Guest guest Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Gentlemen, There are a lot of Doctors out there that believe T therapy causes prostate cancer. From what I have read from reliable sources, this not true at all. In fact, many men with prostate cancer are found to have low levels of T. I have read that if one has an existing prostate cancer it would not be a good idea to take T therapy. Far to many men undergo prostate biopsies when it is not necessary though. My VA doctor who has practiced medicine for 35 years told me that the AMA and big pharma lobbied the hell out of Congress ten years ago to get Medicare to approve PSA. Once that happened PSA became the gold standard. He further stated that PSA was totally worthless in detecting cancer and should be thrown out. He said it was good, however, for monitoring an existing cancer. Good luck, Rob Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Re: PSA amounts I am sixty-five years old. I stated TRT last August. Originally, I was using Androgel @ 4 pumps daily. Recently, mainly because of the cost of Androgel, I've changed to Testosterone Cypionate injections @ 300 mg once every three weeks. I'll be self injecting this @ 100 mg each week, either next week or the week after, depending on if I crash in the third week from my last three week injection. During the course of this treatment, I've had my numbers checked about four times. Each time my PSA numbers increased some. After my last lab results, my doctor called me to speak with me about having my prostate biopsied. I've had this done in the past. It isn't the most pleasant experience. I wasn't looking forward to doing it again. Fortunately, I may not have to subject myself to this after all. My doctor and I may have the mystery of my climbing PSA numbers figured out. He thought my PSA had climbed from .10 to 3.2 because if the TRT. As it turns out, we also decided I'd cease taking Finasteride, switching to Sal Palmetto instead. Once I reminded him of this, he seemed relieved. I briefly panicked over the thought of having to discontinue the TRT. > > I have been on TRT shots for around 10 years, my PSA has gone from 3 to 4.2 over that time, they decided to check further and I had a rectal exam and they said the prostate was enlarged but not unusual for my age (76) and said we would just keep monitoring it for any further change, otherwise not to worry at this stage. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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