That's no HRT, that's a cycle. If we look at the total equivalent anabolic potential, its like using 650mg of testosterone (Deca is 3 x Testosterone, so 200T+(3x150ND) = 650mg).
Various mates in their 20s have gained 10-12kg in 8-12 weeks of such doses. That ain't no trt. Im not being a hypocrite, I'm just calling it what it is.
If it works short term as a crutch, that's one thing. Will this work forever? Will using such doses across years or decades be harmless? I doubt it. Unless your comorbidities are so severe that the pain reduction is worth is, this approach is not sustainable. Sooner or later your dopamine system is going to come knocking. All those "good feelz" are temporary in my experience. "honeymoon".
You have it twisted!
Forget the nandrolone has 3x the anabolic potential of testosterone bulls**t.
He is on a high-end trt dose of 200 mg/week.
Most men on trt are injecting 100-200mg/week whether split once weekly, twice-weekly, M/W/F, EOD, or daily.
As I have stated in previous threads most men can easily achieve a healthy, high let alone absurdly high trough FT injecting <200 mg T/week especially when split into more frequent injections.
Some men may need the higher-end trt doses but it is far from common.
You may even have some outliers that need slightly higher than 200 mg/week but it would be extremely rare.
This would sum up trt.
Most throwing nandrolone into the mix (HRT) are using what would be considered therapeutic doses of 50-100 mg/week for relief/improvement of joint/bone pain.
Adding 50-100 mg/week of nandrolone to a standard trt protocol of 100-200 mg/week is far from what would be considered a cycle.
Look up Lipshultzs pilot study.
The small pilot study from Lipshultz had men that were on a T-only protocol (100/200 mg/week).
The men on 100 mg/week of T were adding 50 mg/week of ND.
The men on 200 mg/week of T were adding 100 mg/week of ND.
On the high end they were using 200mg T + 100 mg ND/week = 300mg
Lipshultz has numerous patients using therapeutic doses of T + ND.
Are we saying he is dishing out steroid cycles to his patients now.....LMFAO!
The OP is on 200mg T + 150 mg ND = 350 mg/week which is definitely a fair amount of androgens but I would still not consider it cycle territory.
Even then he would most likely fair better starting on the lower end dose of ND but unfortunately, it sounds like his doctor may be running one of those T-mills you know the ones where they throw everyone on that high-end dose of 200 mg/week T let alone push the nandrolone as the next best thing!
More is better they say, we will have you jacked in no time.
Top it all off that the OP never once mentioned that the ND was being used to treat bone/joint pain.
Most with any sense in their head that wanted to take advantage of the muscle-building potential of T let alone ND would be injecting 200 mg T + 200 mg ND/week at the minimum end.
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