Preliminary data shows that testosterone supplementation failed to improve mild to moderate erectile dysfunction.
Testosterone supplementation failed to improve outcomes among elderly men with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction, even though testosterone levels were improved, researchers said here.
The Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) scores showed no differences if the men in the study were treated with testosterone 25 mg a day, testosterone 50 mg a day, or placebo, said Lauren W. Roth, MD, from the University of Colorado in Denver.
The SHIM scale ranges from 1-25, with a score of 1-7 reflecting severe erectile dysfunction and a score of 22-25 indicating no erectile dysfunction. The study participants were about 65-years-old, and more than 90 percent were Caucasian.
In her oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Roth said that men did experience an increase in testosterone levels at six months and one year for both the low-dose and high-dose treatment when compared with baseline levels. But that change did not translate into better sexual improvement for the men.
Transdermal testosterone did improve testosterone levels to a normal range. But SHIM scores did not improve.
Erectile dysfunction is not just a problem of low testosterone. It amazing that men with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other factors that impact erectile function will perceive that it is low testosterone that is causing their erectile dysfunction. Maybe 10 percent to 15 percent of men with erectile dysfunction can be helped with testosterone supplementation.
Testosterone supplementation failed to improve outcomes among elderly men with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction, even though testosterone levels were improved, researchers said here.
The Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) scores showed no differences if the men in the study were treated with testosterone 25 mg a day, testosterone 50 mg a day, or placebo, said Lauren W. Roth, MD, from the University of Colorado in Denver.
The SHIM scale ranges from 1-25, with a score of 1-7 reflecting severe erectile dysfunction and a score of 22-25 indicating no erectile dysfunction. The study participants were about 65-years-old, and more than 90 percent were Caucasian.
In her oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Roth said that men did experience an increase in testosterone levels at six months and one year for both the low-dose and high-dose treatment when compared with baseline levels. But that change did not translate into better sexual improvement for the men.
Transdermal testosterone did improve testosterone levels to a normal range. But SHIM scores did not improve.
Erectile dysfunction is not just a problem of low testosterone. It amazing that men with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other factors that impact erectile function will perceive that it is low testosterone that is causing their erectile dysfunction. Maybe 10 percent to 15 percent of men with erectile dysfunction can be helped with testosterone supplementation.
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