Sexplained Med

Testosterone is NOT just a male hormone. Labeling it as such stunts progress.

While there is so much research work that needs to be done investigating how to approach testosterone management in women, one thing that we know for sure is that testosterone can and should be prescribed safely in select female patients with low libido. **That has been well described in the Global Consensus Position Statement on the Use of Testosterone Therapy for Women from 2019.**

However, unfortunately, due to a plethora of misconceptions and gaps in research, women remain without any FDA-approved testosterone therapies, while more than 30 approved testosterone therapies are available for men.

We have known for a long time that women also create and rely on testosterone for bone muscle and brain health, however, the verdict is still out on how to appropriately manage patients with exogenous testosterone safely.

The [International Menopause Society](https://www.imsociety.org/) and other global health organizations state that there is **insufficient evidence** to recommend testosterone therapy specifically for the purpose of improving bone density, muscle strength, or body composition in women at this time. Low libido however…

- [ ] [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/13697130902973227?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub 0pubmed](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/13697130902973227?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed)
- [ ] [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9331845/ #:~:text=According to Panay and Fenton,with the use of testosterone](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9331845/ #:~:text=According%20to%20Panay%20and%20Fenton,with%20the%20use%20of%20testosterone).

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