It is bullshit and any good doctor knows this. Unfortunately most of them chase a number instead of addressing issues and with testosterone levels decreasing, they keep changing the reference ranges- which makes no sense at all. Rather than trying to help, they are trying to keep everyone in smaller ranges
It’s 1050 in the state of Louisiana. And I’m not promoting a clinic or self administered I was just pointing out the fact that the laws vary state to state which is how some clinics can get away with prescribing blast/cycles to people.
The labs themselves determine the levels they set. I can think of 5 here, some are national companies, and each uses a different reference range.
But, the point is that I think we can all agree that from a pure number standpoint, it is BS. The range is getting smaller and making it more difficult for people that really do need help, to get it. Higher low end and lower high end as basically made a window of ~500 pts to be considered "normal". The fallacy is that levels are naturally lowering and when using this as a guide, it is going to make the range lower.
I looked at labs from 8 years ago and the range was 250 - 1280. My lab reference range from the same lab as of 3 weeks ago is 280 - 850. Now my doc thinks I am getting too high to the upper range when I have changed nothing, feel great, and 8 years ago would have been smack in the middle.