I’ve been on TRT for about a year now and my clinic stopped shipping to CA. Instead of paying the upfront costs to switch to a new clinic I’ll be taking taking it into my own hands.
What lab panel should I be ordering from privateMD labs?
Legality aside, if you are skilled enough to do this on your own you should know what test are important and what they mean. Much like the bodybuilders do that compete. I know other guys that self administer but IMO it’s worth the price of admission to keep things on the up and up. Not just for your health.
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I get full labs done every year for work including lipids, PSA, TSH but it doesn’t include hormones.
I’m asking here because there are countless panels in the privateMD site and I wanted to know which panel you guys on TRT are ordering.
Total testosterone
Free testosterone
Estradiol
Lipids
CMP
CBC
optional
PSA (age?)
VitD
TSH
free T4
freeT3
DHEA
IGF-1
SHBG
i considered this myself. looking into homebrewing now.
TBH all you need is total T/freeT/SHBG to start
i wouldn’t even bother with e2. good luck!
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