Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is widely used for the treatment of symptomatic hypogonadism in men. However, data on prescription behaviours of TRT are limited. The objective of this study was to investigate clinical characteristics associated with the likelihood of being prescribed TRT by general practitioners (GPs) in North West London (NWL).Methods: We carried out a retrospective cohort study using Discover database of GP-registere...

Background: Millions of men worldwide take anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) to boost muscle growth, but risk psychosis, cardiomyopathy, stroke and death. Users avoid stopping AAS because they are fearful of low testosterone symptoms including sexual dysfunction, depression and suicidality. To avoid these symptoms, men often illicitly self-medicate a 2–12-week course of drugs including selective oestrogen receptor modulators to boost testicular function ...