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My testosterone is 400 ng/dl. please tell about the free testosterone?

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See remark: Testosterone in the body comes in 2 forms: total (which is combined with a protein) which does not exert the effect of hormone:and in FREE form which is the active part of testosterone.It is the latter which produces the action of the manliness mustache ,beard,change of voice,stamina ,energy,sexual desire /function

Answered 8/8/2015

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But I feel my free Testosterone levels 10pg/ml are very low far from normal levels (2%of serum Testosterone in this case 8 ng/dL =80pg/ml).Do you have an opinion on this?

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