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Research on women and testosterone has been limited, but as more is done, experts are seeing that the hormone affects the female sex drive, just as it does the male. It also plays an essential ...
In both women and men, it’s normal for testosterone levels to drop with age — starting at about age 30 in men and around 40 in women. The decline doesn’t mean that it necessarily needs to be ...
Testosterone levels very with age, according to the Cleveland Clinic, and start to drop around age 30 or 40. Women turn to weight loss drugs in menopause: What to know about the benefits and risks
Hyperandrogenism is a medical condition characterized by high levels of androgens.It is more common in women than men. [4] Symptoms of hyperandrogenism may include acne, seborrhea, hair loss on the scalp, increased body or facial hair, and infrequent or absent menstruation.
Other symptoms of androgen deficiency are similar in both sexes, such as muscle loss and physical fatigue. [8] The androgens used for androgen replacement in women include testosterone (and esters), prasterone (dehydroepiandrosterone; DHEA) (and the ester prasterone enanthate), methyltestosterone, nandrolone decanoate, and tibolone, among ...
[49] [28] High dosages of testosterone that result in supraphysiological levels of testosterone (> 50 ng/dL) significantly increase sexual desire in women, with levels of testosterone of 80 to 150 ng/dL "slightly" increasing sexual desire. [49] [28] Further higher dosages of testosterone may result in greater effects on sexual desire in women.
Recently, the subject of using testosterone as another way of managing symptoms, such as loss as sex drive, has come back into the news, as actress Kate Winslet has sung the hormone's praises.
[40] [41] It appears that in women, rather than testosterone, estradiol may be the most important hormone involved in sexual desire, although data on the clinical use of estradiol to increase sexual desire in women is limited. [40] [42] [43] There are no testosterone products approved for use in women in the United States and many other ...