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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Testosterone Injections for the win. [/quote]

Not a winning idea. Testosterone feeds some kinds of prostate cancer.  Many men have treatment to reduce whatever testosterone they still have to suppress the cancer.[/quote]

Yes this is correct.

It may not be done in every case (and OP indicated DH is “fine” - meaning in remission or cancer free?).

But it’s not uncommon for prostate cancer to prescribe T-blockers as it’s believed to promote prostate cancer growth.

OP - were these prescribed as part of his post-op therapy?[/quote]

You all need to do some research before repeating the same outdated dogma that’s based on theory and not reality.

See below for evidence that it doesn’t increase the risk of developing it:

“According to the results of a recent study, testosterone treatment does not increase a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer. In fact, new research suggests that this treatment may actually reduce the risk of aggressive prostate cancer.”

Source: https://www.moffitt.org/cancers/prostate-cancer/faqs/can-testosterone-replacement-therapy-increase-the-risk-of-prostate-cancer/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20results%20of,risk%20of%20aggressive%20prostate%20cancer.

See below for a recent study (2015) showing that it also doesn’t aggravate existing prostate cancer:

“There is significant evidence that androgens promote prostate cancer in experimental systems. However, there is no clear evidence that elevations in endogenous testosterone levels promote the development of prostate cancer in humans. As a result of experimental and historical data on the progression of prostate cancer following TRT, there has been widespread belief that TRT will promote disease progression in prostate cancer patients. Despite these fears, there are a growing number of studies demonstrating no increase in prostate cancer incidence among men on TRT. Furthermore, in studies involving a small number of patients, there has been no discernable increase in disease progression in prostate cancer patients on TRT. While data from large, prospective, randomized, controlled trials are absent, TRT in select prostate cancer patients is likely safe”

Source 2: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647137/

Look, do what you want, but please don’t act like your word is the gospel when there is ample contradictory evidence. [/quote]

What you posted fails to address post-prostate removal therapies (though it is otherwise correct).

And only OP can answer as to whether her husband was prescribed testosterone-blocking drugs.[/quote]

Fair point — I actually searched for a study addressing this point but came up empty handed as it seems we don’t have the data. However, logic would dictate that according to the old experimental models that led to the thinking that testosterone could aggravate or lead to prostate cancer, the absence of a prostate, would render testosterone therapy even more harmless. The old thinking dictated that the prostate has a multitude of androgen receptors, and the binding of androgens could potentially lead to both benign and malignant growth of the tissue. Without the prostate, what is there to bind to and thus enlarge whether it be malignant or benign? In my mind OP’s husbands lack of a prostate even further confirms that testosterone therapy could be a harmless, and furthermore beneficial treatment for lack of libido.

We know that testosterone increases libido — I would give it a try with the goal in mind of increasing his levels to the high end of the reference range 800 ng/dl or so.[/quote]

It could bind to remaining cancer cells in lymph nodes and other places. Not every man is cured by surgery and this may not be apparent immediately.[/quote]

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