Should I cut cycle short.

[xrayphoton13]

Woww very good. So u think I’ll be fine on 500mg 3 months? Yesterday I pinned 900mg to front load.

Yeah just keep your water and electrolytes up. Drink plenty of water the day of labs all the way up to the blood draw. Most people wake up dehydrated and then go do labs with nothing in them which is why hematocrit gets skewed so high

 

[Jin23]

Yeah buddy

That's actually looking like it has little to do with your electrolyte/water intake, but rather like you're heading towards anemia with iron deficiency. It's quite common on cycle if some gear you're taking is causing inflammation and the longer you're on, the more pronounced it gets. Those numbers are too low, you do not want hemoglobin and hematocrit that low.

Have you done an iron panel?

 

[upandcoming]

That's actually looking like it has little to do with your electrolyte/water intake, but rather like you're heading towards anemia with iron deficiency. It's quite common on cycle if some gear you're taking is causing inflammation and the longer you're on, the more pronounced it gets. Those numbers are too low, you do not want hemoglobin and hematocrit that low.

Have you done an iron panel?

They’re not too low they’re in range and he is perfectly fine.

 

[xrayphoton13]

That's actually looking like it has little to do with your electrolyte/water intake, but rather like you're heading towards anemia with iron deficiency. It's quite common on cycle if some gear you're taking is causing inflammation and the longer you're on, the more pronounced it gets. Those numbers are too low, you do not want hemoglobin and hematocrit that low.

Have you done an iron panel?

No I haven't but I'd actually be curious just because I've been on mounjaro a few years now and I think I've heard some people mention that it could deplete iron. C-reactive protein was 0.33 mg/L so shouldn't be inflammation. Anyway I came off cycle and went back to trt after this. That was November 1st of last year. I had my coach who is a member here review all bloodwork and he said everything looked good

 

[Jin23]

No I haven't but I'd actually be curious just because I've been on mounjaro a few years now and I think I've heard some people mention that it could deplete iron. C-reactive protein was 0.33 mg/L so shouldn't be inflammation. Anyway I came off cycle and went back to trt after this. That was November 1st of last year. I had my coach who is a member here review all bloodwork and he said everything looked good

Yes, if crp is low then most likely hepcidin is low, which would allow for iron absorption. But also, crp is not the end all be all in regards to inflammation status. It can be low with inflammation still present.

However, you are right about the potential of glp1 agonists to lower iron. They can lower stomach acidity which limits Fe3 -> Fe2 conversion and they can actually increase hepcidin due to mechanisms I am not completely elucidated about, but supposedly it has something to do about GLP1-R stimulation directly increasing hepcidin expression. Also, insulin increases hepcidin.

I would be interested in seeing your serum iron, tsat and ferritin numbers as such low hct and hb are somewhat unlikely in an androgen excess situation where epo expression is high unless there is a functional iron deficiency present (or something else).

Who is your coach, if it's not a secret?

 

[xrayphoton13]

Yes, if crp is low then most likely hepcidin is low, which would allow for iron absorption. But also, crp is not the end all be all in regards to inflammation status. It can be low with inflammation still present.

However, you are right about the potential of glp1 agonists to lower iron. They can lower stomach acidity which limits Fe3 -> Fe2 conversion and they can actually increase hepcidin due to mechanisms I am not completely elucidated about, but supposedly it has something to do about GLP1-R stimulation directly increasing hepcidin expression. Also, insulin increases hepcidin.

I would be interested in seeing your serum iron, tsat and ferritin numbers as such low hct and hb are somewhat unlikely in an androgen excess situation where epo expression is high unless there is a functional iron deficiency present (or something else).

Who is your coach, if it's not a secret?

Type-IIx. I had to stop using him due to some personal issues but hopefully that will change in the next few months. I can highly recommend him to anyone