Bloods Advise Welcomed

[Batmanreturns]

Hey guys. I'm a week out from my next blast. I'm going in for bloods today. Test, Free, Direct (DHT?), Estradiol, CBC, LH, FSH, Metabolic Panel. I want a baseline for DHT and Estrogen to actually control these during this blast with Aromasin and Finesteride. The plan is to get bloods again in 2 weeks with added in Aromasin and Finestride. Again 2 weeks later if needed to tweak the numbers. Test only cycle. Am I missing anything?

[kelkel]

Make sure it's a Sensitive Estrogen Assay if possible. Lipids are always great if cost is not a factor. If your doing DHT (which is great) then monitor PSA as well as it goes hand in hand with Fina. I'd probably wait 4 weeks for bloods.

What dose of Fina will you be taking and are you normally on it or is it just for this cycle?

Don't forget HCG.

[Batmanreturns]

Make sure it's a Sensitive Estrogen Assay if possible. Lipids are always great if cost is not a factor. If your doing DHT (which is great) then monitor PSA as well as it goes hand in hand with Fina. I'd probably wait 4 weeks for bloods.

What dose of Fina will you be taking and are you normally on it or is it just for this cycle?

Don't forget HCG.

Awesome, thank you. I have to look into PSA, I'm unfamiliar with the term. The cycle is going to taper up. Establishing a baseline off 500mg should be enough to pilot Aromasin and Fina into the later weeks where the dose is stable. This will be my first time taking Fina. I can see my hairline thinning and want to attempt to prevent this. I'm thinking 5mg Fina to start on 500mg then 5mg on 1g. I'll adjust the dose from there. I'll pick up some HCG too.

[kelkel]

PSA is Prostate Specific Antigen. A protein. Test turns to DHT everywhere in your body except skeletel muscle via the 5-AR enzyme, which is what Fina inhibits at a rate of about 70%. Dutasteride works at about a 90% rate. The excess DHT over time can impact the prostate in some people and cause issues. Regarding hair loss, I would not think you'd need near as much.

Re tapering up your AAS dosage. Don't. There's zero need to taper up or down. It only makes controlling ancillaries a much harder task to accomplish.

[Batmanreturns]

PSA is Prostate Specific Antigen. A protein. Test turns to DHT everywhere in your body except skeletel muscle via the 5-AR enzyme, which is what Fina inhibits at a rate of about 70%. Dutasteride works at about a 90% rate. The excess DHT over time can impact the prostate in some people and cause issues. Regarding hair loss, I would not think you'd need near as much.

Re tapering up your AAS dosage. Don't. There's zero need to taper up or down. It only makes controlling ancillaries a much harder task to accomplish.

Awesome, thank you. I'll aim for a lower dose of Fina and check what the bloods say to double check. I agree tapering up is going to make it harder to control ancillaries. I wouldn't ever taper down. This blast is going to bring me to a new level. The taper up would be every 3 weeks vs going in at the top end. Thank you again, I appreciate your time.

[kelkel]

I'd appreciate if you update this thread now and then with your PSA and DHT levels related to the meds being taken and your cycle. Great learning tool.

[Batmanreturns]

I'd appreciate if you update this thread now and then with your PSA and DHT levels related to the meds being taken and your cycle. Great learning tool.

I'll keep you updated, thank you again. I just had pre blast bloods taken. I'll update next month and again the next month with doses on both and PSA + DHT levels!