FWIW, here’s some data from an actual TRT provider regarding dosing for different clients. I haven’t made a heat/cluster map or anything, but you could look this over and see that most seem to perfer higher doses. Perhaps Defy has seen enough patients to want to cut to the chase?
(My provider started me at 180mg/wk - I was straight forward with my request saying I wanted easier, legal, gains and improved quality of life)
WEEKLY DOSE
FREQUENCY
TTEST
FTEST
E2 (IA)
E2 (LC/MS)
SHBG
200mg
q7d
734
193
38
52
21
140mg
q3.5d
1130
310
57
22
120mg
q3.5d
1228
259
46
24
200mg
q7d
900
334
71
7
200mg
q7d
1431
435
35
36
20
160mg
q3.5d
432
89
51
13
200mg
q7d
966
241
52
15
200mg
q7d
987
134
32
49
200mg
q7d
1152
223
31
32
200mg
q7d
1034
322
22
15
200mg
q7d
922
220
56
71
26
160mg
q7d
1184
263
47
28
160mg
q7d
1284
251
36
24
140mg
q7d
588
230
22
9
160mg
q7d
1072
184
56
32
160mg
q7d
956
197
39
44
160mg
q3.5d
1162
196
67
31
160mg
q7d
1196
261
49
25
160mg
q7d
654
161
71
17
200mg
q7d
1126
280
36
25
200mg
q3.5d
870
204
15 (AI)
10
17
140mg
q3.5d
939
234
76
33
160mg
q3.5d
1682
589
35
1 day post
16
140mg
q7d
988
163
20
15
200mg
q7d
637
146
58
14
160mg
q7d
921
276
33
36
26
160mg
q7d
1318
268
47
40
200mg
q3.5d
1649
523
44
10
200mg
q7d
1444
408
59
3 day post
22
160mg
q7d
971
211
73
37
200mg
q3.5d
736
192
50
38
80mg
q7d
321
58
<15
18
240mg
qod
763
246
37
12
160mg
q3.5d
2010
749
40
1 day post
19
160mg
q3.5d
767
169
49
18
160mg
q7d
842
167
34
44
200mg
q7d
568
128
46
14
200mg
q3.5d
1129
418
24
22
7
200mg
q7d
1620
440
63
18
200mg
q3.5d
1129
322
69
29
200mg
q7d
856
178
39
44
200mg
q7d
739
120
41
36
200mg
q3.5d
596
126
36
22
160mg
q7d
2054
590
41
1 day post
26
150mg
q7d
1893
470
45
2 day post
34
200mg
q7d
1083
221
71
24
180mg
q7d
943
246
48
30
200mg
q7d
1251
237
53
22
200mg
q7d
1011
267
31
31
I said I would do this a while back. Most of these were randomly pulled by staff and all names are redacted, so I cannot answer specific questions on any particular one. Some, yes, and you can probably figure out who they are, the outliers.
I think the take home is that numbers do not mean much and do not directly correlate with dosages or even each other. All of them are current and have been with us a while, so whatever symptoms brought them in have been resolved
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