Dr. Barry Gordon

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I sent my trt doctor an email earlier in the week telling him that I felt the

dose he was giving me 400 cypionate every 2 weeks was high and spaced too far

apart. I also sent him son\me literature from dr. crisler and from the american

endo board. I also told him that I felt somewhat short tempered on this dose and

that's why I would like him to accomodate my concerns and lower the dose. My

mistake was sending him an email and leaving a paper trail as most doctors are

paranoid these days. This is someof the response he sent me:

I reviewed some of Dr. Crisler's literature and it's obvious that we have

significantly different philosophies and views on the treatment of TD. That

being said, I usually have little objection to patient's requests to try

reasonable alternative dosing regimens. Unfortunately, we have a problem.

In your last email you informed me that you had significant adverse psychiatric

effects from the first two injections of testosterone, " paranoia " and

" agitation " . This does not appear to be a dose related phenomenon since your

symptoms abated near the time one would expect your T levels to be near their

highest. I consulted an attorney, and considering the potential seriousness of

your reactions along with current public and governmental concerns over " roid

rage " it would be irresponsible of me to continue administering or prescribing

testosterone at this time. Such action on my part would likely be construed as

malpractice if not illegal. I fully understand the difficulty people have in

getting testosterone deficiency effectively treated. My best suggestion would

be for you to have psychiatric evaluation. Given psychiatric clearance, and a

period of continuing psychiatric follow-up, I'd have no problem administering T

according to an acceptable protocol you prefer.

Now I'm not sure what to do? I definitely think that his name should be scrubbed

from database as he also took a blood test last week and brushed off the high

estrogen levels and his trt protocol is not the industry norm. Now I need to

find a new doctor. My next appointment was scheduled for monday and that's right

about the time I'll be crashing from my last dose.