Testosterone: how low should we let men go?

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Not too little, not too much, just enough. But what is just enough? How much testosterone does the body really need? Find out what we know...

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Peter Bradley
Peter Bradley
5 years ago

All I know is I had worked out most of the above already, so when it came to being treated for ca prostate, for which I chose stereotactic EBR, I declined androgen deprivation therapy, and I have done extremely well, and will never regret I did not have my testosterone levels severely depressed, for all the reasons outlined in the article.

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Peter Bradley
Peter Bradley
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4 years ago

Wow, interesting all my post triggered was a minus 1 or thumbs down. I wonder what was behind that thinking..?

Because if it was an oncologist, then I can tell you the effects of androgen suppression therapy is horrible, and this article just highlights the importance of testosterone in men’s health, and helps explain why. Just like it is for women, where quite clearly the loss of the main sex hormone is more sudden and drastic, and one can witness the fact the rate of ageing accelerates, with all the other health implications of that – as it does for men if suddenly suppressed by drugs.

I had a long time interest in anti-aging medicine after I witnessed the powerful effects of HRT in a patient of mine, who had as a result of a gynaecological disaster been effectively neutered at the age of about 30, and even back then, it was recognised as not a good thing, so she had been on Progynova ever since. She was by this time, 75 years of age, yet every time I examined her I felt I was examining a woman of about 45, not one 30 years older..! I used to have to re-check the record to confirm I was not seeing things. It sort of made sense to me then that a similar situation would arise in a man without his testosterone.

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