Andropausal Men can Restore Love, Lust and Health with Hormone Therapy

Men can use the hormones testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in a rhythmic, youthful physiologic dosing for health and antiaging. It will help them restore love, lust and health, and specifically it will also get them to sleep better, aid in restoring muscle mass and bone health, and help to reduce depression.

Often called male menopause, the clinical term is andropause -- defined as an age-related decline in serum testosterone levels in older men to below the normal range in young men. It is associated with a syndrome that may include decreased muscle strength and/or endurance, decreased pubic and increased underarm hair, reduced physical function, diminished libido, fatigue, depressed mood, decreased generalized well-being, hot flashes, osteoporosis, osteopenia, and anemia.

A recent multi-year study showed that mean total testosterone levels decreased by 30 percent in men between the ages of 25 and 75, while mean free-testosterone levels decreased by as much as 50 percent.

According to a new study from Germany, men may not live as long if they have low testosterone, regardless of their age. The study looked at death from any cause in nearly 2,000 men aged 20 to 79 years with an average follow up time of seven years. At the beginning of the study, 5 percent of these men had low blood testosterone levels, defined as the lower end of the normal range for young adult men.

The men with low testosterone were older, more obese, and had a greater prevalence of diabetes and high blood pressure, compared with men who had higher testosterone levels. Men with low testosterone levels had more than a 2.5 times greater risk of dying during the next 10 years compared to men with higher testosterone. This difference was not explained by age, smoking, alcohol intake, level of physical activity, or increased waist circumference (a risk factor for diabetes and heart disease).

Today, men over 40 do not have to accept low testosterone, or loss of libido, energy, sleep and muscle mass. Nor must they fight depression and the inevitability of developing male breasts or the snoring that comes with changes in the hormone balance.

What's even more frightening - More and mroe research is finding that low testosterone levels can be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. A standard treatment option for prostate cancer is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in which drugs or castration is used to reduce the testosterone levels in the prostate (and the rest of the body). Unfortunately virtually all patients treated with ADT progress to metastatic disease.

Other studies say that men with prostate cancer who are being treated with ADT increase their risk of developing bone and heart-related side effects compared to patients who do not take these medications. These side effects include skeletal and cardiovascular complications, sexual dysfunction, periodontal disease, and mood disorders.

Studies of men with a history of prostate disease suggest that it may be low testosterone that indicates an increase in disease activity. Supplementing with testosterone may not only be safe but it may also inhibit tumor cell growth.

A new rhythmic male hormone dosing protocol is based on light and moon rhythms. Testosterone and DHEA, which is a precursor of testosterone and other sex hormones, are used with the sun cycles; DHEA is only applied in the morning when men's androgens normally peak. Dose elevations occur every four days rather than every three days to allow DHEA to create more receptors for testosterone.

Biomimetic rhythmic, cyclical hormone replacement can restore quality of life for men in andropause, just like bioidentical hormones restore the quality of life for menopausal women. Safe, rhythmic hormone replacement for aging people is the wave of the future, and as we all become aware of this option, we will have a choice about aging.