Transdermal Dihydrotestosterone in Older Men with Androgen Deficiency – (09-10-01)



Transdermal Dihydrotestosterone in Older Men with Androgen Deficiency

We get into a topic that always gets me a little concerned. I am usually against adding hormones to a patient’s body, especially when alternatives are available. This study uses DHT to affect these patient’s “youthful” status. A few things to consider here… DHT has been implicated in prostate cancer risk and this study only checks values at 3 months–hardly an adequate time frame in my opinion. Balancing the body is the key here; especially making sure that the adrenal glands are functioning optimally so they can provide adequate levels of testosterone. Next, how do we know, in our laughingly poor overall understanding of biochemistry, that lowered hormone levels in old age is bad?? There is much evidence that suggests that this is indeed a protective mechanism done deliberately by the body to protect from diseases such as cancer. Personally, in a bet of nature vs science being right, I’d put my money on nature…

JCEM — Abstracts: Ly et al. 86 (9): 4078

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James Bogash

For more than a decade, Dr. Bogash has stayed current with the medical literature as it relates to physiology, disease prevention and disease management. He uses his knowledge to educate patients, the community and cyberspace on the best way to avoid and / or manage chronic diseases using lifestyle and targeted supplementation.







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