Is Hormone therapy for "Low-T" safe?

PositionTestosterone - Brief article

A panel of leading men's health specialists--which included urologist Wayne Hellstrom of Tulane University, New Orleans, La.--has published new guidelines in Mayo Clinic Proceedings for doctors worried that prescribing testosterone therapy for "low-T" may increase risks for stroke or heart attack.

The treatment likely carries more benefits than risks if men are diagnosed and monitored properly, according to the researchers, who reviewed major studies of the therapy for patients with adult onset hypogonadism (AOH), a condition where the body does not produce enough testosterone naturally.

'Testosterone replacement therapy in patients who have documented hypogonadism is safe and beneficial, provided they are treated and followed appropriately by a physician," says Hellstrom, professor of urology and chief of andrology at the School of Medicine.

Hellstrom indicates that many patients and prescribers are confused as a result of conflicting studies over the safety of the...

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