Women's Health
Testosterone for women
What testosterone does in the female body, the research gap nobody talks about, and dosing approaches built around female physiology.
What testosterone does in the female body, the research gap nobody talks about, and dosing approaches built around female physiology.
Thirty-six randomised trials and 8,480 women produced clear effects on desire, arousal, orgasm and sexual distress — and no established benefit for anything else. The global consensus statement supports exactly one indication, and specifies the route.
3 min readWomen produce testosterone and levels fall with age, but the evidence supports exactly one indication for treating it. Here is what the randomized trials found, what they did not, and why no testosterone product is approved for women.
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