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So what are some risks of trt dose for rest of life besides not being able to have kids really just trying to understand ? Thanks in advance
AlphaMD's Answer
Risk factors for traditional managed TRT are quite low, it is one of the lowest cost malpractice medical fields to put it into perspective. Since you are generally just raising your Testosterone to it's ideal level for your body & not going past that, it tends to put you at a level you've already been at previously. There is a chance of things like heightened Estrogen during dialing in, potential hair loss (if it runs in your family), and needing to come off of it if you ever develop prostate cancer (which is not caused by TRT, but TRT is not ideal during treatment). In our experience about 25% of men need to address Estrogen & 1-2% of men may find more noticeable hair loss. Some men also experience increased RBC production & may need to lower dose or donate blood, though we would consider this more part of the dialing in phase.
Fertility is the largest concern since it is 100% assured to be impacted in some way compared to the much lower chances of the others. However this is also fairly easy to combat to meet fertility goals with use of medications like HCG.
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