Low-dose transdermal testosterone augmentation therapy improves depression severity in women. CNS Spectr. 2009;14:688-94.Miller KK,Perlis RH,Papakostas GI,et al.Low-dosetransdermal testosterone augmentation therapy improvesdepression severity in women. CNS Spectrums . 2009...
Adding testosterone to hormonal therapy could improve sexual function and general well-being among women during climacteric. We evaluated the effectiveness of testosterone undecanoate on sexual function in postmenopausal women utilizing the standardized questionnaire FSFI score. Postmenopausal women with sexual ...
Large doses of testosterone can suppress sperm production (spermatogenesis) Testosterone should not be used in women, except for the approved indication; can lead to development of masculine characteristics (virilization) Testosterone therapy may potentiatesleep apneain some patients, particularly those wit...
( 2006 ) DHEA in elderly women and DHEA or testosterone in elderly men . N Engl J Med 355 : 1647 – 1659 Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and testosterone have been promoted as antiaging supplements, as levels of these hormones decrease with age. . 2007 Nature Publishing Group...
Associations among oral estrogen use, free testosterone concentration, and lean body mass among postmenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 85, 4476–4480 (2000). 20. Shimokata, H., Ando, F. & Niino, N. A new comprehensive study on aging-the National Institute for Longevity Sciences, ...
In that first entry I wrote, back on July 24, 2013, entitled “low-dose testosterone for the rest of my life,” I chronicled how being on testosterone had been going so far. I wrote, “About 4 months ago, I started a low-dose testosterone adventure. I wanted to take testosterone lon...
An alternative hypothesis for the sex-dependent sensitivity to ketamine is that testosterone may reduce responsivity in males. To address this possibility, hedonic effects of low-dose ketamine were investigated in sham-operated (SHAM) and gonadectomized (GDX) adult male rats receiving either placebo...
BACKGROUND: In the skin, the expression of androgen action is dependent on the reduction of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone mediated by the enzyme 5 alpha-reductase. Additionally, an exaggeration of this peripheral metabolism has been associated with acne in women. METHODS: Fifty-two women with ...
It has also been shown that progestogens derived from the 19-nortestosterone molecule will reverse this beneficial effect when given in 250–500 mg doses. When levonorgestrel was used in doses as low as 30μg daily, there was no change in cholesterol levels over a period of 6 mth, ...
" said Dr. Irwin Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief ofThe Journal of Sexual Medicine. "These important data reinforce the positive value that treatment with the low dose testosterone patch can bring to the quality-of-life of surgically post-menopausal women with HSDD."...