Short article/reference to convince my doctor to prescribe an AI?

[HRTstudent]

If they go by what's in the literature, they will probably dose it way way too high. We're talking 1mg per day because in many published studies on boys that is the dose they use. It's been studied a little bit for pubertal gyno treatment in boys as well as there are one or 2 studies using it in obese men with low testosterone.

Whether or not "anastrozole is the way to go" is a very tough question to answer. It's definitely not the most ideal drug out there, but it's one of the very effective ones at lowering estradiol. I believe eventually it will be replaced in the not too distant future, but with what... I don't know. It's very easy to bring your estradiol into unhealthy low levels and can require months of fine-tuning.

If your estradiol conversion is not super severe, you can experiment with herbal (OTC) remedies including chrysin with piperine/bioperine, grapeseed extract, and DIM. There is limited published research on these combined with some positive anecdotal reports. That's about as good as evidence you will get, unfortunately, for non-patentable supplements because there is no money to be made researching them.

[Renholder]

Without question if your E is elevated you need to get it into range for the reasons your Doc should easily comprehend in such a mainstream article. Start very low if prescribed as doc's can tend to over-do it initially from lack of experience. Check back when/if written.

Thanks. I just want to get the prescription so that I have it at hand.

0,5 mg X 2 is the dose I intend to start using if needed.

The problem for me here in Norway is that the E2 test is not very accurate. I know that I was above the range on HCG monotherapy, but at lower levels the test is not very precise.

If they go by what's in the literature, they will probably dose it way way too high. We're talking 1mg per day because in many published studies on boys that is the dose they use. It's been studied a little bit for pubertal gyno treatment in boys as well as there are one or 2 studies using it in obese men with low testosterone.

Whether or not "anastrozole is the way to go" is a very tough question to answer. It's definitely not the most ideal drug out there, but it's one of the very effective ones at lowering estradiol. I believe eventually it will be replaced in the not too distant future, but with what... I don't know. It's very easy to bring your estradiol into unhealthy low levels and can require months of fine-tuning.

If your estradiol conversion is not super severe, you can experiment with herbal (OTC) remedies including chrysin with piperine/bioperine, grapeseed extract, and DIM. There is limited published research on these combined with some positive anecdotal reports. That's about as good as evidence you will get, unfortunately, for non-patentable supplements because there is no money to be made researching them.

Appreciate your input.

I will evaluate the blood work and see what I do. I read a report on chrysin that was not very promising. I think DIM was mentioned as well. It may be worth giving a shot though.

Regarding how severe my conversion is, one of the problems as mentioned above is that I don`t know if I can get a really precise value for my actual E2.