Because an orchiectomy often results in a drop in serum testosterone, he was warned that he might need hormone replacement.
Testosterone promotes prostate cell proliferation, but relatively low levels of serum testosterone are found in patients with BPH.
In addition, approximately 4% of serum testosterone is bound to transcortin.
Licorice consumption and serum testosterone in healthy man.
Effect of oral androstenedione on serum testosterone and adaptations to resistance training in young men.
Reduction of serum testosterone in men by licorice.
Thirty-fold elevations of serum testosterone were noted in the women injecting testosterone.
However, in our group of patients, serum testosterone and E 2 were both decreased.
Further decreases in serum testosterone can have a negative impact on normal sexual function, leading to a decline in quality of life.
It might lower the amount of serum testosterone slightly, but whether it affects the amount of free testosterone is unclear.