Posted by 1 who waits on April 23, 2009, 7:38 am
I'm an old male (66) and might like a boost?
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It's amazing what you can do. If...
you put your mind to it.
Posted by albundy2 on April 23, 2009, 10:07 am
> I'm an old male (66) and might like a boost?
> --
> It's amazing what you can do. If...
> you put your mind to it.
A shot of testosterone is not going to help you any more than a shot
of brain cells.
Odds are that at your age you have a lower testosterone level than
when younger.
However, if you try to boost testosterone up, you may be accelerating
the growth of testosterone fueled prostate cancer.
So you might not like a boost for very long.
Posted by NoSpamForMe on April 23, 2009, 9:59 pm
albundy2@mailinator.com wrote:
>> I'm an old male (66) and might like a boost?
>> --
>> It's amazing what you can do. If...
>> you put your mind to it.
>A shot of testosterone is not going to help you any more than a shot
>of brain cells.
T is a scheduled drug meaning that if you find a source it might be
delivered by the DEA. (Some states (e.g. NY) a schedule 2; Federal, a
schedule 3). If you get a prescription (not too difficult for old
duffers), of course it's perfectly permissible.
>Odds are that at your age you have a lower testosterone level than
>when younger.
So. That's what he's trying to correct.
>However, if you try to boost testosterone up, you may be accelerating
>the growth of testosterone fueled prostate cancer.
No. The current wisdom is that T does not increase the likelihood nor
increase the aggressiveness of PCa. If it did those high T teenagers
would all have PCa.
BTW but beyond the scope of this posting: Teenagers do not necessarily
have higher T than old duffers; while T influences other things it's
primary sexual use is libido; there's a lot more to T than meets the
eye. Oh yeah and you can't just "boost" it up. Because of the way T is
made inside the body any extra T from outside reduces the amount you
have until you pass the zero point when you'll start to climb again.
Thus it's "replacement T" not "supplemental T".
>So you might not like a boost for very long.
If you want to discuss this further ask in an appropriate NG such as
alt.support.impotence.
Posted by albundy2 on April 24, 2009, 10:47 am
On Apr 23, 9:59 pm, NoSpamFo...@LousyISP.gov wrote:
> albun...@mailinator.com wrote:
> >> I'm an old male (66) and might like a boost?
> >> --
> >> It's amazing what you can do. If...
> >> you put your mind to it.
> >A shot of testosterone is not going to help you any more than a shot
> >of brain cells.
> T is a scheduled drug meaning that if you find a source it might be
> delivered by the DEA. (Some states (e.g. NY) a schedule 2; Federal, a
> schedule 3). If you get a prescription (not too difficult for old
> duffers), of course it's perfectly permissible.
> >Odds are that at your age you have a lower testosterone level than
> >when younger.
> So. That's what he's trying to correct.
> >However, if you try to boost testosterone up, you may be accelerating
> >the growth of testosterone fueled prostate cancer.
> No. The current wisdom is that T does not increase the likelihood nor
> increase the aggressiveness of PCa. If it did those high T teenagers
> would all have PCa.
Research shows that you are right and I am wrong. In the general
population, men given hormone replacement don't have more prostate
cancer. It sounded like the poster may have been seeking a non
prescribed source without medical testing. There are prostate cancers
that feed on testosterone so if he already had early cancer, he might
soon have late cancer. I just don't trust messing with my hormones
unless I know something is needed.
> --
> It's amazing what you can do. If...
> you put your mind to it.