I don’t think “we” have concluded anything . Just trying to give you data and tools to come to your own conclusions. If you really want to hold me to higher standard, then you would ding me for using Vermeulen method to calculate free T in examples I shared way up above. So let’s re-run the numbers using Tru-T method:
Test only:
Test+oxandrolone:
So using this newest calculator that reports much better agreement with equilibrium dialysis free T measurement, I’d conclude I lost ground on free T when using oxandrolone with exogenous Test. Notice the previous method I used above (Vermeulen) would indicate I basically broke even.
Best thing to do would be repeat all of this using LC/MS for Total Test and measure free T using equilibrium dialysis.
I am very happy to conclude that oxandrolone (not Var! ) dropped my SHBG dramatically and also TT when using Test exogenously. Only issue would be if oxandrolone interfered with RIA method for testosterone. With the particular machine used, I don’t think this was the case and if it had then it would have inflated the number anyway which would make actual TT while taking oxandrolone even lower. Make sense?