{"id":14681,"date":"2016-04-28T10:01:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T17:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=14681"},"modified":"2014-04-28T10:01:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T17:01:51","slug":"testosterone-viagra-l0428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/erectile-dysfunction\/viagra\/testosterone-viagra-l0428\/","title":{"rendered":"Testosterone As Popular as Viagra?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More men are talking to their doctor about low-T.<\/figcaption><\/figure> The number of testosterone prescriptions has tripled in the last decade, according to a recent article on NPR. Recent commercials advertising treatment for low testosterone, which pharmaceutical companies have dubbed \u201clow-T,\u201d may be adding to the jump in prescriptions.<\/p>\n

Increased demand<\/strong><\/p>\n

Men with low testosterone levels have a decreased sex drive and low energy levels, and it seems more men are talking to their doctor about these symptoms. It\u2019s become the hottest men’s health craze since Viagra.<\/p>\n

The demand for testosterone, has climbed so sharply that an increasing number of \u201clow-T\u201d clinics have popped up across the country. Some doctors fear these clinics aren\u2019t looking into alternative causes for low sex drive, like depression and heart disease.<\/p>\n

“Any man who presents, especially in his 40s and 50s, with new onset erectile dysfunction is at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and even heart attack or myocardial infarction,” a board certified urologist and the medical director of the at El Camino Hospital in California, Dr. Edward Karpman tells NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many want more scrutiny over testosterone prescriptions, but not everyone is convinced that the clinics are working below board.<\/p>\n

Scrutiny in the field<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Bill Reilly, who runs one of the largest chains of low-T clinics in Texas, says at his clinics a prescription isn\u2019t written unless the patient has a diagnosed medical condition.<\/p>\n

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Testosterone prescriptions have tripled in the last decade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Our No. 1 complaint at Low T is, ‘Why won’t you treat me?’ We just don’t see a patient, ‘Hey, here you go. Here’s some testosterone,’ ” Reilly says. “They go through a complete history, physical, thorough evaluation. We go through their symptoms.”<\/p>\n

Reilly says specific training in the testosterone field isn\u2019t necessary and says his clinics are treating patients that many other doctors are turning away.<\/p>\n

“You don’t need to be an endocrinologist. You don’t need to be a urologist,” says Reilly. “We’re all doctors. And we study more about testosterone than they do. We basically follow the national endocrinology guidelines.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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