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'm currently on TRT (cypionate 110ml/week) for really low T that presented itself after a chronic Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Anaplasmosis infection (each lasting about 1.5 years). Interesting nice "side effect" is it stops or minimizes the neuropathic pain about a day after the shots to roughly the day of the next shot (to that end, I'm looking at split doses twice a week to smooth out the peaks and valleys). Slowly noticing the other benefits one would expect, but looking into HCG now to slow/reverse shrinking, but can't find much on if it interacts with neuropathic damage due to my past finally cured spirochete infections, or muscle damage due to the same (I suffer both, the latter being either polymyositis or anaplasmosis induced rhabdomyolysis. Any advice for whether or not it would be suitable/unsuitable under the circumstances? Also, how difficult is it to transition care to an online company like Alpha MD? Obviously, I won't test low to "qualify" like I had to initially. How involved is it to transition over with no lapses?

AlphaMD's Answer

It is interesting that is has that effect for you, and we may suggest experimenting with the dosing & frequency further to see if it can provide that benefit more of the time since 110mg is a fairly safe dose to look at raising if needed.

HCG should not have a negative impact on things, and if there is an increase to your Testosterone from it, it may help as well given how you feel with traditional TRT.

It is fairly easy to transfer care to digital companies, or at least it is with ours. We have a ton of patient transfers from other clinics all the time. You can even select "I am already on TRT" when choosing a consultation type. We do not ask you to test low on new labs but rather are happy to continue your treatment as-is if it is working for you, or offer suggestions on how to improve it if you are open to them.

For avoiding lapses, we'd say plan to schedule with us earlier rather than later. It typically only takes a few weeks to send out a treatment order from a pharmacy, but if done last minute & you don't have availability to meet or have to reschedule, we wouldn't want you to go without. We can always meet earlier than needed, then set a treatment/order start date weeks into the future if it makes more sense, as long as we have that video visit on file.

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