Originally Posted by
rgcone
One more thing which may be relevant to searching for a TRT doc: in general, endocrinologists are overwhelmed with type 2 diabetes patients and my personal experience is that urologists are not really trained in hormone replacement therapy. There is a growing number of docs who specialize in hormone replacement therapies for our aging population. It took me going to four different doctors (two endo's and two urologists) who were clearly not interested or not trained in TRT before I found a doc who did nothing but hormone replacement for adults. His main goal is bringing your T back to late 20's/early 30's levels, not, in my case, average 60 year old levels. He used blood tests AND anecdotal evidence from me to develop a program. That program only had two prescriptions medicines: testosterone and armidex (estrogen blocker). There are a bunch of supplements, vitamin D and B, thyroid supplements (mostly iodine), arginine, etc. Blood test results every three months for the first year AND actual results as told by me led to adjustments (upping armidex dose, going from one a week to once every 5 days for T injections).
Take the time to search for the right doc. It probably will not be paid for by insurance, but it's the second best investment in yourself you'll ever make. The first being get strong. Of course.