Re: Androgel 5ml and too high testosterone level

[Guest guest]

Endo's are not good Dr.'s for low T I need to tell you if you put on the gel

before you did your labs this will spike your levels up very high. I have yet

to see anyone to high doing 2x's your dose. If you put the gel on then did the

blood work with in 6 hrs. or they took the blood from a spot were the gel was on

your labs are not any good. You need to do a good shower the first thing in the

morning of your labs then get in and do the blood work after this put on the

gel. Even if it's been 24 hrs and the spot where they take the blood has some

gel on it this will spike up your labs.

If this is the case and your Dr. lowers your dose your going to crash. And at

your age this is not fun.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: rchanson <rchanson333@...>

> Subject: Androgel 5ml and too high testosterone level

>

> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 12:49 PM

> I had very low testosterone which was diagnosed as primary

> hypogonadism in July. I had gynnocomastia The

> endocronoligist started

> me on Angrogel 5ml gelpacks. I went in again this week.

> My levels

> are now considered too high and she wants me to cut back to

> half a

> pack. I certainly feel much better although I have gained

> quite a bit

> of weight. 15 lbs in two months.

> In any case my total testosterone now is 7.5 and the free

> testosterone

> is 142. Not sure of the units. In July the free T was 20.2

> A

> dramatic increase! The dr thinks this is too high and

> wants to cut

> the dosage in half. I am a 74 year old male. I have been

> thru a bout

> with multiple myeloma this past year. Currently in

> remission because

> of the new cancer drugs.

> What do other members of this group think?

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest guest]

Phil is right - you shouldn't go off of just one reading - especially when your

dosage is lower than expected. I would not change my dose until I did what Phil

said and test prior to putting on your gel for that day. Most guys on gel have

to use 2 packs a day to get a T of 500 or so. Of coarse everyone is different.

Some respond to gels and others don't. This is really a trial and error process

till you get in the right zone.

 

Good Luck - Arkansas

From: rchanson <rchanson333@...>

Subject: Androgel 5ml and too high testosterone level

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 11:49 AM

I had very low testosterone which was diagnosed as primary

hypogonadism in July. I had gynnocomastia The endocronoligist started

me on Angrogel 5ml gelpacks. I went in again this week. My levels

are now considered too high and she wants me to cut back to half a

pack. I certainly feel much better although I have gained quite a bit

of weight. 15 lbs in two months.

In any case my total testosterone now is 7.5 and the free testosterone

is 142. Not sure of the units. In July the free T was 20.2 A

dramatic increase! The dr thinks this is too high and wants to cut

the dosage in half. I am a 74 year old male. I have been thru a bout

with multiple myeloma this past year. Currently in remission because

of the new cancer drugs.

What do other members of this group think?