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According to a recent news article from Fox, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new warnings about the dangers of testosterone replacement therapy drugs.

These testosterone replacement therapy drugs, which now come in the form of injections, oral tablets, creams, gels, and even a deodorant stick, have been marketed as a treatment for male weight gain, muscle loss, fatigue, mild depression, erectile dysfunction, loss of libido, and other symptoms of normal male aging. One doctor featured in this news story said there has been essentially “knee jerk” reaction to these signs of aging to prescribe testosterone replacement therapy drugs.

This recent push for TRT is not supported by scientific research and seems to be completely driven by marketing claims of large drug companies. Some in the medical profession believe that even if testosterone replacement therapy doesn’t work, it won’t harm anyone who takes it. According to the FDA, this is not necessarily true.
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Anyone who has ever watched a football game or a NASCAR race has probably seen his share of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) advertisements. This is not an accident. Drug makers are spending millions of dollars on advertising testosterone hormone therapy (HRT) supplements to men of all ages.

Drug companies are working to convince men that weight gain, erectile dysfunction (ED), muscle fatigue, mild depression, tiredness and loss of sex drive are not just signs of getting older, as we all once believed. Rather these are all “symptoms” of having a low testosterone (low T) count.

Marketing divisions of drug companies want us to believe the lower your testosterone levels become, the more of these symptoms you will suffer, and, more importantly, taking hormone replacement therapy drugs will not only increase your testosterone level, but will reverse these negative effects, so you can feel and act younger again.
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Of the many claims made by drug companies regarding testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) products is they can help patients with decreased sexual desire or performance caused by low testosterone levels.

While doctors do not know what a testosterone level should be in “normal” patients, and also do not know whether having a lower than average testosterone level is a medical problem for most adults, drug companies created the term “Low T” and push for use of testosterone replacement therapy drugs to fix what they consider a problem.

However, new research shows a decreased desire to have sex may actually cause lower testosterone levels rather than lower testosterone levels resulting in a decrease in one’s desire to have sex or erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a recent article from Scientific American.
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For most of the past decade, it has become impossible to watch a sporting event on television without being inundated with advertisements for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) drugs. While the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only approved testosterone replacement therapy drugs to treat an extremely rare condition known as hypogonadism, drug companies have created a new market for their once seldom used product.

The marketing divisions of several major drug companies have convinced aging men that by taking TRT drugs, it will help them overcome fatigue, mild depression, weight gain, loss of muscle tone, loss of libido and other characteristics of normal male aging. Drug companies claim these characteristics are really symptoms of having a low testosterone level or “Low-T”, as it is called by drug companies. They correctly figured men would be comfortable saying they are concerned about Low-T than they are about having low testosterone.
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Over the past decade, more and more people have started taking testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) drugs to treat the alleged symptoms of having a “low-t” count. Low-T is a term created by the marketing arm of drug companies intended to mean a person has a lower than average testosterone count. The symptoms of having a lower than average testosterone level, according to TRT drug manufacturers, are weight gain, tiredness, depression, loss of muscle definition, and other symptoms that are essentially the characteristics of normal male aging.

According to a recent article from HCP Live, the American Urological Association has released a white paper warning physicians about problems with current practices in testosterone evaluation techniques. The first problem, as noted by the paper’s author, is there is no consensus among urologists and clinical pathologists as to what a low testosterone level is or means.

Many of the studies performed on testosterone levels involved research subjects who were over the age of 65. There is very little research on average testosterone levels of men with normal sexual and reproductive function. The definition of low testosterone levels used by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a level below 300 ng/dl. However this is a definition used to establish when a patient suffers from hypogonadism.
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Over the past decade, there has been a huge increase in the number of patients taking testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) drugs. A recent news article from IndyStar examines whether TRT drugs are a virtual fountain of youth or simply an increased risk for a having a heart attack.

Drug companies who manufacture testosterone replacement therapy products have created numerous ads targeting people who feel tired, have a lowered sex drive, feel depressed, gained weight, have thinning hair, and other characteristics of normal male aging and have convinced many of these men that they suffer from a condition known as “Low T.” Low T is a term created by drug companies to mean having a lower than average testosterone level, despite it not being an accepted medical condition.
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Drug companies have been reaping huge profits from testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) drugs over the past decade. The drugs come in many forms, including injectable, transdermal patches, skin gels, and oral tablets.

Despite the fact that scientists and doctors do not know if having a low testosterone (Low T) level is harmful or if it is beneficial to raise a patient’s testosterone, TRT use has increased at an alarming rate of over 400 percent. In fact, TRT drugs were first developed in the 1970s to threat the still rare condition of hypogonadism.

What testosterone replacement therapy manufacturers did not want patients to know is there are serious side effects associated with TRT, including an increased risk for strokes and heart attacks and other heart problems. The reason they didn’t want patients to know about these risks is that it could harm sales. However, according to a recent report by Bloomberg Business Week, is seems that safety concerns are slowing sales of TRT medications after all.
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It used to be considered a normal part of aging for a man to grow old and experience reduced sex-drive, hair loss, weigh gain and increased fatigue. These days, according to the many television commercials and magazine ads, men can seemingly reverse the process. These ads have identified the reduced testosterone level as a “condition” called “Low-T.”

Drug companies encourage mature men to visit T-Clinics or request from their physician testosterone replacement therapy to reverse these symptoms. The advertisements claim men will be able to reclaim their youth by seeking these treatments.

This has led to a nearly 500 percent increase in the number of men taking testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) injections, or using TRT transdermal creams, gels, patches, or taking oral testosterone. The medical community has become rightly concerned that this can lead to serious complications stemming from use of a medication patients probably didn’t need in the first place.
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“Low T” clinics are popping up all across the nation to provide a quick and convenient place to get a testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) injection. Interestingly, the vast increase of Low-T clinics and the amount of TRT drugs being administered is not due to the very low rates of hypogonadism, which is the rare disorder TRT is approved to treat.

According to a recent news feature from Worldcrunch, one TRT patient interviewed said, at age 25, he went to his doctor and had a blood test. His doctor told him that his testosterone level was in the bottom five percent for a man of his age but refused prescribe TRT treatment.

A few years later, he was talking to a friend who told him how testosterone injections had changed his life. Armed with this new knowledge, he went to a Low-T clinic that recommended TRT. He goes to the clinic every two months and self-injects every ten days. He pays about $300 a month for TRT.
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Our testosterone replacement therapy attorneys understand that the Low -T craze sweeping the nation may have some serious health consequences in the near future.

A recent article from Fox News examines whether testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is appropriate for the many new patients taking the medication. According to the article, prospective patients are being told that depression, fatigue, reduced muscle mass, sexual dysfunction and loss of sex drive and increased belly fat are all symptoms of “Low T” or low testosterone levels.

These are basically all of the signs or “symptoms” of male aging, so doctors and testosterone clinics (T Clinics) are presenting TRT as an age management therapy for a wide range of male patients.
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