By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: June 19, 2013
Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
SAN FRANCISCO -- By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: June 16, 2013. Men with chronic pain and opioid-induced androgen deficiency may find some pain relief with testosterone replacement therapy, a small trial suggested.
Although 14 weeks of testosterone did not affect the men's perception of their pain, which was the primary endpoint, the treatment significantly improved objective responses to painful stimuli in a laboratory setting, according to Shehzad Basaria, MD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Erectile dysfunction and quality of life improved with replacement testosterone hormone
(dailyRx News) When men don't produce enough of their own sex hormones, they can develop erection problems and other health issues. These men might benefit from a supplemental hormone.
Using testosterone undecanoate replacement therapy improved men's erectile dysfunction symptoms and their quality of life, a new study found.
Low testosterone levels may herald the subsequent development of rheumatoid arthritis in men, suggests research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Sex hormones are thought to play a part in the development of rheumatoid arthritis, and both men and women with the condition tend to have lower levels of testosterone in their blood than healthy people. But it is not clear whether this is a contributory factor or a consequence of the disease.
Menopause, from a male perspective, is when a woman undergoes a change of life during which she experiences flashes that are often warm but not particularly fuzzy.
Married men who have survived a menopause report that the condition's symptoms usually go away within a few years, after which it is again possible to express an opinion.
I mention this because I recently learned there is a male counterpart of menopause. It's called manopause. My initial thought was manopause was probably just a cutesy name for midlife crisis. I was wrong.
Menopause, from a male perspective, is when a woman undergoes a change of life during which she experiences flashes that are often warm but not particularly fuzzy.
Married men who have survived a menopause report that the condition's symptoms usually go away within a few years, after which it is again possible to express an opinion.
I mention this because I recently learned there is a male counterpart of menopause. It's called manopause. My initial thought was manopause was probably just a cutesy name for midlife crisis. I was wrong.
I have been following with great interest studies that look at the long term effects of Testosterone Replacement Therapy. A new report has revealed that men who recently participated in a long term study of Testosterone Replacement Therapy lost an average of 36lbs and shed 3.5 inches from their waistline while on the program as reported at the ENDO 2012 annual meeting. Overall, 95% of the 255 men in the study lost weight during TRT for as long as 5 years, and 97% had reduction in waist circumference.
Men who take long acting opioids for chronic pain are five times more likely to have low testosterone levels, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The Clinical Journal of Pain.
The link between between opioids and low testosterone has been known for some time, but this is the first study to show a significant difference in testosterone levels between short-acting (immediate release) and long-acting opioids. Low testosterone levels – also known as hypogonadism — can cause loss of muscle mass and bone density and lower a man’s libido or sex drive.
Early studies have shown that fathers have lower testosterone levels than men of the same age without children. It has not been clear if men with low testosterone are more likely to become fathers or if fatherhood actually suppresses levels of the male sex hormone.
Red wine could give athletes and players a boost in the sports arena by increasing the amount of performance-enhancing hormone testosterone in their bodies, according to researchers from
London's Kingston University. However not only could it help them to trophy success, it could also allow them to beat anti-doping tests. A team led by Professor Declan Naughton from the University's School of Life Sciences found that red wine might reduce the amount of testosterone excreted by the body, which could distort the findings of drug tests taken from urine samples.
