New Study Finds That Testosterone Does Not Increase Cardiovascular Risk

For a long time, men with predispositions to cardiovascular complication have been warned that
Testosterone Therapy may increase the risk of a number of dangerous heart conditions. In addition to
this, many men that undergo heart failure or other high-risk cardiovascular complications are often put
on drugs which inhibit the ability to produce Testosterone, in an effort to protect the patient.
New research points out that, although this advice was intended in the best interest of the patient,
Testosterone may not have a negative impact on Cardiovascular risk in vulnerable patients.
ther recent studies have shown that men with higher Testosterone !evels naturally have stronger
hearts, but it was still believed that Testosterone could be a hindrance when issues with the
cardiovascular system arise.
No Link Established Between Heart ttacks and Testosterone
" recent study analy#ed the data of twenty four thousand male $edicaid %atients, and could not find a
link between their use of &io-Identical Testosterone and the incidence of heart attack among the
patients. $edicaid and $edicare are valuable tools for medical analysis, because such a large number
of "mericans use the same plan, and the government has the ability to analy#e health records in a very
uniform fashion.
!any "sed to Hy#othesi$e that Testosterone Could Be Dan%erous For &atients with "nhealthy
Hearts
The conventional wisdom regarding Testosterone and heart attacks appears to have been the opposite of
the truth, in fact. "mong the patients that were analy#ed, Testosterone Therapy actually appears to have
reduced the risk of 'eart "ttack by almost one-third among the men who were most at risk.
Hor'one Re#lace'ent is a (rowin% !edical Field
'ormone Therapy is a full-fledged pharmaceutical industry these days, and numerous pharmaceutical
companies manufacture and distribute hormones such as &io-Identical '(', Testosterone Therapy, and
'C(, and they have spent countless dollars advertising their products and leading the public to become
more aware of the potential benefits of Testosterone 'ormone )estoration.
$any in the past have feared that these measures would cause men to turn to Testosterone without a
need, but, study after study appears to show that Testosterone has real and significant benefits, and
many of the potential health risks associated with therapy appear to be overestimated.
Testosterone Increasin%ly "sed by !en to Increase Health and )uality o* Li*e
$ore and more patients, and even athletes, are turning to 'ormone )eplacement with Testosterone not
as a means of body building or performance enhancement, but as a means to treat a real and underlying
health deficiency. In a recent book, evidence was presented that in *++,, "le- )odrigue# was actually
prescribed Testosterone )eplacement under the pretense of Testosterone .eficiency, and was
prescribed the medication legally /although not in accordance with the rules of $a0or !eague baseball1.
"s Testosterone receives more thorough study, and more respect as a legitimate medical treatment,
previous studies which purported the potential dangers of the use of Testosterone are being disproven
as methods become more e-act and our knowledge about how Testosterone interacts with human
physiology becomes more sophisticated.
Flawed Testosterone Studies
n the other hand, modern studies that say that Testosterone is bad are sometimes flawed. In the year
*+23, for e-ample, research was published in the 4ournal of the "merican $edical "ssociation,
claiming that military veterans that utili#ed Testosterone )estoration had a thirty percent increase in
stroke, heart attack, and general mortality, if they had issues with heart disease prior to therapy.
This study has been lambasted by a wide variety of medical groups, for a variety of reasons. ne of the
reasons was that one hundred of the over 22++ patients analy#ed were women, which would lead the
end result to be significantly flawed. "lso, there were ma0or statistical errors which vastly skewed the
results of the study. In fact, around the world, more than twenty five medical organi#ations have banded
together to recommend that the "$" completely disregard the article for its flaws.
Testosterone Statistically Relevant in the Reduction o* !ortality Risk in t+Risk &atients
In regard to the new study, 5366 patients that received Testosterone Therapy of any kind were
evaluated with regard to health outcomes in comparison with 27,+56 patients that never used
Testosterone. The patients all received this therapy between the years of 277, and *++6. 8hat
researchers found was that patients that received Testosterone Treatment were at no greater risk than
their control peers for e-periencing a heart attack.
&eyond this broad comparison, researchers also created groups of patients based off of heart attack risk.
In the 9uartile that had the highest overall risk of heart attack, it was found that these patients actually
had a thirty percent lower risk of heart attack than their similarly at-risk peers.
Testosterone Study Co'#lications
f course, there are some issues that make the results of this study less clear. For one, no consideration
was placed on what other pharmaceutical treatments that the patients were taking, only whether they
were utili#ing In0ectable Testosterone. It is very possible that men that take Testosterone are more likely
to be proactive with their health in other regards, including their willingness to see a doctor or take
heart medications.
"lso, this study only included patients that had utili#ed In0ectable Testosterone, e-cluding all other
forms of Testosterone Therapy. This means that the study did not include any patients that took
Testosterone (els, %atches, or Creams, for e-ample.
In spite of these issues, the researchers are confident that their study is valuable, and provides a more
nuanced perspective with regard to how the heart responds to Testosterone. The heart is a muscle, 0ust
like any other, and, for men, it appears that healthy Testosterone !evels benefit heart health 0ust as
much as it preserves the health and function of the skeletal muscles.
Low+T is Real, and Could be **ectin% -our Li*e
Testosterone .eficiency is a real medical condition that has a wide variety of risks. It has been long
used as a method to treat se-ual dysfunction and restore se-ual health, but there is increasing evidence
that Testosterone )eplacement is a powerful means to safeguard health and wellness. "mong other
things, there is evidence that Testosterone can improve health outcomes with regard to diabetes,
obesity, loss of muscle mass, and osteoporosis in older men suffering from the effects of "ndropause.