Endocrine Abstracts

Hormonal male contraceptives suppress gonadotropin secretion to induce azoospermia. These also markedly reduce the testicular production of testosterone. To prevent hypogonadism, pharmaceutical preparations of testosterone therefore need to be administered as a replacement therapy. Peripheral testosterone concentrations thus reflect the exogenous hormone rather than testicular production. However because the testis contributes approximately 95% of epitestosterone (E) productio...