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The Essential Blood Tests You Need on Testosterone Replacement Therapy #bloodwork #edtreatment

14 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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Spoken guidance (YouTube video) by Anne Truong MD listing essential follow-up blood tests for patients on testosterone replacement therapy. Recommended tests include CBC, CMP ("CMP 14"), lipid panel, Vitamin D, total and free testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), estradiol, DHT, luteinizing hormone (LH), and PSA (at least annually for those over 50). CMP is noted to assess liver and kidney function because those organs can affect testosterone levels.

Questions this video answers

CBC; CMP (CMP-14); lipid panel; Vitamin D; total and free testosterone; sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG); estradiol; DHT; luteinizing hormone (LH); and PSA (at least once a year if over 50).

Liver function and kidney function (affects testosterone levels).

At least once a year for patients over 50.

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If you're on testosterone hormone replacement therapy for follow up blood work, you should have at least a CBC. Should have CMP on here. In fact, it's actually not on here. CMP 14 complete metabolic panel. You should have that as well. Complete metabolic panel 14 that looks at the liver function. Look at your kidneys as well because kidney and liver function can also affect testosterone level as well. Should have your lipid panel looked at on follow up Vitamin D measure every time as well as testosterone free and total sex hormone binding globulin, estradiol, dht, LH level and PSA at least once a year. If you're over 50.