Testosterone Is a Contraceptive and Should Not Be Used in Men Who Desire Fertility

Testosterone has a variety of functions and is commonly used in older men to treat symptoms of hypogonadism, such as decreased libido, decreased mood and erectile dysfunction. Despite its positive effects on sexual function, it has a negative effect on fertility. Exogenous testosterone therapy can n...

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Autores principales: Patel, Amir Shahreza, Leong, Joon Yau, Ramos, Libert, Ramasamy, Ranjith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology 2019
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6305868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30350483
http://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.180036
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description Testosterone has a variety of functions and is commonly used in older men to treat symptoms of hypogonadism, such as decreased libido, decreased mood and erectile dysfunction. Despite its positive effects on sexual function, it has a negative effect on fertility. Exogenous testosterone therapy can negatively affect the hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis and inhibit the production of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. The purpose of this review is to discuss the contraceptive properties of testosterone therapy and to discuss strategies to increase testosterone in men with the desire to preserve fertility.
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spelling pubmed-63058682019-01-01 Testosterone Is a Contraceptive and Should Not Be Used in Men Who Desire Fertility Patel, Amir Shahreza Leong, Joon Yau Ramos, Libert Ramasamy, Ranjith World J Mens Health Review Article Testosterone has a variety of functions and is commonly used in older men to treat symptoms of hypogonadism, such as decreased libido, decreased mood and erectile dysfunction. Despite its positive effects on sexual function, it has a negative effect on fertility. Exogenous testosterone therapy can negatively affect the hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis and inhibit the production of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. The purpose of this review is to discuss the contraceptive properties of testosterone therapy and to discuss strategies to increase testosterone in men with the desire to preserve fertility. Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology 2019-01 2018-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6305868/ /pubmed/30350483 http://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.180036 Text en Copyright © 2019 Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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