L and Albumin 4.2 g/dL than your FT is 48.03 ng/dL (well over the top end of the reference range of 16-31 ng/dL).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]7926[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now if your blood work was done at trough than do understand that your TT/FT levels will be much higher at peak as you are injecting 2x/week (every 3.5 days).</p><p></p><p>Most men do well having FT in the 25-30 ng/dL range and others may need/choose to run higher levels in the 30-50 ng/dL range and even than it is highly doubtful one would need to have FT levels in the 50----->50+ ng/dL range to benefit from testosterone replacement therapy.</p><p></p><p>Again depending on your protocol (injection frequency).....ones TT/FT trough levels need to be kept in mind especially when one is only injecting once weekly or 2x/week (every 3.5 days) as there will be a higher peak----->trough compared to one injecting EOD or daily.</p><p></p><p>Your FT (trough) is already very high at 48.03 ng/dL so your peak will be much higher.....well over 50 ng/dL.....just something to keep in mind as you may very well be able to run lower levels and feel just as good!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 154660, member: 13851"] If you feel good overall and overall blood work is healthy than stay on said protocol. Just understand you are only 8 weeks in and when you first started your hormones were in flux during the weeks leading up to when blood levels stabilize at 6 weeks. Although you feel great I would give it 2-3 months to truly gauge how you feel on said protocol. Although a TT 1342 ng/dL is not absurdly high do understand that you had the wrong test done for FT the direct immunoassay which has been shown to be inaccurate and is no longer recommended. When testing FT the gold standard Equilibrium Dialysis or Ultrafiltration (next best) would need to be used or use the newer calculated TruT method which is on par with results obtained by the gold standard testing method Equilibrium Dialysis.....if you truly want to know where your FT level sits. If we use the newer TruT calculated method.....taking your TT 1342 ng/dL, SHBG 48.3 nmol/L and Albumin 4.2 g/dL than your FT is 48.03 ng/dL (well over the top end of the reference range of 16-31 ng/dL). [ATTACH=full]7926[/ATTACH] Now if your blood work was done at trough than do understand that your TT/FT levels will be much higher at peak as you are injecting 2x/week (every 3.5 days). Most men do well having FT in the 25-30 ng/dL range and others may need/choose to run higher levels in the 30-50 ng/dL range and even than it is highly doubtful one would need to have FT levels in the 50----->50+ ng/dL range to benefit from testosterone replacement therapy. Again depending on your protocol (injection frequency).....ones TT/FT trough levels need to be kept in mind especially when one is only injecting once weekly or 2x/week (every 3.5 days) as there will be a higher peak----->trough compared to one injecting EOD or daily. Your FT (trough) is already very high at 48.03 ng/dL so your peak will be much higher.....well over 50 ng/dL.....just something to keep in mind as you may very well be able to run lower levels and feel just as good! [/QUOTE]
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