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Testosterone and the Prostate: What the New FDA Guidance Means
Sharing this here first becauseif any of you are on testosterone this is recent information.
On June 18 the FDA asked the makers of testosterone therapy to update their labels, based on newer research. The prostate piece is the part I want you to have.
The old label said: avoid testosterone in any man with known or suspected prostate cancer. The new guidance narrows that to men with metastatic prostate cancer - that means cancer that has spread beyond the prostate to other parts of the body. For a lot of other men, the newer data has not shown the prostate cancer risk that people used to worry about.
On enlarged prostate, the review found it did not make symptoms worse in mild to moderate cases. Severe cases still get watched.
The honest bit: prostate cancer can be slow to appear, so the long-term answer is not fully in. Screening first and monitoring after is still the advice.
I am not a doctor and I am not telling anyone what to do here. But this is exactly the kind of thing worth raising at your next appointment.
Is anyone here on testosterone therapy? Did your doctor talk to you about your prostate before you started? I am curious what your experience was.
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Testosterone and the Prostate: What the New FDA Guidance Means
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