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I'm starting up on TRT again after being off for about a year. My Dr was not familiar with the dose I should be taking of Anastrozole.. I was prescribed 1mg pills and told to take one a week. I think that's way too much and will tank my E and have me feeling like shit. Can you recommend a proper dose? I take 100mg of zinc currently but I’m very overweight and prone to high estrogen. Thank you!
AlphaMD's Answer
In general, it's best to adjust up as needed, first seeing if you are prone to high Estrogen or conversion like you say then add from there.
A good starting point would be 0.5mg once weekly on a day of injection. Increasing from there it would be 0.5mg twice weekly on days of injections or 1mg once weekly on a day of injection.
We can’t give you a specific dose without more info, but when we have patients that need anastrozole we typically start them on 0.5mg/wk or less. Even for people prone to aromatizing, this dose is more than enough.
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