[Hypogonadism Secondarty] Anastrozole 0.5 capsules

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The dose that I will start taking is Anastrozole 0.5mg Cap. These are in

capsule form so I will not be able to cut them in half.

Is 0.5 a good place to start? My Dr wants me on this dose every 3rd day

for 2 months.

What do you think???

In a message dated 4/24/2010 9:31:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

pmgamer18@... writes:

Well at the ADC you get 14 pills for $24 cutting them in half to take .5

mgs will last you 28 days but your levels should be down by then. So all you

would need is .25 mgs every 2 to 3 days to keep your Estraidol levels down.

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The problem I have with a compounded pill at .5 mgs how do you cut the

dose down when you get your levels down. If you keep taking this dose you will

end up to low and this is just as bad as being to high.

I am not telling you what to do just a heads up read the following on how

to take Arimidex so you don't go to low. And how some men get it compounded

so they can take it everyday at a lower dose. If you seen this it's good

for others to read.

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How To Take Arimdex and not go down on your Estradiol to Low.

What I found is if you go to low taking arimidex, it's the length of time

your to low, if your too low say for 8 weeks it can take your body a longer

time to make more Estradiol. Bottom line is to know how not to go to low.

Keep a log on your dose and how you feel men going to low can't get it up

taking Viagra. I went to low when I first tried Arimidex and did not know

about going to low or how one feels to low, so I was low a good 8 weeks. I

did not know I was low until my next labs.

The best gage I have found to control your Estradiol levels is to gage

your night time and morning wood. At good levels or what I call the sweet spot

you get your night time and morning wood back so strong it will wake you

up and you can hang a coat on it.

Most men do good taking .25 mgs or 1/4 of a 1mg. pill, I use a pill cutter

to cut the small pill in half then I stand it on the cut end and use a

single edge razor to cut this in half. A good way to take arimidex is by how

high your levels are. I tested over 90 pg/ml so we tried doing .5 mgs every

other day after 8 weeks my next set of labs showed it did not move below

90, test said >90. So we did .5 mgs. every day in about 2 weeks I got some

strong night time and morning wood back after not having them for many yrs.

I kept doing this dose and in 8 weeks my next set of labs said <20 back in

the day labs were like this they did not have to good labs we have today

they could not read lower the 20. My Dr. told me this looks to low to stop

taking the Arimidex. The one thing I noticed was my wood stopped and

stopping the Arimidex my wood came back in about 7 weeks my next test at 8

weeks

was 24 pg/ml. So we went back on the Arimidex but the Dr. told me to take .5

mgs every 3 days I was on this dose not a week and lost wood. This is when

I figured out going to low you lose wood. And the longer your too low the

longer it takes to get levels back up.

I stopped the arimidex right away and got my wood back in 4 days. I then

after playing with the dose for a time found the best dose is .25mgs every 2

to 3 days.

So lets say your labs are less the 50 pg/ml if your take .5 mgs you can go

down so dam fast your miss the sweet spot of your wood and go to low. It's

best with lower levels 50 and under to do less Arimidex .25mgs every 2

days if later your lose wood when it comes back go to every 3 days.

I have found estradiol is the hardest hormone to control, it goes up or

down from month to month some times I need .25mgs every 2 days other times I

need .25mgs everyday most of the time I do well on every 3 days.

So between wood and labs I do great and so do most of the men I have told

this to. I keep a log on how much I am taking and how I feel. Doing this

and reading back in my log I was able to tell when I was going to high or to

low my Dr. lets me dose my arimidex by how I feel.

Over the yrs. I have posted this story until I am blue in the face.

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Most compounding pharmacies will require a prescription from a doctor,

before they do this.

Once your prescription says " 300 caps x 0.1mg " or " 600 caps x 0.05mg "

anastrozole " from 1 to 4 daily " , (anastrozole = generic arimidex) then they

will compound your arimidex, or generic anastrozole, and they will usually

supply the arimidex as compounded into the caps you require.

My compounding pharmacist was prepared to allow me to supply the arimidex

too. If you have several boxes of arimidex in your cupboard, then you may

want to ask your pharmacist to do this for you.

If you don't have any arimidex stores, then just let the compounding

pharmacy supply the whole lot.

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A pack of 30 tabs of 1.0mg arimidex will give 300 caps at 0.1mg-per-cap,

or 600 caps at 0.05mg-per-cap.

So if your pharmacy chooses to supply arimidex as opposed to generic

anastrozole, then your pharmacy will most likely not agree to only charge you

for a half-a-box of arimidex, and most likely they'll charge for a whole box,

even if your prescription says 300 caps at 0.05mg-per-cap (total of 15mg).

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> From: _gviceman77@..._ (mailto:gviceman77@...)

<_gviceman77@..._ (mailto:gviceman77@...) >

> Subject: Anastrozole Vs. Arimidex

> _ @hypogonadismhyp_

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> Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 6:23 PM

> My recent labs are excellent except

> for my Estradiol has increased to 60.

>

> I have been taking pure rip with DIM 2 times daily 120 mg.

>

> My Dr. wants to put me on Anastrozole (compounding

> pharmacy) 0.5mg Cap

> for 30 days.

>

> Has anyone heard of the prescription, She says it is

> similar Arimidex which

> can cost up to $15 a pill. This 30 day supply is

> $120.00

>

> I'm on Test injections, HCG, and DHEA. 51 yrs old in

> excellent shape

> weights and cardio. Cholesterol 154 total (LDL 94).

> All other lab results are

> great, The best they have been in years.

>

>

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