Lowering HCT regular blood donation vs power red??

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I’m two months into a cycle running 300 mg of testosterone and was using about 10 mg of anavar a day for a month my. HCT is 52.8 and hemoglobin is 17.3

Would a regular blood donation or power red be best for me to do? I heard vigorous Steve a YouTuber I follow talk about donating power red and that it can keep HCT lower in the long run stopping it from rebounding as much as a regular blood donation can sometimes cause.

Does anybody have any experience with these type of blood draws and how it affected their HCT and hemoglobin or any advice on which path would be better to go?
 

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Nattokinase is supposed to work well for most, myself i cant take it…
 

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I’m two months into a cycle running 300 mg of testosterone and was using about 10 mg of anavar a day for a month my. HCT is 52.8 and hemoglobin is 17.3

Would a regular blood donation or power red be best for me to do? I heard vigorous Steve a YouTuber I follow talk about donating power red and that it can keep HCT lower in the long run stopping it from rebounding as much as a regular blood donation can sometimes cause.

Does anybody have any experience with these type of blood draws and how it affected their HCT and hemoglobin or any advice on which path would be better to go?

Whole blood = 1 pint of blood donated and you can donate again in 56 days.

Power red (AKA double red donation) = 2 pints of blood donated. Plasma and platelets are spun off and returned to you. You can't donate for 112 days.

Personally, I do better with a whole blood donation every 56 days instead of waiting 112 days and letting hematocrit climb so high.

Also, if you have to go down the therapeutic phlebotomy route, make sure they periodically pull a full iron panel including ferritin. For us older guys, it seems to be easy to tank your ferritin and is also a real PITA to bring it back up while maintaining reasonable iron levels. Also, if you find it necessary to supplement iron, watch your iron levels. Iron overload can occur easily (especially for us older guys).

I'm currently taking Nattokinase as @j2048b mentioned, I haven't noticed any difference. However, as he mentioned, some guys do well with it.
 
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