Hormone Replacement Therapy: The Facts
Hormone Replacement Therapy to Increase Testosterone: Is it safe?
There’s a lot of misinformation surrounding the use of hormone replacement therapy to treat low testosterone. We know you have questions, and we want you to know all the facts before you decide if hormone therapy for low testosterone is for you. Check out the latest research below, and browse our list of FAQs.
Research on the Treatment of Low Testosterone with Hormone Therapy
Our hormone replacement therapy to increase testosterone is supported by the latest medical research – and of course, always practiced by a board-certified doctor and using only bio-identical hormones with the same molecular structure as the hormones naturally found in your body. And whenever possible in our hormone therapy we use human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone that helps your body increase testosterone on its own, instead of testosterone.
“Testosterone supplementation restores metabolic parameters to the eugonadal state, increases muscle mass and strength, improves bone mineral density and psychological function (cognition and mood), libido and sexual functioning; and enhances quality of life.”
–Testosterone Deficiency in Elderly Men, Rabijewski & Zglicynski 1
“Androgen supplementation in aging males with subnormal T levels seems to have beneficial effects on muscle mass and strength, bone mineral density, plasma lipids and insulin sensitivity, mood, libido and sense of well-being.”
-Androgen Replacement Therapy in the Aging Male—A Critical Evaluation, Vermeulen 2
“Androgen replacement therapy for late-onset hypogonadism patients was effective not only in curing symptoms but also in improving Health-Related Quality of Life scores.”
– Androgen replacement therapy improves health-related quality of life in late onset hypogonadism patients, Taniguchi, Kawa, Kinoshita, Matsuda 3
1. Rabijewski M, Zglicynski W. Testosterone deficiency in elderly men. Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2009 Dec;27(162):571-523.
2. Vermeulen A. Androgen replacement therapy in males: A critical review. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2001; 86(6):2380-2393.
3. Taniguchi H, Kawa G, Kinoshita H, Matsuda T. Androgen replacement therapy improves health-related quality of life in late onset hypogonadism patients. Hinyokika Kiyo. 2009 Dec;55(12):741-744.
