TRT - HRT for men using Testosterone, has
been shown to be dramatically effective in relieving symptoms and restoring drive, health,
potency, and a sense of renewed vitality and virility when the right preparations are
given to the right patients in the right doses at the right time.
To ensure its safety and effectiveness however it is
essential that a full assessment or "work-up" of each patient is carried out
before hormone replacement is started, and that the results of treatment are carefully
monitored. For this purpose careful history-taking and examination and blood tests need to
be carried out.
Both to establish the diagnosis and to monitor the
treatment properly, laboratory measurements of the sex hormones and the complex range of
factors regulating their action, together with tests of blood fat, liver, kidney, and
prostate function, all need to be checked before treatment and at each follow-up
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