Male Infertility

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Therapies to optimize endogenous testosterone

 

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Gonadotoxins

 

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Facts on Testosterone Use and Abuse

 

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Testosterone Factors to Consider

 

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A treatment algorithm for Anabolic androgenic steroid-induced hypogonadism

 

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Take Home Messages

 

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Thread 'Fertility maintenance or restoration in men before, during, and after TRT or AAS'

Sep 25, 2022

Fertility Preservation in Hypogonadal Men (2018)
Robert J. Carrasquillo and Ranjith Ramasamy


Introduction

Testicular failure is defined as the impairment or loss of both the endocrine functions of the testis (production of testosterone, or T) and exocrine function (production of spermatozoa). Testicular failure can result from the pathology of the testis itself or disorder at any point in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Primary testicular failure is characterized by normal/low T in the presence of the elevated follicle-stimulating hormone...

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• fertility/spermatogenesis; tth/aas; hypogonadism
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Thread 'Human spermatogenesis requires both FSH and micromolar (µM) locally-secreted intratesticular paracrine T'

Dec 7, 2025

Male HPG axis

Human spermatogenesis requires both FSH and µmolar locally-secreted intratesticular paracrine T

- 100X serum concentration is normal

- 10-20X serum will do and is achievable with hCG 500 iU 2-3X/week


Can't be sustained by µmolar nmolar circulating endocrine T

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• gonadotropins; lh/fsh/itt; t; sperm
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