Sperm count question

[jcshack]

I tried to find this on the web but had no luck. I just found a bunch of stuff about how bad steroids are for you.

Reading through some threads here I found someone who said your sperm count is lower on a low dose of test, but if you do 500mg or more of test your sperm count will stay about the same or increase.

Just wanting some opinions on this because I'm about to start a cycle and my wife wants to get pregnant.

[jcshack]

Can anyone on now help?

[Immortal Soldier]

Why not get your wife pregnant than start the cycle?

[PureLife07]

Get 'R Done

[diesel094]

if taking a low dose it will lower your count less than if taking it in large amount. that will deplete your sperm count

[peachfuzz]

Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Internal Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital and University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.

In this study we compared the effects of high-dose and low-dose testosterone enanthate (TE) administered with the same dose of cyproterone acetate (CPA). Eighteen men aged 21-45 were treated with CPA 5 mg/day and with TE 100 mg/week (n = 9; CPA-5-100) or TE 200 mg/week (n = 9; CPA-5-200) for 16 weeks. Semen analyses were performed every 2 weeks; physical examination and chemistry, hematology, gonadotropin, and testosterone measurements were performed every 4 weeks. At week 16 of treatment, sperm counts were significantly more suppressed in the CPA-5-100 group than in the CPA-5-200 group. Sperm counts returned to baseline in all subjects after hormone administration ceased. No difference in gonadotropin levels was found at any time between the 2 groups. During the treatment phase, testosterone levels were significantly higher in the CPA-5-200 group than in the CPA-5-100 group. The present study confirms that CPA/TE administration induces profound sperm suppression. An increase in the dose of androgen resulted in less profound sperm suppression despite no difference in gonadotropin suppression. These data suggest that high testosterone levels can maintain sperm production in men.

[jcshack]

Why not get your wife pregnant than start the cycle?

Would you wait possibly 2 years before you started a cycle you had ready to go?

[jcshack]

Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Internal Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital and University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.

In this study we compared the effects of high-dose and low-dose testosterone enanthate (TE) administered with the same dose of cyproterone acetate (CPA). Eighteen men aged 21-45 were treated with CPA 5 mg/day and with TE 100 mg/week (n = 9; CPA-5-100) or TE 200 mg/week (n = 9; CPA-5-200) for 16 weeks. Semen analyses were performed every 2 weeks; physical examination and chemistry, hematology, gonadotropin, and testosterone measurements were performed every 4 weeks. At week 16 of treatment, sperm counts were significantly more suppressed in the CPA-5-100 group than in the CPA-5-200 group. Sperm counts returned to baseline in all subjects after hormone administration ceased. No difference in gonadotropin levels was found at any time between the 2 groups. During the treatment phase, testosterone levels were significantly higher in the CPA-5-200 group than in the CPA-5-100 group. The present study confirms that CPA/TE administration induces profound sperm suppression. An increase in the dose of androgen resulted in less profound sperm suppression despite no difference in gonadotropin suppression. These data suggest that high testosterone levels can maintain sperm production in men.

Thanks a lot.