Young men (teens, 20s, 30s) taking testosterone when not medically indicated can shut down sperm production, potentially causing permanent damage and future infertility. — Whalespan
Young men (teens, 20s, 30s) taking testosterone when not medically indicated can shut down sperm production, potentially causing permanent damage and future infertility.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“for people to get results more quickly a lot of guys in their teens 20s and 30s are taking testosterone when they don't need it it does shut down sperm production unless they're offsetting that with HCG or something like that and um they may think they don't want kids now but they may want them later and some permanent damage can be done in addition to that”
“a real shame nowadays is that because of Instagram and people showing their bodies and this desire for people to get results more quickly a lot of guys in their teens 20s and 30s are taking testosterone when they don't need it it does shut down sperm production unless they're offsetting that with HCG or something like that and um they may think they don't want kids now but they may want them later and some permanent damage can be done”
“the problem is Young a lot of these young men go into the tea clinic at 30 years of age and they get started Y and they're on it then they come see me and they say I didn't know I could be infertile and now I have to reverse them which is our protocol we use but it takes seven but they never were informed you know that they uh they could have be infertility yeah”