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[Hurdity]

This has recently been published in Climacteric and appears to be open access at present.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13697137.2019.1637079'scroll=top&needAccess=true

Hurdity x

[vickypk]

Hi Hurdity. Thanks for that information on testosterone. Do you think i could get this from my GP? I have found a menopause specialist that works with Nick Panay, so that may be an option to see someone privately.
Vicky x

[MicheleMaBelle]

An interesting read Hurdity. I'm not on it but sometimes think I should be as I thought that it would help with mood, energy, wellbeing. This report seems to knock that on the head if you're postmenopausal.

[Hurdity]

Following on from this, there has just been published an additional  joint consensus position statement on the use of testosterone therapy in women, endorsed by the following organisations:

"This Position Statement has been endorsed by the International Menopause Society, The Endocrine Society, The European Menopause and Andropause Society, The International Society for Sexual Medicine, The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, The North American Menopause Society, The Federacion Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Climaterio y Menopausia, The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The International Society of Endocrinology, The Endocrine Society of Australia, and The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists."

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/10/4660/5556103

I had a quick look through this morning and it has lots of evidence based information and recommendations including for future research. One thing stood out - that the current thinking that only free testosterone is biologically active and therefore more important than total T, does not seem to have evidence behind it. Not to say it's not important but the study does refer to the measurement of total T as being crucial ( to maintain within physiological range for women in the case of replacement). That's a very hasty comment!

vickypk - sorry I missed your comment - think I was away then - and hope you got somewhere with this? There is still no licensed product available so prescription on NHS is patchy - although I get mine from NHS (after initial private consultation in May 2015).

Michelemabelle - also missed your comment too - I think the issue about its effect on other symptoms is ust that there is insufficient evidence, not that it may not be beneficial - as I understand it anyway.

Let's hope there IS more research going on!!

Hurdity x