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Article: Testosterone Supplementation in the Aging Male.
- Article from:
- Internal Medicine Alert
- Article date:
- March 29, 2000
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Clinical Briefs-By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Testosterone Supplementation in the Aging Male
The role of testosterone in achieving and maintaining erections in sexual settings (as opposed to central erections occurring spontaneously in a cyclic fashion throughout the day and night) remains uncertain. Men who are deficient in testosterone may suffer ED, which may respond to testosterone supplementation, but the frequency of testosterone deficiency as a cause of ED in aging men is extremely low, typically less than 5%.
Much of the population of senior men who demonstrate low testosterone levels suffer from other significant health problems, and it is ...