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Excellent testosterone level, very impressive. I attribute much of my gain of around 10kg of muscle in the last 3 years to TRT. Best decision I ever made.
Reply“if he had prescribed me testosterone itself, for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), then regulators would definitely be watching”
Watching for what? And so what if they do?
ReplyWatching to ensure appropriate prescribing, and if not, sanction him, ultimately taking away the medical license.
ReplyAll of my health care is through the VA. Your T has to be below 200 before they will prescribing replacement therapy. And anything to reduce estradiol is totally out of the question (The government runs the VA health system completely and badly… and somehow this same inept government is going to run health care for all of us well? What kind of extra stupid is that?) Anyway… the VA was out and three hormone replacement doctors I approached said no because all I wanted was the inexpensive arimidex et cetera. But, I have a younger friend who is on T replacement and they messed up on his arimidex prescription, overfilling it significantly. I got a couple of years worth off him.
Reply“Ironic, because women regularly get all the female hormones they need whenever necessary.”
That’s because, despite feminism, women aren’t taken seriously as a potential threat, and never have been. Although one should always remember, *women are not benign!”
ReplyFor any readers near the US-Mexico border, Arimidex is readily available in Mexican farmacias without a prescription. I live in Los Angeles and head down to Tijuana every so often to pick up some boxes. The downside is that there’s no insurance subsidizing it, so it comes out to way more than $12 a box for me.
ReplyThanks for that, Hosswire. Are you buying brand name Arimidex? Because anastrozole, the generic version, ought to be a lot cheaper. Also, when you say “a box”, how much is in that? I’m actually paying about $0.75 a 1 mg tablet, but since I only take about 4 tabs a month, it ends up cheap.
ReplyI bought Arimidex today at Costco in Puerto Vallarta. 28 pills, 1 mg each, around $2800 pesos, $148 USD ($5.29 per pill). No prescription required. Same price at Mega, and Pharmacia Guadalajara (chain). Great info P.D., I now donate blood to reduce my iron because of your presentation of good male-centered research.
ReplyUpdate: I went back to all these pharmacies, and specifically checked for generic brands. The searches of Anastrozole (Anastrozol in Mexico) all brought up Arimidex on the computers. I asked, and the pharmacists all said they only had the patented brand.
Costco dot com shows Arimidex at 90 tablets for $1,549 USD and the generic Anastrozole from BRE 90 tablets for $32.
Pricy here in Mexico but at least obtainable.
ReplyFree T looks relatively low.. possibly bound up by SHBG? Have you tested SHBG?
ReplySHBG wasn’t part of my panel. So I don’t know what may be going on. The free T, I don’t think it’s low, but could be higher. The problem with all the numbers is that they must be weighed against symptoms, since T deficiency is a clinical, not a laboratory, diagnosis. I feel great, so it must be working.
ReplyThanks, North Star – I can’t say I ever get tired of hearing things like that. If there are other topics you’d like to read about, please let me know.
ReplyArmidex crashes my estrogen at .5mg twice a week It also causes eye issues for some. My levels are low naturally as long as body fat stays low. When I tried to put lots of muscle on, my estrogen came up with the body fat
ReplyYou can buy Arimidex as a research peptide fellas. Research on iron dragon or rasa-research.
ReplyGreat article brother! Just be careful with Arimidex by itself as it can dangerously lower E2 which can lead to sexual dysfunction and potentially bone mineral density issues. Try to stay north of 25 regarding your E2 level. I’d like to know your dosage of Arimidex by itself just so I can give my opinion. Make sure and do bloods (especially if just starting this specific treatment/protocol)at 6 weeks to see how effective it is at lowering estradiol. Your Total T level is great. But as always with TRT (regardless of form or delivery system), is about balance between T and E. Way too many Doctors do this wrong and as you know it leads to serious problems for men.
ReplyThanks, Jay! I’m taking 0.5 mg, twice a week. That’s down from 3 times a week before. I’m guessing my loss of body fat made the difference.
ReplyI recently had my testosterone level checked due to being tired all the time and just general blah approach toward life. My total came back at 360, with free at 7. I’m only 33 years old, so that number seemed insanely low for me. But my doctor says that I’m within “normal range”. Yeah, normal range for a 70 year old man, perhaps. He said my prolactin level was normal, not sure if he checked my estradiol. His recommendation was to put me on high-dose Vitamin D-3 at 5000UI per day for 3 months, then recheck my t-level. I’ve been on the high-dose vitamin D-3 for about a month now and can’t say that I feel a huge difference, maybe a little.
It looks like I can buy anastrozole online without a prescription but wouldn’t know how much to take or how often to take it. Do you have any suggestions?
ReplyHere’s one place: https://teamtlr.com/anti-estrogenprolactin-research/116-anastrazole-superdex-truebest-value.html
ReplyHate to say it but I had been taking 2000UI of Vitamin D per day for many years when I got my low T diagnosis (also in the 300s) so the D wasn’t really helping me much. I just started TRT and my most recent T level was 1,000. Definite upswing in energy level, gym performance, and libido.
ReplyI’d be interested in learning more about natural aromatase inhibitors — particularly those, if any, backed by some research. Some online have suggested grape seed extract and white button mushrooms. Anyone know if these work well? Trying to get a prescription for Arimidex or buy from some shady online store seems a bit of a hassle/risk to me.
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ReplyI take anastrozole 1 mg every other day in order to increase my T level. I workout regularly but I don’t know my T level status and just take anastrozole every other day. I wanna know what happens if one’s T level is higher than normal range and he still keeps taking anastrozole.
ReplyHaving a somehwat higher than normal testosterone won’t hurt you, but you should beware of getting E1 (estrone) and E2 (estradiol) too low. Those are estrogens and should remain within the normal range.
Replymy t level was at 135ng/dl last time and im 27. Its a shame that a doctor is more willing to prescribe a considerably older man a test booster when his test level is the same or even higher then a young man ,its blasphemous. Im glad you are getting treatment but im just saying. Is there any way i can get an AI script for a test boost. I would ask for clomid but its not covered by my insurance.
ReplyFor some reason my estradiol was less then 10 which was very low,at the same time my test was 135 ng/dl. This sounds illogical but if i got an AI prescription to increase test would there be something reasonable i could take to increase my e2 as well,or negate the e2 lowering of an ai? I really dont want to start trt but maybe thats my only option at this point. Im 27 🙁
Replyinteresting….my mother friend has breast cancer..but now she dont use to much arimidex (astra zeneca)..so i ask her to give me…i sometimes take one pill per week..and i feel great….very strong..now when i need push and recovery i take half pill per week and that is my sweet spot…. my blood test are arround 1000ng with arimidex… with clomid 25mg alone 1600 ng…every day one month…i never never use steroids….my natural levels are arround 700-800 im 38 year old now…and i eat mediteran food almost every day in my life….take care
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