Testosterone drug use growing despite risks

[23536]

Testosterone replacement has long been prescribed for men who suffer from abnormally low levels of the male sex hormone, but overuse can lead to infertility and can even speed the growth of prostate cancer.

That hasn't stopped Michael Murray, a healthy 43-year-old home stager who works in New York and Chicago, from getting frequent testosterone injections to raise his energy level and give his bodybuilding regime a boost.

"Am I making a deal with the devil? A little bit, but I have to think about my quality of life," Murray explains. "It is like I'm in my 20s again."

In what may become one of the most sought-after lifestyle drugs since the introduction of Pfizer's Viagra 14 years ago, new testosterone drugs from Eli Lilly, Abbott Laboratories, and other drugmakers are hot. Prescriptions for testosterone replacement therapies have more than doubled since 2006 to 5.6 million last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Sales are expected to triple to $5 billion by 2017, forecasts Global Industry Analysts.



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[The Network]

Weird how having too much has the same effect as having too little.

Everyone knows the risks, even Niko Bellic... People that do it have a problem, just like any other addiction.

 

[23536]

I find anabolics recreational. They make me feel like some suburban Berserker.

 

[slimvictor]

interesting article, but the side-effects scare me too much to want to experiment...

 

[Renz Envy]

High testosterone has caused me to make both extremely logical, smart decisions and completely dumb ones. Either way I feel more energy, concentration, lower stress and a way higher libido. I would say that I find it incredibly hard to accept that I am wrong in an argument. I also see myself opening up to strangers and making eye contact much easier.

Too much and you get nasty sides like aggression, gyno, acne you name it.

 

[amanitadine]

I find anabolics recreational. They make me feel like some suburban Berserker.

This statement really piques my interest in anabolics. I suppose that's one major drug accomplishment I have yet to scale. Hmmmm. . .