MyNameIsJeff
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You could try an iodine supplement. Other than that you should just keep an eye on it and see how the levels develop over time. Free T3 would also be a useful marker to check. In case you experience symptoms of hypothyroidism despite your levels still being in range, you should consult an endo.
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Here’s a crazy idea: Stop taking both MK677 and Berberine for a while. Also, you might wanna talk to a psychologist about your panic disorder/hypochondriasis.
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Creatanine levels can be elevated just from hard training etc at times and yours are barely elevated here so i personally would not be concerned.
Incorrect. Creatine Kinase can be elevated substantially from training, but not creatinine. Also, a value 25% above the upper limit does not qualify as “barely elevated”, his values are higher than what is common in people who likely have more muscle mass and protein intake than this guy.
Most importantly, you cannot look at creatinine in isolation. I combination with elevated BUN, there is reason to believe that the elevated creatinine does indeed reflect a lower than normal (true)GFR.
To the OP: make sure thyroid panel is included in your next blood work.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383162/
Although you are correct in what you say I am not incorrect either. As you can see in the study here there are many reasons and possibilities.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2390952/
Again higher muscle mass/exercise and protein intake can cause elevations in serum creatanine levels as I said.
So to the OP I personally would not be concerned however if you are worried in the slightest then do as Jeff states above. We are just people on the internet giving our opinion, as I stress in every health based post if you are worried always consult your GP
“In this study, individuals with moderate/intense physical activity presented higher urinary creatinine, probably as a result of the larger muscle mass and the higher mean protein and meat intake consumed by these individuals.”
Hence, it’s not the exercise that elevates creatinine, but rather the fact that physically active people have more muscle mass and higher protein and creatine intake. The fact that the latter influence creatinine is well-known of course, and I factored that into my assessment of his creatinine levels. High-normal to slightly elevated levels are indeed normal in bodybuilders. But look at someone like JP, he has much more muscle mass than the OP, trains harder and probably has higher protein intake. Yet his creatinine is barely out of range. The same is true for the vast majority of bodybuilders whose blood work I have seen. Similarly, elevated BUN is very rare even in bodybuilders. In the case of the poster above it did not correspond to decreased kidney function, but it is still an abnormal finding and should be followed up since it generally indicates insufficient kidney function.
The other paper states that “intense exercise can increase creatinine by increasing muscle breakdown”. But it only cites 2 studies on people with rhabdo. In the case of rhabdo, myoglobin acutely damages the kidney, thereby lowering filtration rate and hence leading to elevated creatinine. But outside of this condition, even very intense resistance exercise does not lead to elevated creatinine levels the following days. So it is not like in the case of transaminase levels being elevated in the days after an intense workout.
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Creatanine levels can be elevated just from hard training etc at times and yours are barely elevated here so i personally would not be concerned.
Incorrect. Creatine Kinase can be elevated substantially from training, but not creatinine. Also, a value 25% above the upper limit does not qualify as “barely elevated”, his values are higher than what is common in people who likely have more muscle mass and protein intake than this guy.
Most importantly, you cannot look at creatinine in isolation. I combination with elevated BUN, there is reason to believe that the elevated creatinine does indeed reflect a lower than normal (true)GFR.
To the OP: make sure thyroid panel is included in your next blood work.
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There is some reason for concern regarding your kidney health. Follow up with a doctor to do a urinalysis, get additional blood work, a kidney ultrasound and biopsy, in that order.
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Have not seen fakes of Italian genos yet. They look legit to me.
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THAT WEBSITE (was called pharmacomstore, but now changed their name) WAS A RESELLER, THEY WERE NOT IN ANY WAY AFFILIATED WITH THE PRODUCER PHARMACOM LABS. They are no longer allowed to procure from pharmacomlabs since they started selling other brands. So they may well make up some shit about pharmacom being no longer produced so that you keep buying from them. Pharmacom Labs continues to produce and they continue to sell via their own website and via authorized resellers.
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I get pharmacom gear from a site I have used for years & its 100% legit, doesn’t mean it’s fake just because it’s not from the pharmacom website. There are going to be some fakes though, there are fakes of 99% of brands these days
I appreciate what your saying Scott but I emailed pharmacom around a year ago regarding them not selling their range any more and they said they didn’t make it no longer. From this i tool it that some gear may still be floating about but alot of the other stuff is faked. When I say faked I don’t mean crappy gear as the gear could still be of high quality it’s just the branding that people like. You can purchase boxes vial caps labels and instructions online
Absolute nonsense. You are referring to a reseller of Pharmacom Labs who fell out with the manufacturer and thus was no longer able to offer their products. But pharmacom as a producer is alive and well and still sells via their own website (it has the word basic in the url). Pharmacom of course also sells to other resellers still. in any case, you can check the verification codes to confirm it’s real, just be sure you visit the proper URL (i.e. not the one that may be printed on fake vials).
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On another note. Right now there are millions of people battling with cancer and suffering horrible side effects from chemo and/or radiation therapy. Many of them will have to continue treatment for the rest of their few remaining years. And you seriously talk about having to “bite the bullet and crack on” and whine about how hard it’s gonna be to take a pill a day for a couple of months, stay on TRT, and to follow basic rules of personal hygiene? Get a fucking grip.
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Are the results from accutane permanent? If so ill just bite the bullet and crack on
Generally, yes. The longer you take it for and the higher the dosage, the greater the likelihood that the effects are permanent. Thus my recommendation to take it for at least 6 months.
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1) Take no more than 150mg of test a week, keep dose stable.
2) Get blood work to assess blood levels of test, dht and estrogen at that dosage.
3) Fix your diet. Use the elimination approach to find out if there are foods that trigger acne bouts.
4) Take anti-inflammatory supps such as curcumin.
5) Take skin hygiene seriously. Switch and wash (at 90 degrees celcius) your bedsheets multiple times a week. Use soap-free body wash on the affected areas, but no more than twice a day.
6) Take accutane under doctor’s supervision, with a product from the pharmacy. Start with 20mg per day, take together with fatty meals. Stick to that dose for 2 months, then 30mg for another 2 months, then 40mg for another 2 months, at which point you might see enough progress that you can stop. Keep tabs on liver values. -
Sounds like an interesting study. Curious though how you are gonna deal with selection bias. Those who self-select into AAS use may differ from naturals in terms of unobserved characteristics that also impact gene expression and epigenetic markers. Similarly, those who stopped taking steroids for 2 years may differ in terms of unobserved characteristics from those who take steroids continuously. So ideally you would want to use a within design where you examine the same individual before, during and after steroid use. Should be possible to find a couple of nattys on here who already plan taking steroids in the near future.
Another limitation of your current design is that the participants all take different steroids, in differing dosing, from different labs. Some of which may also contain drugs not declared on the labels. That’s at the very least gonna jack up your standard errors. So as a bare minimum I would conduct HPLC tests on the participant’ gear.
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I agree that there is absolutely no need for an AI. Just consider the Androgen/Estrogen ratio of his cycle (with primo, mast, proviron). You actually want Estradiol to be a bit on the high side here to balance out the ratio.
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Benzos are really a bad idea matey, they don’t actually cause sleep, per se. They cause a sedative effect which isn’t the same . Much like alcohol, it isn’t ever deep sleep and it doesn’t pose the same benefits.
Zero literature to support deeper sleep from melatonin. It’s use really is only in helping adjust circadian rhythm, so in jet lag situations .
My sleep is disrupted from being over trained
Oh, I read that you take “Halcyon” and assumed you are referring to Triazolam (Brand name Halcion), which is in fact a benzodiazepine.
There are a couple of studies that show Melatonine treatment to be effective in those with insomnia. Benefits are shorter sleep onset latency, improved (perceived) quality of sleep, improved morning alertness, and improved daytime psychomotor performance.
See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18036082 and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19584739
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Halcyon and sleep stack
Not to sound like a hippie, but have you tried CBD oil as tranquilizer before bedtime? Certainly can’t beat short-acting benzos, but does not have as many adverse effects either.
On a related note, have you ever tried a nose-mask for your CPAP (in combination with a chin strap to keep mouth closed)?
EDIT: Just saw that the SN sleep stack does not contain any Melatonine?! How come?