HCG Monotherapy: Pregnenolone necessary?

living2die

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To all those on HCG Monotherapy, is it necessary to supplement with Pregnenolone, as it is standard procedure on most TRT and TRT+HCG protocols. I take anywhere from 250-500IU ED. I never exceed 3500IU/week, and never go below 2000IU/wk. I take .15mg Arimidex ED. I know Dr. John Crisler often gives his patients Preg cream for those on his TRT + 500IU/wk patients, as a safeguard against low PREG, but I am on HCG Monotherapy, and thus am enducing far more 450cc enzyme pathway stimulation CHOL->PREG, and feel that it is overkill, and will likely overstimulate the 450cc pathway.

Rucksicht
 
To all those on HCG Monotherapy, is it necessary to supplement with Pregnenolone, as it is standard procedure on most TRT and TRT+HCG protocols. I take anywhere from 250-500IU ED. I never exceed 3500IU/week, and never go below 2000IU/wk. I take .15mg Arimidex ED. I know Dr. John Crisler often gives his patients Preg cream for those on his TRT + 500IU/wk patients, as a safeguard against low PREG, but I am on HCG Monotherapy, and thus am enducing far more 450cc enzyme pathway stimulation CHOL->PREG, and feel that it is overkill, and will likely overstimulate the 450cc pathway.

Rucksicht
It is good idea to do blood tests to prevent guessing:

DHEA sulfate
Progesterone, LC/MS/MS
Pregnenolone
Estradiol, Ultrasensitive, LC/MS/MS (30289X)
Estrone, LC/MS/MS (23244X)
Testosterone, Free, Bio/Total (LC/MS/MS)
Dihydrotestosterone (204X)
 
Jansz,
Your hormone testing is more extensive than the anti-doping tests they performed on Usain Bolt at the Beijing Olympics.

Did you ever get a hormone panel done prior towards your supplementation with PREGnenolone? Did you get your hormone panel checked when you were on TRT + HCG alone?


It is good idea to do blood tests to prevent guessing:

DHEA sulfate
Progesterone, LC/MS/MS
Pregnenolone
Estradiol, Ultrasensitive, LC/MS/MS (30289X)
Estrone, LC/MS/MS (23244X)
Testosterone, Free, Bio/Total (LC/MS/MS)
Dihydrotestosterone (204X)
 
Jansz,
Your hormone testing is more extensive than the anti-doping tests they performed on Usain Bolt at the Beijing Olympics.

Did you ever get a hormone panel done prior towards your supplementation with PREGnenolone? Did you get your hormone panel checked when you were on TRT + HCG alone?
I do not have blood reports that you are interested in.

I do my testing as I learn about them.
Lucky I can find a doc who obliges with testing and have insurance that pays for most of it, otherwise $$ would be a problem, I am retired.
My state of low testosterone exists most likely at least 10 years, most likely much longer.
About 6 yers ago it started affecting my sex life.
4 yers ago I started T supplentation.

I want to talk now about this three:
DHEA sulfate
Progesterone, LC/MS/MS
Pregnenolone

Originally my DHEA was low, so I started supplementing, with a goal as per LEF, (DHEA 500-640 µg/dL)
At one point I had DHEAs=369 but to get there I used 350mg/day.
I also had progesterone=1.4 (very good)

Reading the boards I see people doing max about 50mg
So I got scared and reduced to 50mg/day DHEA.

That resulted in minimal values for all three
DHEA, progesterone, Pregnenolone, all below low limits.

I am back to 400mg/day DHEA, and keep using the 200mg preg that I always use.

Will see my levels on the next test.
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