Initiating TRT at 400 mg/Week of Test C?

My stepdad just started TRT this past week at 200 mg Test C twice weekly for the next 3 months. He 6’3 and 290 lbs, not in shape. My only experience with AAS is from a bodybuilding perspective but that sounds more like a beginner’s cycle to me. He couldn’t tell me what his TT and FT were. The MD is from a reliable local urology practice. Any input? Thanks!

Dillon

This is very surprising. Most men on TRT take 150-200mg once weekly. That dose will put him way over the high range even at trough, and even higher closer to injections.

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3 weeks then what? You sure it isn’t 200mg split up into twice weekly?

After reading more on normal TRT dosing, I think the instructions were written wrong on the packaging honestly, he’s going to call for clarification tomorrow. He swears the dr told him 1 mL twice a week though lol.

I’m sure it’s 200 mg a week split into two. It won’t kill him. But he might run out of dose if he doesn’t understand the presciption. His doc is a regular run of the mill doc who doesn’t specialize in trt. I highly don’t 400mg is what he gave him.

Tell your dad to split that 200 into two doses and that’s good enough. I would suggest daily though. Probably a more successful approach. Less side effects. Balanced serum levels and etc.

Go read the bottle it’ll say on their what the doc wrote. If it still says 400 tell him to just take 200.

Unless your dad has a 150 SHBG and other issues where he needs that much T.

Even guys with 100 take 250/300 not 400.

Hope that helps

Your dad in 3 months

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Loll

I mean… mine was 151 :man_shrugging:

And he will be pounding the chicks in his son’s social circle :smiley:

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Yah that’s crazy bro. what was your dose?

@enackers

Nothing at that point.

I’m on 100mg AM 50mg PM of cream now. Shbg is down to 90’s last time I checked.

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I run at 125 mg once a week everyones body’s different and most doctors arent as experienced on the subject just go off text books and not experience