Arimidex dosing question

[LowT Mike]

Dont overlook timing of your labs as well. More aromatase at 36-48 hours post inject. Be patient. if you have only been on TRT for 7 weeks your rate of aromatase will usually go down after time...So stay consistant with labs. As body fat lowers so does rate of aromatase. Shoot for 20-30pg/ml E2. I concur with kelkel above. However, talk to your doctor if you are going to up your dose. Also 50mg of Zinc and 2-3mg of Copper ED is a great way to lower your use of anastrozole. I wouldn't use it as a sole AI but in conjunction with Anastrozole. Generally in some men you can cut Anastrzole dose in half with use of zinc and copper combo. I have a compounding pharmacist that adds Zinc in the Testosterone Cypionate vials. It works well.

[FRDave]

Dont overlook timing of your labs as well. More aromatase at 36-48 hours post inject. Be patient. if you have only been on TRT for 7 weeks your rate of aromatase will usually go down after time...So stay consistant with labs. As body fat lowers so does rate of aromatase. Shoot for 20-30pg/ml E2. I concur with kelkel above. However, talk to your doctor if you are going to up your dose. Also 50mg of Zinc and 2-3mg of Copper ED is a great way to lower your use of anastrozole. I wouldn't use it as a sole AI but in conjunction with Anastrozole. Generally in some men you can cut Anastrzole dose in half with use of zinc and copper combo. I have a compounding pharmacist that adds Zinc in the Testosterone Cypionate vials. It works well.

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reply. I have actually been on TRT since Dec 2012, still trying to get dialed in. The 7 weeks I mentioned has been how long I have been on Arimidex. Prior to Arimidex, I was sitting with a total test of 878 and E2 of 75.1. Protocol was the same as now, just using no Arimidex.

Now with the .5mg of Arimidex 24hrs after test injection for the past 7 weeks, everything else being the same, my test levels have risen to 991 and E2 has dropped 30 points down to 45.

All labs I do fasting, the morning of my test injection but before my injection (~72hrs post injection). Being that I take HCG on Mon, Wed and Fri nights and my test injections on Sat morning and Tues night, no matter when I get blood work (Tues or Sat morning), I would have injected HCG the night prior. Could this scew my results?

On another note, I have been taking 50mg of Zinc with 2mg of copper daily for a good 3 months now. I even tried up to 150mg of zinc with 6mg of copper prior to getting on Arimidex and noticed no drop in E2 levels.

Hope this helps better clarify and thanks again.