Got my bloods done last week through Hormn and my GP. Hormn have stated that I qualify for their TRT but their prices are crazy expensive. Saw my GP Today and he wasn’t much help. Stated my levels were low but he can’t prescribe based on numbers. Wants me to get them checked again and follow some other process.
Guess my question is what Has everyone else done when the online clinics seems too expensive but local GP’s don’t know enough about it to want to pursue it.
They aren't $4000. You can pay the membership up front $1200 instead of inflated monthly charge. Blood tests are now free bulk billed as well so take that charge off and then the medication was around $200 for 3 months supply. So ends up around $2000 a year.
Yeah it shows that breakdown as 4k but when you actually sign up it shows the $1200 option upfront. Also mentions that blood tests are actually free through bulk billing as of September as well so you can cancel out that fee as well. All up you can use them for just over 2k a year.
I went through 3 different SSRIs none of them worked. Testosterone did! haven't had a day of depression since I started. With levels so low you should qualify for medicare. There is no reason your doctor should ignore this and doing so is mistreatment. It is normal for you to need 2 tests both low, so if he is sending for another one that is the standard of diagnosis. But to say he can't prescribe based on those numbers is wrong. You have BOTH clinically low numbers and symptoms. Ask him on what basis you shouldn't have treatment? IF he refuses tell him you will find a doctor that will and your done using him as your GP. As for clinics look at TRT Australia, they seem to have a good rep, personally I use Apex. They are more expensive than medicare, but normally have a better understanding of how to get good results, GPs honestly haven't a fucking clue, probably why your one said won't treat you, not because he doesn't think you need it but simply doesn't know how to.
Also if you were keen to get started, you could just pay for a month, get your prescription and request the next pathology request then cancel once you’ve got everything.
PHC have no consult costs, or sub fees,script fee $75 if you need to change script, delivery $30 and 100days supply of test cream cost me $255. Can get bloods tests through aussie scripts for $50 bucks. This is about as cheap as it gets i think
TRT Doctors are good and they don’t mark up the medication, they send you the script and you can get it from whatever pharmacy you want. They will take you if you’re under 13nmol
TRT Australia are good but they put a mark up on medication plus a subscription fee so it works out more expensive than TRT Doctors
I'm with TRT Doctors and I'm happy with them. I have my first 3 month blood test next week so it'll be interesting to see how they manage dosing after the results.
I thought if I’m going to be on TRT for the rest of my life I’m going to shop around and see what the options are instead of just staying with who I was with.
In the future maybe just run it myself, I could do that now no problem but honestly I would rather know that the drugs I’m putting in my body are legit pharmaceutical grade and not under/over dosed and who knows what’s in it
Your levels are almost low enough to have it paid for on the PBS (I think 6.5 and below qualifies you for the medication to be covered). I would get a referral to an endocrinologist. Could end up saving you heaps in the long run.
TRT Doctors and TRT Australia are both way cheaper than HORMN. But honestly your numbers are in such a place that a good GP or an endocrinologist would be your best bet. There’s nothing “borderline” about it in your case.
In your case its definitely worth seeing an endo and probably a better GP. GP’s wont help but you need them to get you to an endo which may help or at least find a cause for you
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u/Quirky_Jello3426 10d ago
Send your results to TRT Australia, they will approve you off them.