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Testosterone Side Effect Management
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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 148302" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>Unfortunately regarding testing ones <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>FT (free testosterone)</strong></span> most are using the <strong><span style="color: rgb(26, 188, 156)">direct analog-based free testosterone immunoassays</span></strong> which are <span style="color: rgb(26, 188, 156)"><strong>inaccurate</strong></span>.</p><p></p><p>If anything you should be getting the <span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><strong>equilibrium dialysis</strong></span> or better yet save yourself the money and use the<strong> Calculate free testosterone with <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">TruT</span> by <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">FPT</span> - </strong><a href="https://tru-t.org/" target="_blank">Try the public free testosterone calculator at tru-t.org</a></p><p></p><p>Do you truly know your FT levels?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.labcorp.com/test-menu/35521/testosterone-free-mass-spectrometry-equilibrium-dialysis-endocrine-sciences" target="_blank">500726: Testosterone, Free, Mass Spectrometry... | LabCorp</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Testosterone, Free, Mass Spectrometry/Equilibrium Dialysis (Endocrine Sciences)</strong></p><p></p><p>TEST: <a href="https://www.excelmale.com/forum/javascript%3Avoid(0)" target="_blank">500726 </a></p><p><a href="https://www.excelmale.com/forum/javascript%3Avoid(0)" target="_blank">Test number copied</a></p><p></p><p>CPT: 84402; 84403</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Testosterone Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline (2018)</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/103/5/1715/4939465" target="_blank">Testosterone Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society * Clinical Practice Guideline</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>In <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">men who have conditions </span>that alter <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) (Table 2)</span></strong>, <strong>or whose initial <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">total testosterone concentrations</span> are <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">at or near the lower limit of the normal range</span></strong> <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>(Fig. 1)</strong></span>, <strong>clinicians should determine <span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">free testosterone concentrations </span>either <span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">directly from equilibrium dialysis assays</span> or by </strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>calculations that use total testosterone, SHBG, and albumin concentrations</strong></span><strong>. Clinicians <span style="color: rgb(26, 188, 156)">should not use direct analog-based free testosterone immunoassays</span>, as they are <span style="color: rgb(26, 188, 156)">inaccurate</span>.</strong> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are these most recent labs from your previous protocol 200mg/week (100 mg every 3.5 days).....and were they taken at (trough)?</p><p></p><p>Again what is your SHBG level as for all we know your FT is too high resulting in your high e2.....but again if you feel good overall and health markers from lab work are in range and you are experiencing no negative effects from elevated e2 than why worry!</p><p></p><p>Use of exogenous testosterone will increase ones hematocrit/hemoglobin and RBCs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 148302, member: 13851"] Unfortunately regarding testing ones [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]FT (free testosterone)[/B][/COLOR] most are using the [B][COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)]direct analog-based free testosterone immunoassays[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)] [/COLOR]which are [COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)][B]inaccurate[/B][/COLOR]. If anything you should be getting the [COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)][B]equilibrium dialysis[/B][/COLOR] or better yet save yourself the money and use the[B] Calculate free testosterone with [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]TruT[/COLOR] by [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]FPT[/COLOR] - [/B][URL='https://tru-t.org/']Try the public free testosterone calculator at tru-t.org[/URL] Do you truly know your FT levels? [URL='https://www.labcorp.com/test-menu/35521/testosterone-free-mass-spectrometry-equilibrium-dialysis-endocrine-sciences']500726: Testosterone, Free, Mass Spectrometry... | LabCorp[/URL] [B]Testosterone, Free, Mass Spectrometry/Equilibrium Dialysis (Endocrine Sciences)[/B] TEST: [URL='https://www.excelmale.com/forum/javascript%3Avoid(0)']500726 Test number copied[/URL] CPT: 84402; 84403 [B]Testosterone Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline (2018)[/B] [URL='https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/103/5/1715/4939465']Testosterone Therapy in Men With Hypogonadism: An Endocrine Society * Clinical Practice Guideline[/URL] [B]In [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]men who have conditions [/COLOR]that alter [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) (Table 2)[/COLOR][/B], [B]or whose initial [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]total testosterone concentrations[/COLOR] are [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]at or near the lower limit of the normal range[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B](Fig. 1)[/B][/COLOR], [B]clinicians should determine [COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]free testosterone concentrations [/COLOR]either [COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]directly from equilibrium dialysis assays[/COLOR] or by [/B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]calculations that use total testosterone, SHBG, and albumin concentrations[/B][/COLOR][B]. Clinicians [COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)]should not use direct analog-based free testosterone immunoassays[/COLOR], as they are [COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)]inaccurate[/COLOR].[/B] Are these most recent labs from your previous protocol 200mg/week (100 mg every 3.5 days).....and were they taken at (trough)? Again what is your SHBG level as for all we know your FT is too high resulting in your high e2.....but again if you feel good overall and health markers from lab work are in range and you are experiencing no negative effects from elevated e2 than why worry! Use of exogenous testosterone will increase ones hematocrit/hemoglobin and RBCs. [/QUOTE]
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