Testosterone Therapy: To Boost or Not to Boost

On Health with Houston Methodist

Fatigued? Libido fading? Muscle wasting away? You’re the perfect candidate for testosterone therapy, at least according to those seductive TV commercials. There’s certainly an ample market, with more than 1 in 3 men older than 45 suffering from a deficiency in the hormone responsible for masculine characteristics. But is low T therapy really a fountain of youth? Who really benefits from it? And is it safe? In this episode, we talk to a urologist about what’s often called the male menopause and when replacement therapy is the appropriate response.

Expert: Dr. Nathan Starke, Urologist
Interviewer: Todd Ackerman
Notable topics covered:

• Does too much testosterone really cause “roid rage?”
• Is declining testosterone inevitable? What are normal levels?
• Natural ways to boost your testosterone
• The symptoms that warrant going in for a blood test
• Why testosterone use tripled in the century’s first decade
• Types of prescription testosterone: injections, gels, patches and, now, pills
• Have concerns about heart side effects been debunked?
• The connection between testosterone and prostate cancer
• Testosterone’s little-known precipitous drop: impending fatherhood
• The causes of low testosterone
• The difference between testosterone therapy and performance-enhancing steroids

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