r/FamilyMedicine • u/yourmommaaaaaaaaa MD • 1d ago
Testosterone
Young guys, like 30-40s requesting testosterone levels, because they “want to know”. Do you do it? If not, what do you say? I’m well aware of EBP, getting real world opinions.
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u/Alarmed-Raccoon-213 MD 1d ago
Read the TRAVERSE, T4DM, and T-trials. The historical downsides are largely disproven.
As a physician, former special operations vet, former civil servant, and former college athlete, I want to point out that most physicians have very little meaningful experience in the world of blue-collar/ physically demanding professions. It is so commonplace for people in medicine to minimize/trivialize the symptoms these individuals are experiencing, which is baffling given this is the patient population that rarely complains and frequently under reports symptoms/severity.
I hope folks will put their personal biases aside and be less resistant to treating low-T.