Bloodwork shift after 6 weeks on oxandrolone, worth panicking or just monitoring?

Posted by honestluis in Safety & Side Effects - 1 points, 0 comments.

Ran a 6 week cycle of oxandrolone at 20mg split morning and evening, came off 3 weeks back. Got my bloods done this week and my HDL has dropped from like 52 to 31, LDL went the other way. Liver enzymes are mildly elevated but still in range. Testosterone is recovering but slowly, no PCT used.

I knew the lipid hit was on the cards since its literally listed in the side effects, but seeing a 40% drop in HDL still hits different on paper. Has anyone here had HDL bounce back on its own after stopping, or did you have to actively do something about it? Cardio, diet, supplements like the NR or fish oils? Not looking for medical advice, more like what other people actually saw in their own bloodwork over the weeks after stopping.

Also mildly worried about the liver numbers staying borderline even weeks after. Is that normal for oral anabolics or should i be pushing for more follow up tests? Not running anything else right now, just waiting things out and training naturally for a bit.

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