TRT labs (compared to previous TRT w/Primo, DHTe, NPP)

[Whistles77]

Sharing latest bloodwork

8 weeks-ish of 175mg of @Arail Test Cyp (Batch 2), Split as 75mg e3d doses taken IM in Ventrogluteals. Sample was originally scheduled to be taken at trough immediately before my scheduled injection, but when i turned up at Quest, the fuckers had closed the lab for maintenance and not had the courtesy to warn me. As such, this lab draw was lunchtime the day after, so 28 hours after my usual trough.

This time is a bit of a cleaner. Approx. 8 weeks of stable cruising. Both at home, including 5 weeks of travelling through Thailand and Korea (should've added Tren for a bit of fun), and likely affected by a case of covid (which i suspect drove AST and ALT). Having been tee total for 5 months, i was allowing myself a few drinks too and lots of eating out, so wouldn't be surprised if that had an impact also. Was very thankful that Arail vials look very pro-pharma, so i put the vial into a vintage TRT prescription box in case any questions coming into Korea, but nothing was checked.

e2 was much higher than i expected. Interesting to me as over double what it was compared to last blood test on same dose of same TC, but with addition of 40mg Primo, 14mg NPP, 7mg DHTe

Summary (July - Oct) :
Total T: 1326 ng/dl -> 995 ng/dl (note July was e2d dosing taken at trough, Oct is e3d dosing taking 28hours after trough)
Free T: 426 pg/ml -> 185 pg/ml (no primo or DHTe use in Oct)
E2: 23pg/ml -> 59pg/ml (low dose primo and DHTe having big impacts on suppression. e2 crashed soon after july test)
T:E ratio: 57:1 -> 17:1

For reference: Previous bloodwork from July 2025 here: Same dose of TRT (but e2d) whilst fucking around with low doses of extra compounds (DHT, Primo, NPP) that made things pretty messy and lead to low e2.

 

[Ghoul]

Those lipids are moving your cardiovascular doom clock closer to midnight. Get a calcium score. That may motivate you if self preservation isn't enough.

 

[RockyP]

Get yourself on a statin brother - those lipids are no bueno.

 

[Ghoul]

Get yourself on a statin brother - those lipids are no bueno.

It's not so much the sudden death that's scary, as the debilitating stroke you survive but from then on everyone in your presence wears a fake smile and always seems to be in a rush because they're pretending you don't smell like your diaper needs changing.

 

[Whistles77]

Get yourself on a statin brother - those lipids are no bueno.

Those lipids are moving your cardiovascular doom clock closer to midnight. Get a calcium score. That may motivate you if self preservation isn't enough.

Thank you both. Appreciate you. You just made it worthwhile me posting. I've Rosuvastatin ready and just ordered Pitavastatin from PCT. Could be covid impacted too? Infection was pretty bad for a while..

 

[Ghoul]

Thank you both. Appreciate you. You just made it worthwhile me posting. I've Rosuvastatin ready and just ordered Pitavastatin from PCT. Could be covid impacted too? Infection was pretty bad for a while..

Next time get some ezetimibe thrown into your order.

Pita will get you down to 80, much better, but eze will knock it down to 60, where you'll stop further accumulation of plaque and with each passing year cardiovascular risk will slowly decrease as the stuff that's in there slowly hardens, making it increasingly more stable.

It's not the hard stuff calcium scores pick up that's dangerous, that just give you a sense of how much has built up over decades, it's the fresh plaque thats still soft and can rupture where the danger lies.

 

[Whistles77]

Next time get some ezetimibe thrown into your order.

Pita will get you down to 80, much better, but eze will knock it down to 60, where you'll stop further accumulation of plaque and with each passing year cardiovascular risk will slowly decrease as the stuff that's in there slowly hardens, making it increasingly more stable.

It's not the hard stuff calcium scores pick up that's dangerous, that just give you a sense of how much has built up over decades, it's the fresh plaque thats still soft and can rupture where the danger lies.

Thanks for the insights. I have a stock of eze too. I've been watching you and others in the PCT thread and reading the expert commentary for a while and at PCT prices, it was a no brainer to be prepared.

 

[Ghoul]

Thanks for the insights. I have a stock of eze too. I've been watching you and others in the PCT thread and reading the expert commentary for a while and at PCT prices, it was a no brainer to be prepared.

Just make it part of your daily routine, a couple of what are almost certainly side effect free pills every day, and you've knocked out the majority of risk of getting whacked by the #1 cause of death and disability in the world.

As a bonus, rotting plaque ("necrotizing") trapped in arterial walls is a major source of inflammation. After using Pitavastatin for a few months, systemic inflammation typically drops like a rock, so fewer aching joints going forward, better energy, less brain fog.

Most people can't manage that simple "sacrifice" to, quite literally, save their lives.

You know when a >50% majority with elevated cholesterol finally start taking meds to lower it without quitting within a year? After (if) they've survived a heart attack. And even then, it takes a second heart attack to get compliance above 80%.

 

[BigDadd7]

I'm with the ghoul- get those lipids under control.

Thanks for sharing. We're all here to help and encourage each other.

 

[Arail]

Thank you for posting this up! I hope you have a easy time getting those lipids under control.

 

[Whistles77]

Thank you for posting this up! I hope you have a easy time getting those lipids under control.

Fingers crossed that it was mostly just a lot of vacation good living (and covid).