Question on TRT and Red Blood Cell production.
Just created a different thread, but this is a completely different topic.
In regards to the lawsuits around Androgel, etc. I agree with others here who have said that these guys who had stroke / heart attack probably were pushing their T levels too high, and were ignoring high red blood cell volumes. It would be interesting to find out exactly where these guys were when it happened.
So some questions:
1) Does a guy with natural testosterone levels at 900 *also* tend to have high red blood cell count? Or is this just some strange effect of supplements like androgel?
2) Is there any evidence backing the theory that if you only supplement yourself up to, say, 500 or so ... you will also have much less red blood cell production as a biproduct? (as compared to the guy who would supplement to 800)
As an interesting anecdote: I took Androgel for a week or so in my 20's to try and restore my Testosterone. I didn't tell the phlebotomist anything. When she drew my blood, she looked at the vial and said out loud: "Your red blood cells are huge, look at this!" and showed it to me. I didn't know what i was looking at, but .... yeah .... Androgel did that I guess.
Thanks.
