Study Questions Benefits of Testosterone for Low T
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"Testosterone has known risks and no clear benefits..."
That kinda says it all about the bias of the study.
And to top it all:
Women have sex hormones thrown after them in every respect,
as contraceptives and to alleviate menopause.
We do this even though we know that there are risks about using estrogens.
Why can't men do the same?
There are nothing that points to testosterone supplementation for men being any more dangerous than estrogen supplementation for women.
The only reason testosterone is demonized is because it can be abused in sports, or abused at all.
You can do a study to make it say what you want. I have been hearing the negatives of testosterone etc since the 70's and back then the mantra was how it does not enhance athletic performance blah blah blah. Just more nay sayers wanting to limit men and their physical well being. Doc T is right on the money about women so they can stick their study...well you guys know what I mean.
• Testosterone supplementation consistently increased muscle strength but "did not have beneficial effects on physical function."
I would have to agree with this paragraph because my mother has low t and I bench press the same weight as her.NOT...everyone in the world knows testosterone increases strength..
"Questions have lingered about whether or not testosterone replacement therapy to boost lagging levels of the sex hormone were increasing the risk of prostate cancer, but a study of 250,000 Swedish men found that not only did testosterone supplements not increase the rate of prostate cancer, it was reduced by 50 percent. "
So 250000 men showed signs of lowered prostate .cancer, but there are questions. Typical woman. Lets discount the next breast cancer breakthrough why don't we....
Luckily no body reads stuff on the web
Do you have Link to that study by chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon1972
A woman. That explains the bias...Quote:
says Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman
In my country, you can donate blood if your a woman on oestrogens but a man on TRT gets denied. How wicked is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by DocToxin8
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Originally Posted by MuscleScience
the link is in the OP first post- i just copied and pasted a few choice paragraphs.
the Article is biased BS
Yeah but those are quotes of the original article too, which can be found here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon1972
PLOS ONE: Treatment of Men for “Low Testosterone”: A Systematic Review
The article is stunning.
First it goes like this
but then concludesQuote:
Most authors with an interest in 17β-estradiol have suggested that the effectiveness of testosterone, when it has shown effectiveness, is due to aromatization to 17β-estradiol. Cherrier et al[131] measured testosterone and 17β-estradiol concentrations after injection of testosterone supplements in healthy men and reported that both testosterone and 17β-estradiol concentrations were associated with recall of a test story, but only 17β-estradiol concentrations were associated with performance on the Stroop test. In another study, Cherrier et al reported that only men with an increase in 17β-estradiol concentration after testosterone supplementation showed improvements in verbal memory testing.[136] This study used administration of the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole to differentiate between effects attributable to testosterone and those that might be due to 17β-estradiol. Another study without anastrozole found 17β-estradiol serum concentrations after testosterone therapy to be a significant predictor of performance on verbal memory testing.[140] All three studies had a Jadad score of 5.
Almost if we need the estradiol alone and not the Test, lol.Quote:
In summary, there is no support for the use of testosterone to enhance cognition in normal or cognitively impaired men.
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Given the known risks of testosterone therapy and the lack of evidence for clinical benefits in normal men, we do not think further trials of testosterone are necessary.
Ok...
Ppl end up omiting everything (guilty here). The only thing that prevents me from donating is isotretinoin (acutanne), for good reasons....Quote:
Originally Posted by bizzarro
But some get it worse, gays were forbidden to donate in my country, after a lot debate they decided change the prohibition to suspension. Now they can donate as long as they have no sex in the previous 12 months ROFL
Also, imho, there is a very concerted effort in today's society to emasculate men at every opportunity. Let's face it, testosterone makes men. What better way to accomplish this than to deny, or at least make it very difficult, to obtain the very thing that makes them who and what they are...biological speaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by DocToxin8
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Sorry for the sexist comments but sometimes my Italian-ness gets out of control.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tlolec
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Originally Posted by Simon1972
That's a contradiction in and of itself.
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Originally Posted by bizzarro
Last time I gave blood they added a new checklist that included Finasteride and HGH..............what nerve.
LOL, written by weak suits. They are everywhere...
And men on TRT often need to donate blood to keep hematocrit down as well,Quote:
Originally Posted by kelkel
blood with high hematocrit would be the perfect thing in a medical crisis though. But let's just throw it in the trash instead.
And lest we forget, if you're in need of a blood transfusion, the horror it would be if T levels in there were high compared to a high E2 level? Right...
This is a classic case of when politics enter medicine.
That article was definitely slanted.
"Testosterone is "ineffective" in treating erectile dysfunction and "did not show a consistent effect on libido."
Finasteride for good reason, it's teratogenic (can cause birth defects in a developing fetus).Quote:
Originally Posted by kelkel
HGH is more controversial. The reason they ask is because prior to about 1984 (or there about), it was derived from cadavers and carries the risk of prion infection. However, that was a long time ago and the stuff is no longer commercially available. It's now all recombinant DNA derived. However, the fear remains that some of the people that received it decades ago may try to donate. I think the question should be reworded as to when you received HGH, but my opinion won't buy you much. If you need to donate (due to TRT) and you take prescribed HGH, it's dangerous to answer yes to the question because the technicians doing the screening are trained to look for reasons to reject you and they error on the conservative side. Once you get on the "deferred list" (better called a black list), it's hard to get off.
I should also point out that a lot of folks (including the technicians doing the screening) get HGH and HCG mixed up and I've heard of guys getting on the deferred list when they tell them they are taking (or have taken) legally prescribed HCG. Since neither HCG nor T are on the forbidden drug list, I choose not to even bring up the topic when we are in the screening room. I simply answer no that I'm not taking (not have I taken) any of the forbidden medications, which is the truth. I just don't want to open that can of worms for no reason. Finasteride, on the other hand is forbidden for good reason. it's not being sexist.
Oh I totally understand the reasons, just though it odd that they are just now bringing this stuff up! A bit behind the times!
I think it would be fun to give finasteride to women pregnant with a male fetus.
The effects on the sex organs would give us a lot of new and intresting "inter genders", lol. No but seriously, blood with elevated T or HGH wouldn't mean shit if given to a pregnant women, unless maybe, and I say maybe, given for weeks to months on end. I mean, if you're in need of a blood transfusion and are pregnant, you'll be damn lucky just to keep yourself alive, not to mention the tumor, eh, I mean fetus, inside. Not that I mean one should drench them in stuff like finasteride, but T, come on...
Blood with morphine in it wouldn't be perfect either, but again, come on..
Hormones teratogenic potential are usually dose related.
Doing a test cycle when pregnant might not be totally responsible to say the least, but blood?
Which actually brings me to a family anecdote, one of my great great something or other (can't remember) women, who was a total abstinence (in regards to alcohol and tobacco) freak needed a blood transfusion, and due to it being a small town they didn't have her blood type on hand, so they called one of the men from my family who matched, who was seriously drunk.
It's such a good story I really can't believe it to be true, at least not that she was affected by it, but I want to believe.
(And I do have some crazy family anectodes which are way worse that I do know to be true, so who knows?)