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I’m with a clinic and they’ve told me HCT levels up to 57% are acceptable and my SHBG being low at 12 nmol/l they said it’s fine. What are your guidelines and ranges on HCT and SHBG?
AlphaMD's Answer
For HC anything around 51% and we would advise to donate blood somewhat regularly to make sure it stays under control, especially because it is free to do for most men.
For SHBG we don't have any hard guidelines or ranges that we're looking for itself, but we may look at it in response to a poor uptake or libido issues if they come up. As long as there are not symptoms presenting themselves though & the therapy feels good, we wouldn't tweak it just to change the number.
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