15-70 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL) or 0.5-2.4 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L)
Normal female testosterone ranges
Can we assume that keeping within that range is not virilizing? Male levels are 300-1000 and 10-35 on the same scales.
Although the thread has veered off topic some, the original post was about low concentration testosterone formulations so that females could dose more accurately at very low doses.
Only one post in the thread talks about a dose, and that is 3-5 mg a week. I do not know what that means in terms of bloodwork and the female reference range.
Since this is purely anecdotal, how much do you know about their "replacement use," as you call it? Share what data you have, even if there is not much.
How much of a sample size do you have of females who keep their bloodwork within the female reference range and still have virilization?
TRT for women became popular recently once mens TRT became popular, these are the same clinics, the same cost, and they just doubled their customer base by including women, they just doubled their money.
I don't see why a woman needs to have "top end of female" testosterone range blood levels for HRT, do women have their testosterone levels checked when they are younger to compare?
or are we going off of biased studies with small sample sizes promoted by the TRT/HRT industry?
Are we assuming that women start at the top end of the range and decline as they age, similar to men?
Do we even have large unbiased samples of testosterone by age for women? Or we don't because its such a new thing?
When I look at things on the internet, I see female testosterone reference ranges at
10-54 ng/dl
6-80 ng/dl
15-70 ng/dl
The difference between 54 and 80 is 32.5% , huge
below, 62.1ng/dl is considered so high, that it is considered
hyperandrogenism, which makes sense because according to this citation, it is double the mean testosterone level.
2 of the above reference ranges exceed
hyperandrogenism, yet i'm sure if you try to discuss this with a doctor, you will be dismissed and looked at like you are stupid.
When I see these ranges and levels everywhere, it has similarities to the wide range of testosterone ranges for men, however, obviously men do not run the risk of suffering permanent effects while being inside of a "reference range", that the infallible medical industry considers "normal"
Its my belief that money has influenced clinics to work backwards, to find an excuse to sell testosterone to women. Since the reference ranges go up to X they can legally bring you to X , because more is better right?
I think everyone should be aware of the bias/source of whatever they see on the internet, and whatever a doctor is selling them.
if anyone refuses to believe this, look at the pill mills that were in florida. Doctors like money too, and the debt from university has gotta be paid off somehow
There’s also the aspect that women tend toward chin hair, deeper voices, and hair loss as we transition through menopause, so it’s tough to separate out what might have been happening anyway
its the estrogen/androgen ratio, getting bloodwork and supplementing estrogen during this time would prevent the imbalance.
i don't understand why injecting testosterone at this time would be a good idea. It actually seems like the worst time to do this.
