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Originally Posted by SWALE Thanks, Bruce. |
Dr Swale:
I've spoken to my Family doctor (Who diagnosed me with hypogonadism) about
HCG for my atrophying testes. She said "no, not safe" she refered me to a urologist who said the same thing. The urologist said the longest he would prescribe
HCG would be 6 months. The long term effects they say are not known / proven. Can you provide anything that I can take back to them to maybe change their minds? I researched hypogonadism and shared the AACE guidelines with my Family Med doctor and she told me that this was excellent stuff. Told me she would incorporate it in the future.
So I guess I'm saying she is not closed minded. But I am concerned about HCG use. The atrophy biz makes me feel a bit like I'm going through puberty in reverse. I'm not interested in fertility. (Age 47, 2 kids, wife in menopause) so its really just a cosmetic thing. Androgel works great for me so I'm not interested in messing that up either. Right now the only thing being offered is testicular implants. Which I've wrapped my mind around but still....
Anyhow, thanks for anything you can provide that might help.