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If you are someone who has no fertility concerns (family planning is done) is there any benefit to taking hCG alongside TRT. My clinic has me on test as well as HCG and I’m beginning to question the benefits or point of taking HCG. I feel it’s causing more E side affects as well as an unnecessary cost. Edit: let me also add, the clinics argument in the past was that it helps increase my test levels without having to increasing my testosterone dose even more. I am at 200mg a week (I know high, it’s been a real struggle to get me to good levels, I’m a low responder)

AlphaMD's Answer

It would mostly be used for testicle size & fertility.

Some men anecdotally feel it can improve libido or mental health, though since it impacts many markers and each man is different, this is hard to say as a generalization.

However if the goal is to raise Testosterone with it, then it makes sense to just raise your Testosterone dosing more. It's not very effective at being a large contributor to total Testosterone especially if you were primary hypogonadal thus having a low baseline production. Yes, it also does increase Estrogen far more than normal Testosterone & is costly.

Although most men do not need 200mg+ weekly, if you are a low responder then you are an exception & exceptions for reasons like that are perfectly fine to make.

If you drop it, you should just watch your E levels & adjust down your AI in response to changes if you already take one & are dialed in with it.

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