Life Extension Update on testosterone therapy

[Palermitano]

Just came across this, and thought I would share it.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Long-term study finds improved cardiometabolic function in men treated with testosterone

http://www.lifeextension.com/Newsle...email&utm_content=Header&utm_campaign=EZXX00E

 

[SoCal Guy]

Over a median follow-up period of seven years, only two deaths (neither of which were caused by cardiovascular disease) occurred among those who received testosterone, while 21 deaths, including 19 attributable to cardiovascular disease, occurred among those who were not treated with the hormone, which was equivalent to a 12.4 times greater risk of mortality among untreated subjects. Twenty-six nonfatal heart attacks and 30 nonfatal strokes occurred among subjects who did not receive testosterone, compared to no nonfatal heart attacks and strokes in the testosterone-treated group.

In most drug trials, this would be where they stopped the study to put everyone on testosterone, because not to do that would be completely unethical.

But we're talking about TRT, and TRT ain't cool -- so they shrug and go back to writing scripts for Lipitor.