Oxandrolone and HDL drop – anyone see labs shift after a few weeks?

Posted by grinder265 in Safety & Side Effects - 1 points, 0 comments.

Ngl I just got my labs back after a four week oxandrolone run at 20mg split twice daily. Was using it mostly to help with a stubborn Achilles tendon thing, not for bulking. HDL went from 55 down to 42, LDL crept up from 92 to 108.

Trigs stayed pretty flat. Felt fine strength wise and no noticeable sides otherwise. Wondering if this kind of lipid shift is typical at that dose or if I’m just more sensitive.

Thinking about adding a gram of fish oil daily or maybe low dose niacin to see if it pulls HDL back up. Also curious if anyone else has noticed a bigger drop when they go above 30mg or if the split dosing makes a difference. Would love to hear what your labs looked like and what you did to offset it. No medical advice just looking for real world data.

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