The main point about all of this is that:
1) there is no licensed testosterone product for women available in UK (as stated Androfemme is very expensive and ony available on private prescription)
2) the NICE Guidelines make provision for the use of testosterone (preparations designed for men) OFF-LICENSE for low libido and as far as I recall for women in whom standard HRT has not restored this.
3) Also need to bear in mind that oral oestrogen, and some anti-depressants also can depress libido so changes may need to be made here before adding testosterone
4) As far as I know there are NO studies investigating the use of exogenous testosterone (using the products made for men) in women for menopause - and this is woefully inadequate (please correct me if I'm wrong). Really we should not be having to use these products anyway - we should have our own gel product at appropriate concentration that does not rely on judging pea-szied blobs of testosterone products of different dose concentrations. It beggars belief that these studies are not being carried out nor that a product is being manfactured (maybe it is and studies have begun?)
5) There was once a patch called Intrinsa which was licensed and withdrawn some years ago - and there were studies carried out before licesning - but we really need long term studies now....
In the meantime it is understandable that many GPs are uncomfortable prescribing it and especially for primary indications other than libido, however efficacious this may appear to be at first hand.
Something needs to be done! (we've known this for some time - and discussed it in 2011 soon after I first joined the forum)
Hope this helps
Hurdity x
