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    "Would 250 mg. of testosterone a week be considered testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) or a low-dosage cycle? Would you recommend taking something to regulate estrogen with it?"

    Well, 250 mg. of testosterone a week doesn't qualify as testosterone replacement unless you used to be lead castrati for the 17th century Vienna Boy's Choir. It's definitely a low-dose steroid cycle, but I can see why you're confused.

    More and more TRT docs are starting their patients out at 200 or more milligrams of testosterone a week and automatically starting them on something like the drug Arimidex to regulate estrogen.

    This practice isn't exactly criminal, but it is kind of smarmy. Most doctors, when they're prescribing drugs, try to start you out on a low dose of a drug to see how you respond. That allows them to call an audible and increase the dosage if needed.

    Not so with most TRT docs. They wink and give you an amount of testosterone that's more suited for TRT in a bull moose or lowland gorilla.

    As far as reducing estrogen, it shouldn't even be attempted unless you're manifesting symptoms like itchy or puffy nipples, depression, moodiness, or an anemic sex drive because having the right amount of estrogen is crucial to male health. Too little estrogen, though, and you get funky arteries, brittle bones, achy joints, and run a risk of heart problems.

    TRT should start at about 100 mg. a week and be given in bi-weekly (twice a week) subcutaneous injections (not intra-muscular).

    Giving the shot subcutaneously (in the lower abdomen with an insulin needle) appears to lead to less aromatization (conversion to estrogen), as does giving a shot twice a week instead of once a week (it lowers the testosterone spike you'd get from a single injection, thus automatically leading to less conversion to estrogen).

    Noted TRT specialist Dr. John Crisler, who pioneered these seemingly unorthodox methods, even believes that subcutaneous testosterone injections give you more bang for the buck, even suggesting that 80 mg. of testosterone given sub-Q works as well as 100 mg. given intramuscularly, which is all the more reason to give Arimidex based on symptoms rather than dosage.

    If, however, you're paranoid about estrogen, you can eat more cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts) or take resveratrol, a polyphenol that has a whole host of effects, including regulating estrogen.

  • #2
    250 is definitely overkill, imo. I take 125mg a week and my levels are fine. I've also haven't had to use any estrogen blockers yet.

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    • #3
      I'm prescribed 100mg of test a week but I'll take 180mg a week for like a month or six weeks then come back down to 100mg for a month.

      Been doing this for almost a year now.

      I also get blood drawn every six months.

      If changes need to be made feel free to let me know??

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      • #4
        Originally posted by piratex View Post
        I'm prescribed 100mg of test a week but I'll take 180mg a week for like a month or six weeks then come back down to 100mg for a month.

        Been doing this for almost a year now.

        I also get blood drawn every six months.

        If changes need to be made feel free to let me know??
        Judging by your profile pic, the only change I'd recommend is getting a girl and take it easy on beating off. LOL...just fucking with ya.

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        • #5
          Sub-q

          Might give that a shot soon

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          • #6
            You guys see what I did there...

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            • #7
              i will never shoot sub-q. fuck that. seen and heard too many issues from that. the instructions on pharma test clearly states "for intramuscular injection".

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Bouncer View Post
                i will never shoot sub-q. fuck that. seen and heard too many issues from that. the instructions on pharma test clearly states "for intramuscular injection".
                Agreed.


                I mean cucumbers are meant to be eaten, but many put that shit up their ass.

                I've always done IM shots unless it was peptides or GH

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rado View Post


                  cucumbers are meant to be eaten, but many put that shit up their ass.
                  quote of 2019.

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                  • #10
                    More and more guys are using sub-q for trt doses. Anything over 150mg/wk and you would want to do IM. Only thing I wouldn’t like is the daily injections.

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                    • #11
                      250 a week is what I run .it's definitely not trt it's a low cycle if you will.. I run it as a cruise dose n keep on keeping on. Works well for me so far.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by rado View Post
                        Agreed.


                        I mean cucumbers are meant to be eaten, but many put that shit up their ass.

                        I've always done IM shots unless it was peptides or GH
                        Ahhh...so you have used GH you big fibber!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by redback View Post
                          Ahhh...so you have used GH you big fibber!
                          If you call it that lol


                          Remember my debacle?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by rado View Post
                            If you call it that lol


                            Remember my debacle?

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                            no...link?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by redback View Post
                              no...link?
                              I'll look bro and post it. Lol


                              Taking a shit atm

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