Possible complications

Testosterone Replacement Therapy is an option for men whose natural testosterone level is not within the normal range. The use of testosterone therapy is getting increasingly popular. But there are many things about this treatment that are not yet known:

• It still isn't proven that HRT relieves symptoms in men with low testosterone.
• It still isn't known how low testosterone levels affect men's health.
• There were some speculations that HRT could increase the risk of prostate cancer.
• We don't know if testosterone therapy is safe.

Well known complications are:

• Rise in hemoglobin levels above the normal range
• Problems passing urine, also called voiding symptoms. This includes poor urine flow, feeling like you can't empty your bladder or hesitancy before urinating.
• Liver damage from oral preparations of testosterone
• Sleep apnea
• Breast tenderness and swelling
• Testicles get smaller
• Fertility problems while using TRT
• Skin reaction from patches or gel
• Pain, soreness, or bruising from injection
• Fluid retention
• Acne and oily skin
• Increased body hair

Dehydroepiandrosterone therapy

Dehydroepiandrosterone is a natural steroid hormone, one of the hormones produced by the adrenal glands. Why it is so important? After being secreted by the adrenal glands, it circulates in the bloodstream in an inactive form and is converted as needed into other hormones. It is chemically very similar to testosterone and estrogen and is easily converted into those hormones. Supplementation with this hormone has resulted in increased levels of testosterone and androstenedione, two steroid hormones.