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I've been wondering about something about hCG in regards to RBC, hematocrit, and hemoglobin. It's well-known that exogenous testosterone use will raise these values in about 60% of men who use cypionate, but I'm wondering if the same works with hCG, since it's endogenous. Say I'm at 55% HCT on 120mg, which gets me to 1000 total test. In theory, could one cut to something like 100mg, get his HCT to 50% and total down to 800, but supplement in hCG to make up for the 200 point difference without raising HCT?
AlphaMD's Answer
TRT and hCG can/will cause some elevation of hematocrit and/or hemaglobin. Changing doses doesn't usually get H&H into better ranges. The best method at 55% is therapeutic phlebotomy. This is essential and can be critical considering high H&H has been correlated with blood clots leading to heart attacks, strokes and even clots in legs/lungs.
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