Is my friends Dr. doing him a disservice???

[PistolPete33]

My friend has been on HRT protocol and his Dr. has changed things around quite a bit for him. He first started out on Androgel and never felt any better. His Dr. then decided to put him on Chlomid and Nolva to see if it would kick-start things. My friend never felt any better. His test levels went up slightly but nothing noticable. His last bloodwork showed an increase in E2 levels with this protocol.

Anyways, today his dr. finally decided to put him on Test C. The problem is that he put him on a twice monthly injection of 250mg each injection. My friend will be self-injecting and I tried to convince him to switch the protocol to 100mg/week either with 1 or 2 injections instead of only 2 injections per month to keep his levels stable. If he was having elevated E2 levels won't this potentially put him way higher as the test converts to E2? He also isn't taking anything to block the E2 conversion and he also isn't on HCG .

I'm trying to convince him:

a.) split the injections to once weekly at a minimum.
b.) Find a new Dr.
c.) ask current Dr. about E2 problems
d.) Ask about needing HCG

Thoughts??????

ps. This truly is for a friend and not for me. I started my own protocol that included bi-weekly injections, HCG, and E2 blocker.

[steroid.com 1]

Your counsel is well thought out and correct.

You should help your friend arm himself with as much documentation re E2 management (see the sticky here on the subject) when a man is on a TRT protocol.

Also, read the sticky on the use of HCG here as well.

Dr. John Crisler's website forum All Things Male has some well written papers on the subject matter as well.

These could go to help change your friends Doctor as it has in the past here.

If not, find another Doc because when his testes start to shrink and ache and he feels like complete shit because his E2 levels go through the roof you won't need to convince him anymore...he'll just do it on his own!!!

[kelkel]

Refer your friend here as well....

[steroid.com 1]

^^^^OT: Your triceps are killing me...and I have decent arms!!!