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Article: Testosterone supplementation and sperm production.(Your Comments)
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- Clinical Advisor
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Your feature "Determining when men need testosterone" (July 2009) neglected to mention that exogenous testosterone supplementation will depress sperm production and should not be given to men who are trying to father a pregnancy.--SUZANNE CHABON, FNP, Greensboro, N. C.
Ms. Chabon is absolutely correct. Potential subfertility or infertility is usually overlooked with testosterone replacement. However, the goal of the article was to aid in recognizing older patients who may present with ...