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Testosterone therapy: Potential benefits and risks as you age
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What is testosterone?
What happens to testosterone levels with age?
Does a naturally declining testosterone level cause the signs and symptoms of aging?
Can testosterone therapy promote youth and vitality?
What are the risks of testosterone therapy for normal aging?
Should you talk to your doctor about testosterone therapy?
Can testosterone therapy promote youth and vitality?
Testosterone therapy can help reverse the effects of hypogonadism, but it's unclear whether testosterone therapy would benefit older men who are otherwise healthy.
Although some men believe they feel younger and more vigorous if they take testosterone medications, there's little evidence to support the use of testosterone in otherwise healthy men. Guidelines from the American College of Physicians indicate that testosterone therapy might improve sexual function somewhat in some men, but there's little evidence that it improves other functions, such as vitality and energy.