Impact upon hematocrit: NPP vs Deca

[MrTexas2]

As stated, is there a difference between NPP and Deca in terms of impact upon Hematocrit?

I have a friend who has moderately elevated Hema and cannot donate blood so we are looking at NPP as an alternative to Deca. He wants to heal up some minor joint pain.

We are talking about low dosages here, 100 to 150 mgs/week tops.

Thanks.

 

[F41l0r1337]

"He wants to heal up some minor joint pain."

may look into peptides?

 

[xrayphoton13]

BPC and tb, maybe curcumin.

Anecdotally deca seems to do a better job on joints than NPP for what is worth.

And NPP would hurt hematocrit more than deca since you have to inject more frequently due to the shorter ester. More frequent injections=higher hematocrit. See this thread for explanation: Post in thread 'Anyone run MENT and tren together?' Anyone run MENT and tren together?

 

[explodingHeart]

18g needle in your arm vein and 30 minutes is all you need to drain a pint of blood.

I know it's not popular here, but it's super easy and keeping HCT below 50 is less wear and tear your on arteries.

 

[tomvet93]

I have a a grapefruit every day which has so far helped keep my hct down around 46%, was 54% last year.

Also added cardio and daily pinning so might be a combination of factors.

There's good evidence for grapefruit in trt

 

[bananafeet]

As stated, is there a difference between NPP and Deca in terms of impact upon Hematocrit?

I have a friend who has moderately elevated Hema and cannot donate blood so we are looking at NPP as an alternative to Deca. He wants to heal up some minor joint pain.

We are talking about low dosages here, 100 to 150 mgs/week tops.

Thanks.

Are we talking TRT doses? I lowered my HCT on 125mg test E and 100mg Decca.

If you keep your total dose low it will reduce the effect on HCT. Raising RBC and HCT is not a side effect of androgens but and effect, it's literally what they are medically used for.

Shorter esters have higher peaks so for a given mg will have more side effects than longer esters.

 

[MrTexas2]

Thanks everyone. He is run-in about 160-180 tess/week I think, so low dose.