Blood work

[Ironhead]

Received my blood work today, my crit was 58 donated blood also today. I've been injecting 80mg 2x week. My question is should I stop therapy for a while, or reduce my dosage? Thanks

 

[Systemlord]

Reduce your dosage, levels should decrease within days. It's hard to advise on dosing without complete labs.

 

[Ironhead]

Reduce your dosage, levels should decrease within days. It's hard to advise on dosing without complete labs.

Yes my doc just ordered hematocrit, cause I was complaining about headaches, I will be getting a complete blood work soon. Thanks for your input.

 

[madman]

Received my blood work today, my crit was 58 donated blood also today. I've been injecting 80mg 2x week. My question is should I stop therapy for a while, or reduce my dosage? Thanks

Without providing full labs for all we know your TT/FT levels may very well be too high on such protocol 160 mg/week (80 mg every 3.5 days)!

How long have you been on such protocol and where did your hematocrit sit pre-trt?

When one uses exogenous testosterone.....T----->will increase hemoglobin/hematocrit within the first month and can take up to 9-12 months to reach peak levels.....mind you most end up donating blood well before this.

Any time T dose is increased (tweaking protocol) it will again lead to increased hemoglobin/hematocrit.

Lowering T dose which will result in bringing down TT/FT levels will have a big impact on lowering hematocrit.

I would not change your protocol until you get full labs to see where your TT/FT levels sit on such dose.

Also remember that donating to frequently will result in crashing ferritin which is all too common with many men on trt.

Smartest thing to do is if ones TT/FT levels are to high on such T dose than simply lower dose to bring down TT/FT levels which will have a major impact on lowering hematocrit.

 

[Systemlord]

Yes my doc just ordered hematocrit, cause I was complaining about headaches, I will be getting a complete blood work soon. Thanks for your input.

You need to reduce dosage by a wide margin do to your HCT together with symptoms which are concerning, probably 60mg twice weekly which is -40mg.

We can advise better with more throughout labs.

 

[Ironhead]

Without providing full labs for all we know your TT/FT levels may very well be too high on such protocol 160 mg/week (80 mg every 3.5 days)!

How long have you been on such protocol and where did your hematocrit sit pre-trt?

When one uses exogenous testosterone.....T----->will increase hemoglobin/hematocrit within the first month and can take up to 9-12 months to reach peak levels.....mind you most end up donating blood well before this.

Any time T dose is increased (tweaking protocol) it will again lead to increased hemoglobin/hematocrit.

Lowering T dose which will result in bringing down TT/FT levels will have a big impact on lowering hematocrit.

I would not change your protocol until you get full labs to see where your TT/FT levels sit on such dose.

Also remember that donating to frequently will result in crashing ferritin which is all too common with many men on trt.

Smartest thing to do is if ones TT/FT levels are to high on such T dose than simply lower dose to bring down TT/FT levels which will have a major impact on lowering hematocrit.

 

[Ironhead]

I will getting full labs soon my pre hematocrit was 48 , my old doc had me on 200mg every 3 week, my new doc started me on 80 mg 2x a week.I feel good except for headaches. Been on this protocol for about six weeks. Thank you

 

[SilverSurfer]

Start eating 1 grapefruit a day or 6 oz fresh squeezed grapefruit juice. Dropped my hemocrit by 4.5 pts in 6 weeks