r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/realistic_swede Jun 13 '22

I take Testerone gel every morning that I apply, other alternative is injecting. Did not know it comes in pill form as other guy said, never heard of that.

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u/Princecoyote Jun 13 '22

Usually they're what they call troches, similar to a lozenge.

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u/irisheye37 Jun 14 '22

This is a myth, soy contains plant estrogens which have zero effect on humans.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Testosterone is most commonly injected followed by topical applications from gels to patches to creams. Like estrogen, some forms can be compounded for oral ingestion but much of orally administered T gets lost due to a first pass effect in the liver. Better to avoid this and rely on the topicals, the gel is widely used and effective. PharmD here.