The clinic I go to knocked me down to 100mg from 200mg/week after my T levels reached 700ng/dl. They have their “protocol” which says if the patient is 700-1000ng/dL, they maintain 100mg. I felt better on 150-200. Thinking about finding another source. Any suggestions?
That doesn’t make sense. So you achieved 700ng/dl on 200 and they said because you are in the 700-1000 range you have to go to 100? Wouldn’t that mean on 100 you will be far below 700? If that is all true, you should find somewhere else to spend your money.
When do you have blood drawn relative to your last injection?
Change providers.
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I mis-typed. I reached 1000 on 200mg. If I’m between 700-1000 they keep you on 100mg Maintanance.
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I got up to 1000 on 200, they bumped it down to 100mg saying if it’s within 700-1000 they give a 100 Maintanance dose. But I felt better at 1000 on 150mg vs now(700 on 100mg).
A week before they change the dose. Every 90 days blood test then adjust dose. But they got me stuck at a 100 Maintanance dose.
I have heard that the best protocol is to treat symptoms rather than test results.
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Can you share what your current protocol is? And the provider?
“Maintenance dose” is absurd. Its about stability. You don’t front load test when doing TRT. You get a stable level, then stay there. Its not like months later those first injections are going to keep you in a certain range. They metabolize and leave your body. Find somewhere else, honestly, i know its a pain in the ass, but whatever clinic you are going to does not care about how you feel, they care about numbers on a chart.
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How often (days between injections) and at what dose do you inject? Surely you don’t believe “stable level” means constant level.
Do you inject the testosterone or is it done in a clinic (or doctor’s office.)?
Maybe my answer was worded strangely. No, i don’t believe stable means constant. I personally inject every 3 days, and i know the levels aren’t constant, but my hormones are stable, in that they stay in between a certain number whether on trough or peak. For what its worth, i felt no difference between every 3 days and once a week.
But as i understand is happening to the OP, the clinic got him to 1000 ng/dl, then said, “ok, now we can put you on a maintenance dose” as if the initial dose that got him to 1000, would keep him in that range now, with using 100mg a week?