Debunking Testosterone Myths

Name: Debunking Testosterone Myths
Uploaded: 2024-06-05T12:01:09+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A single-speaker YouTube segment arguing that the 2013 FDA warning linking testosterone therapy to increased heart attacks and strokes was based on a…

5 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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A single-speaker YouTube segment arguing that the 2013 FDA warning linking testosterone therapy to increased heart attacks and strokes was based on a now-retracted JAMA article. The speaker asserts that the JAMA paper was erroneous and that over 100 peer-reviewed clinical trials plus a position paper from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) show no evidence of cardiovascular harm and support treating age-related testosterone depletion.

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In 2013, the FDA came out and said, well, testosterone may cause heart attacks and strokes. Hmm, interesting. They based that on an article in the Journal of American Medical association that was since retracted that showed that testosterone caused more heart attacks and strokes in men, when in fact it was erroneously published. It was redacted, and there's been over 100 peer reviewed clinical trials showing just the opposite. The American Clinical Society of Endocrinologists came out with a position paper against that, stating that not only should doctors prescribe this for age related testosterone depletion, but also there's no evidence showing that it causes cardiac harm.