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Is TRT only a viable long term strategy, or does the shutdown of other hormones (due to testes shutdown) cause issues after a while. Do you find most guys on low/med dose T are just fine forever? Or what percentage require supplementals?

AlphaMD's Answer

Since low Testosterone is a life-long condition and there is no cure, which only gets worse with age, treatment is the only course to remain symptom free. In a sense, your choice is choosing which situation you'd like to live with because it will be one or the other.

There does not tend to be many other long-term negative side effects from TRT when used at therapeutic doses. Typically the long term benefit side effects contribute to a much healthier man throughout his life.Very few men "require" supplemental medication, though some elect for HCG due to largely cosmetic concerns of teste size or because they want to have a higher chance of child conception on TRT. The men who do it for fertility typically stop taking HCG once they've had their child/children. Hope that helps!

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