Gotta get test levels DOWN!

[Zell959]

Any chance the level check was issued incorrectly or sample not tested properly? This just doesn't ad up. 1900 on gel?

 

[50cent]

Read this: http://www.drugs.com/PDR/Testim_1__Gel.html

I don't know your situation, but if your levels are that high, I doubt you had below normal testosterone levels before. How much did the previous test show? On the charts in the above link, the highest average number for men taking the supplement was about 750, and that is a raise of no more than 300ng/dL.

Apparently 10% of the testosterone from testim is absorbed, and if you're taking 1 tube a day (50mg) that means you're getting 5mg a day. I do not see how that can get you up to 1800...

I know what u r saying. And the nurse said my number was 1900. i asked her if she meant 900. my number when i started was low normal 385 total test 10.1 free test. fatigued. etc. when i go back in on thursday im going to see my records and see the actual number. but to be safe, i think im going to shut it down at least 36 hrs before my retest. do u agree?

 

[JGIFFORD]

on TRT (1% Testim gel) for 3 months and last testosterone numbers came back at 1900. doc is ordering new levels taken this thursday, June 2nd. What can be done to get my levels down to 800-900 by thursday at 1:30 pm

Don't eat the day before the test and take a birth control pill the night before

 

[azul]

I know what u r saying. And the nurse said my number was 1900. i asked her if she meant 900. my number when i started was low normal 385 total test 10.1 free test. fatigued. etc. when i go back in on thursday im going to see my records and see the actual number. but to be safe, i think im going to shut it down at least 36 hrs before my retest. do u agree?

Hmm, since it's so high, I'd stop several days earlier. Stopping 36 hours before is going to decrease your test by maybe 10mg.

 

[UA_Iron]

Read this: http://www.drugs.com/PDR/Testim_1__Gel.html

I don't know your situation, but if your levels are that high, I doubt you had below normal testosterone levels before. How much did the previous test show? On the charts in the above link, the highest average number for men taking the supplement was about 750, and that is a raise of no more than 300ng/dL.

Apparently 10% of the testosterone from testim is absorbed, and if you're taking 1 tube a day (50mg) that means you're getting 5mg a day. I do not see how that can get you up to 1800...

check your units bro - 10mg absorption is a lot, especially when the numbers like 1800 are in nanograms. (well nanograms/deciliter.)

"On the average, an adult human male who weighs 70 kg. has a blood volume of about 5 liters, or a little more than 5 quarts."
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/LanNaLee.shtml

5 liter = 50 deciliter
http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm

10 milligram = 10,000,000 nanogram

10,000,000ng/50dl = 200,000ng/dl - of course absorption would not be even close to 100% in this case and I am not clear on the mechanisms involved but by crunching the numbers a value of 1800ng/dl seems doable.

 

[zach01]

I have the same problem I always get busted by my hrt doc. Stop taking the gel and find a lab that is open very late and take your test. It could be 30% lower if you go at 5:00pm rather then 7:30 am.

on TRT (1% Testim gel) for 3 months and last testosterone numbers came back at 1900. doc is ordering new levels taken this thursday, June 2nd. What can be done to get my levels down to 800-900 by thursday at 1:30 pm

 

[zach01]

True. I have been takeing 5mg or androl gel and my levels went from 180 to 290 If I get test the same time in the am it's awalys 290. I have been on eq for years (600mg) which raises pretty high so when I get test I take two weeks off ( gel and eq) and get test in the PM. If I remember right 400 or 500mg of enth. a week got me around 1900

Read this: http://www.drugs.com/PDR/Testim_1__Gel.html

I don't know your situation, but if your levels are that high, I doubt you had below normal testosterone levels before. How much did the previous test show? On the charts in the above link, the highest average number for men taking the supplement was about 750, and that is a raise of no more than 300ng/dL.

Apparently 10% of the testosterone from testim is absorbed, and if you're taking 1 tube a day (50mg) that means you're getting 5mg a day. I do not see how that can get you up to 1800...

 

[azul]

check your units bro - 10mg absorption is a lot, especially when the numbers like 1800 are in nanograms. (well nanograms/deciliter.)

"On the average, an adult human male who weighs 70 kg. has a blood volume of about 5 liters, or a little more than 5 quarts."
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/LanNaLee.shtml

5 liter = 50 deciliter
http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm

10 milligram = 10,000,000 nanogram

10,000,000ng/50dl = 200,000ng/dl - of course absorption would not be even close to 100% in this case and I am not clear on the mechanisms involved but by crunching the numbers a value of 1800ng/dl seems doable.

Ok, you win. I can do calculus, but I dunno much about testosterone math.

 

[50cent]

im off the gel today. the testlevels are being checked at 1:30pm on thursday. i'cll let u know what the number is when it comes back. thanx guys

 

[JustGottaKnow]

im off the gel today. the testlevels are being checked at 1:30pm on thursday. i'cll let u know what the number is when it comes back. thanx guys

Too bad 19-nor isn't still available. That would have killed your test levels for you. Just stopping the gel will lower them because your body is probably shut down.
Taking any androgen and stoppping will lower test levels. Delay the test a few more days and they will be even lower.