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Do you optimize T even if that puts it above the current reference range, or do you merely get it in range?
AlphaMD's Answer
The values are far less important than the symptoms and goals of the patient, they are a great guidepost as where to start and to review if there's some kind of issue with side effects or lack of progress, so each man is different. There are rare cases where those ranges will need to be exceeded to properly return a man to where he was previously, but it is truly not common.
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