Testosterone Therapy: Not Only Effective but Safe

The FDA has long wrestled with the issue of testosterone replacement therapy. In 2014, it considered, but rejected, a dreaded black-box label—the strictest warning that can be posted to prescription drugs and drug products—for testosterone therapy. Then in March of this year, it hardened its stance, warning against using testosterone therapy to treat what the agency regards as the natural consequences of aging―low libido, erectile dysfunction, dwindling energy, fatigue and depression. According to the agency, the risks of therapy outweigh the rewards. This came as disturbing news to the 13 million older men who suffer from the symptoms of low testosterone. Now, however, a huge new study provides overwhelmingly persuasive evidence that testosterone therapy is both safe and beneficial to health—with a high reward, low risk ratio….. Read More