51 yr old male started on HRT 3 weeks ago....

[John Galt 3141]

Kelkel, your right in that my measured Vit D level was low despite supplementation with 1000 iu qd. Have upped the dose. Did read threads on HCG and that's what brought it to my attention. Have scheduled an appointment with the best "traditional" endocrinologist in our area but I have no idea how tuned in he is to all this...will let you know. I'm very interested to find out myself. I've gotten more of an education in endocrinology in the past week reading through this forum than I ever did in medical school, and I went to very good schools. It's a shame when you think of it.

[steroid.com 1]

Kelkel, your right in that my measured Vit D level was low despite supplementation with 1000 iu qd. Have upped the dose. Did read threads on HCG and that's what brought it to my attention. Have scheduled an appointment with the best "traditional" endocrinologist in our area but I have no idea how tuned in he is to all this...will let you know. I'm very interested to find out myself. I've gotten more of an education in endocrinology in the past week reading through this forum than I ever did in medical school, and I went to very good schools. It's a shame when you think of it.

John - Most of us here work (as in patient) with either Physician's who are on the cutting edge of Testosterone Repla***ent Therapies for men or we are self taught through our own study and due diligence of the science and sharing of experiences like we do here in this great forum.

The type of Endo science you were taught in med school didn't cover this as it wasn't even out there yet...it's relatively new...and why so few specialists.

I do understand it's now becoming a bit more common in Med School and in time most PCP's, Endo's and Euro's will have practical understanding on how to practice TRT especially because the drug companies want to sell more drugs!

In fact, my Doc used to be a an anesthesiologist here in South Florida but was so fascinated with this new science he went to Harvard Medical School and was trained in the latest most up to date forms of hormone repla***ent and management in men.

Check out The American Academy for Anti Aging Medicine (A4M) most every practitioner here is a specialist in TRT for both men and women...Physician's on the cutting edge!

What gets me John, in all of this, is that Medical Doctors who swore an oath will put men into protocol's without understanding even the basics of medicine half life let alone understanding HPTA suppression and the mechanisms behind it and won't allow men to use hCG because it's a "fertility drug" or an aromatase inhibitor to control E2 because it's a "cancer drug"...like you said...it's scary.