Why are more menopausal women being offered a hormone most of us were taught to think of as male—and what do we actually know about it? Some women are being offered testosterone for a distressing loss of sexual desire.
Why are more menopausal women being offered a hormone most of us were taught to think of as male—and what do we actually know about it?
Some women are being offered testosterone for a distressing loss of sexual desire.
Others encounter clinics promising it will restore energy, sharpen thinking, improve mood, build muscle or simply make them feel like themselves again.
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Why are more menopausal women being offered a hormone most of us were taught to think of as male—and what do we actually know about it? Some women are being offered testosterone for a distressing loss of sexual desire. Others encounter clinics promising it will restore energy, sharpen thinking, improve mood, build muscle or simply make them feel like themselves again.
Testosterone has spent decades with a reputation as the "male hormone." But women produce it too, and as interest in menopause treatment has exploded, testosterone is increasingly entering conversations between women and their doctors. The enthusiasm is moving considerably faster than the science.
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