Testosterone Non-Prescription How much effect?

Answer 1

My libido had declined to being nearly non-existent over a 6- to 12-month period. My doctor tested and found my testosterone to be 294, just under the 300 he considered normal for a 69-year-old, but 106 below the 400 level I'd heard was minimum. He wasn't willing to prescribe testosterone replacement, but I asked if I might try the homeopathic non-prescription products and he said, "Go ahead."

In my web research I found a serious medical test by a lab (not connected at all with selling any products) of absorption rates at various areas of skin for three different substances: testosterone, benzene and a third I've forgotten, which found that testosterone was absorbed far better if applied to the scrotum than at any other skin site, so I always applied most of the 1/2 tsp of creme to the scrotum. (Benzene's best absorption was not at the scrotum.)

I tried the following non-prescription homeopathic testosterone at bedtime for three months, on the recommended schedule of 3 weeks treatment then one week off.

For the first half of the treatment before bedtime (which is often soon after I eat, not on empty stomach) I used both Nutritional Concepts Vigrex Male Formula at the recommended 2 tablets nightly plus Natural Radiance Testosterone Creme for Men at the recommended 1/2 tsp nightly. For the second half of the treatment I used both Applied Nutrition's Libido-Max for Men at 2 soft-gels nightly (recommended was 1 to 4 daily) plus Bio-Entopic 5% Testosterone Creme at the recommended 1/2 tsp nightly.

Results: I noticed no or very little increase in libido, no muscle mass increase and little increase in aggressiveness though I was occasionally irritable. The only really noticeable effect was my beard whiskers became thicker and darker, harder for my electric shaver to cut. Also the fine hairs at the base of my neck became thicker and changed somehow such that my shaver sometimes pulled them, causing painful bleeding wounds lasting as much as a week, and making me somewhat fearful to shave. (A new sharp shaver head has corrected that.)

I have now quit the treatment. My PSA at the beginning was 3.94, almost at the "start to worry" level of 4.0, and it is well known that increasing testosterone level will increase any prostate cancer which is already present.

I wish I had had a testosterone and PSA tests at the end but didn't. I might do the treatment again and have these tests at the end-- if I do that I will come back here and report the results.

Also Consumer Reports current issue recommends, "Don't ever buy homeopathic medications." I've read several places that homeopathic medications are required by the FDA to be so weak that they could never cause a problem, so presumably they are very, very weak.

My opinion is that my treatment probably did increase my testosterone level but by only a small amount, and that it did not increase my libido at all.