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Testosterone Side Effect Management
Can Testosterone Cause Retinopathy?
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<blockquote data-quote="HarryCat" data-source="post: 12037" data-attributes="member: 856"><p>This study is kind of interesting: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1857578/#!po=16.6667" target="_blank">The potential role of testosterone in central serous chorioretinopathy</a></p><p></p><p>primarily because in the conclusion it states: "We even postulate that a relatively high level of testosterone may be a risk factor for CSCR in general, as androgen receptors have been found in human retinal pigment epithelial cells."</p><p></p><p>In my own case the vision in my eye that is affected by CSR has definitely gotten worse since I started TRT. How much of this is due to the CSR and how much is due to natural aging, I don't know. My CSR was not diagnosed until a little over 2 years ago, about the same time I started TRT. However, I was having some difficulty in that eye before this. The best I can figure out it started about the time I tried hydrocortisone for adrenal fatigue. My retina exams since I was first diagnosed have been "stable" in the words of both my optometrist and retina specialist, which means that the fluid in my retina has neither increased nor decreased and I have no leakage. </p><p></p><p>My total T before starting TRT averaged in the low 300's and dipped into the 200's before I initiated TRT. Since being on TRT I'm now on the 600-800 range so I'm at least double where I started. Total speculation here but I wonder if this has inhibited my CSR from resolving completely. I'll need to think about possibly cutting my dose down to see if it helps resolve the CSR, although it would take months to know. Either that or I am going to find a retina specialist who is willing to prescribe eplerenone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarryCat, post: 12037, member: 856"] This study is kind of interesting: [URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1857578/#!po=16.6667"]The potential role of testosterone in central serous chorioretinopathy[/URL] primarily because in the conclusion it states: "We even postulate that a relatively high level of testosterone may be a risk factor for CSCR in general, as androgen receptors have been found in human retinal pigment epithelial cells." In my own case the vision in my eye that is affected by CSR has definitely gotten worse since I started TRT. How much of this is due to the CSR and how much is due to natural aging, I don't know. My CSR was not diagnosed until a little over 2 years ago, about the same time I started TRT. However, I was having some difficulty in that eye before this. The best I can figure out it started about the time I tried hydrocortisone for adrenal fatigue. My retina exams since I was first diagnosed have been "stable" in the words of both my optometrist and retina specialist, which means that the fluid in my retina has neither increased nor decreased and I have no leakage. My total T before starting TRT averaged in the low 300's and dipped into the 200's before I initiated TRT. Since being on TRT I'm now on the 600-800 range so I'm at least double where I started. Total speculation here but I wonder if this has inhibited my CSR from resolving completely. I'll need to think about possibly cutting my dose down to see if it helps resolve the CSR, although it would take months to know. Either that or I am going to find a retina specialist who is willing to prescribe eplerenone. [/QUOTE]
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