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Can you get Trt if you suffer from the common symptoms but your levels are in normal range?
AlphaMD's Answer
Hypogonadism is more than just a number. So yes, you may meet criteria for treatment with a "normal" testosterone level.
The original idea of a "normal range" in TRT's case for Testosterone is one used to deny care by companies rather than to enhance it. There is very few things in the body that have such a large "acceptable range" as what is listed for Testosterone.
The reality is that each man's ideal Testosterone is going to be different, and insurance companies do not really like working in subjective cases like that.
If you have low Testosterone symptoms, have had them onset & last for some time without any other underlying conditions, the you have low Testosterone. Getting your levels taken & evaluated is important to determining what kind of hypogonadism you may have & appropriate dosages, but it should not be used to deny care.
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