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HRT in Women
British Menopause Society Tools for Clinicians: Testosterone replacement in menopause
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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 141979" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p><strong>1) How much and where does it come from? </strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Testosterone is an important female hormone. </span>Healthy young women produce <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">approximately </span><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">100–400 mcg</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> per day.</span> </strong>This represents three to four times the amount of estrogen produced by the ovaries. Approximately half of endogenous testosterone and precursors are derived from the ovaries e.g. androstenedione and half from the adrenal glands e.g. dehydroepiandrosterone. Some of the effects are direct and some due to peripheral conversion to estrogen by aromatase. Testosterone levels naturally decline throughout a woman’s lifespan. Loss of testosterone is particularly profound after iatrogenic i.e. surgical and medical menopause and premature ovarian insufficiency when testosterone production decreases by more than 50%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 141979, member: 13851"] [B]1) How much and where does it come from? [/B] [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Testosterone is an important female hormone. [/COLOR]Healthy young women produce [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]approximately [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]100–400 mcg[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] per day.[/COLOR] [/B]This represents three to four times the amount of estrogen produced by the ovaries. Approximately half of endogenous testosterone and precursors are derived from the ovaries e.g. androstenedione and half from the adrenal glands e.g. dehydroepiandrosterone. Some of the effects are direct and some due to peripheral conversion to estrogen by aromatase. Testosterone levels naturally decline throughout a woman’s lifespan. Loss of testosterone is particularly profound after iatrogenic i.e. surgical and medical menopause and premature ovarian insufficiency when testosterone production decreases by more than 50%. [/QUOTE]
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HRT in Women
British Menopause Society Tools for Clinicians: Testosterone replacement in menopause
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