I have considered this drug in the past but I thought the expense and the side effects would make it not worth it. Looks like maybe it is indeed not worth it, given how bad the side effects can be.

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    4 days ago

    Its availability of treatment as well for mens health. TRT thresholds that the NHS applies to men are insanely low, almost like they do not want to spend the money rather than provide actual benefit to people with low test. Its pretty bad as the threshold for women to get HRT is almost non existent and its just given out without further tests.

    While I think TRT should only be issued once tested it should be at higher thresholds as it solves so many other issues. However like the new weight loss drugs we do not give the NHS enough money to stick it on prescription for everybody that would benefit from it, particularly as both are likely to be very long term to whole life treatments.

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      4 days ago

      Er, male pattern baldness, and men’s hair loss in general, is caused by high T levels, not low, so TRT is irrelevant.

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        3 days ago

        Low T also causes hairloss…

        Also, I used the difficulty in getting TRT when HRT is so widely available as a perfect example of how much harder it is to get medication for men from the NHS.