Quote: (12-08-2013 12:50 PM)Starke Wrote:
I've researched TRT quite extensively in support of a family member who had it prescribed. In addition, I've previously researched and (carefully) used synthetic hormones in support of recovery from a sports injury.
Crisler's protocol is effectively a beginner's guide for GPs inexperienced in endocrinology.
It is both dangerous and false for you to state that someone following this one-size-fits-all guideline 'will not have those issues'.
While it may reduce the sides relative to a bare-bones TRT program, it most certainly cannot eliminate all cases - given the extreme variability in each patient's endocrine system.
Pushing someone on to TRT for mere fatigue alone is akin to doling out radiotherapy to someone suffering from a verruca.
The side effects are very minimal to non existant. And if the OP has low testosterone, then it's best he follows standard TRT protocol.