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Most of us understand the differences between Total, Bio Available and Free Testosterone serum levels and their place in evaluation.

The OP's Total Testosterone levels coupled with elevated SHBG does not warrant a TRT protocol in my opinion.

I would have also like to seen a Albumin panel as well.

He's being bound-up with the elevated SHBG and as Vette and others pointed out there are other remedies to correct (other then TRT) which should be tired first and foremost. It's like "let's not fix the problem let's just add drugs"...and at a big starting dosage of 160mg/wk...not what we're about.

As far as the Armour is concerned; he may or may not bennefit from its use, and it might be worth a try, but the way I see it it's just another drug he's putting into his body that is questionable if he needs it at all.

BTW, the concept of "trialing" testosterone replacement therapies is rather odd don't you think?

This is for life and "trialing" something like this needs to be really well thought out and be supported by labs and symptoms as it's a bit much when you think that it can and will cause a man to shutdown...then what...PCT protocol's because "it didn't do anything for me?" Trialing TRT stands to cause more harm than it could good in my opinion.

I like Morgentaller, and his book is sitting right here on my desk and re-reading sections of it I can see it's already become a little dated already like him stating he likes to use an AI to control testicular atrophy...wtf?

[RetSurfer]

I would have also like to seen a Albumin panel as well.

Not sure what a "Albumin Panel" is but here are more results:

COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
WHITE BLOOD CELL 5.4 3.9 - 11.1 K/ul
RED BLOOD CELL 4.81 4.2 - 6.0 M/ul
HEMOGLOBIN 16.7 13.2 - 18.0 g/dl
HEMATOCRIT 50.2 38.5 - 54.0 %
MCV 104 H 80.0 - 100.0 fl
MCH 34.6 H 26.0 - 34.0 pg
MCHC 33.2 31.0 - 37.0 g/dl
RDW 15.8 H 11.0 - 15.5 %
PLATELET COUNT 175 140 - 400 k/ul
MPV 8.4 7.5 - 11.6 fl
URINALYSIS
COLOR YELLOW
APPEARANCE CLEAR CLEAR
pH 6.0 5 - 8
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.014 1.001 - 1.045
GLUCOSE NORMAL NORMAL mg/dl
KETONES 5 NEGATIVE mg/dl
BLOOD NEGATIVE NEGATIVE Ery/ul
PROTEIN NEGATIVE NEGATIVE mg/dl
BILI NEGATIVE NEGATIVE mg/dl
UROBILINOGEN NORMAL NORMAL mg/dL
NITRITE NEGATIVE NEGATIVE
LEUKOCYTES 25 NEGATIVE Leuk/ul
WBC’S 2-5 /hpf
EPITHELIAL CELLS 0-2 /hpf
GENERAL CHEMISTRY
GLUCOSE 85 65 - 100 mg/dl
BUN 14 6 - 20 mg/dl
CREATININE, SERUM 0.9 0.5 - 1.2 mg/dl
SODIUM 141 133 - 145 mmol/L
POTASSIUM 4.4 3.3 - 5.1 mmol/L
CHLORIDE 103 96 - 108 mmol/L
CO2 25 22 - 32 mmol/L
CALCIUM 9.6 8.5 - 10.5 mg/dl
TOTAL PROTEIN 7.0 6.4 - 8.3 g/dl
ALBUMIN 4.5 3.2 - 4.8 g/dl
GLOBULIN 2.5 2.1 - 3.6 g/dl