I don’t know what she was self medicating with, but Cytomel/T3 for instance is readily available due to its (mis)use in bodybuilding and sports.
No one has an issue with drugs to lose weight, or antidepressants, or adhd drugs to improve attention, or cosmetic surgery.
My impression is there is as great, or even greater opposition to those things than HRT.
I guess my impression is based on what I see and hear and I haven’t seen any polls on the subject.
Of course and there is a massive difference but I’m not sure we completely understand the long term impact of TRT replacent.
Sure the more we investigate the more we’ll discover. Still in the context of fucking up your endocrine system, I’d think we have a pretty good idea by now if something that extreme was going to be an expected outcome of typical testosterone replacement therapy.
Exactly. And low T can cause issues as well.
Also worth noting all the extreme use of PED’s by pro athletes over the past…80 years?? But even just looking at the past 30-40 years, and go figure, no wild outbreak of cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc among athletes.
Not saying everyone should use TRT, of course not, but the uneducated assumptions about it that so many people make is just ridiculous.
we have seen bodybuilders live pretty short lifespans, but yes it could be due to high dosage. Only time will tell on these TRT from legitamite medical doctors. Though Ive seen in around here some older folks (70-80 years) taking TRT and eventually dying (it was shocking as their bodies looked like 20 year old)… I can only think the dosage needs to be adjusted for every 10 years, and the current protocol is simply being whatever is a for a 40 year old - is just too much for someone at 80
Of course and there is a massive difference but I’m not sure we completely understand the long term impact of TRT replacent.
Sure the more we investigate the more we’ll discover. Still in the context of fucking up your endocrine system, I’d think we have a pretty good idea by now if something that extreme was going to be an expected outcome of typical testosterone replacement therapy.
Exactly. And low T can cause issues as well.
Also worth noting all the extreme use of PED’s by pro athletes over the past…80 years?? But even just looking at the past 30-40 years, and go figure, no wild outbreak of cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc among athletes.
Not saying everyone should use TRT, of course not, but the uneducated assumptions about it that so many people make is just ridiculous.
we have seen bodybuilders live pretty short lifespans, but yes it could be due to high dosage. Only time will tell on these TRT from legitamite medical doctors. Though Ive seen in around here some older folks (70-80 years) taking TRT and eventually dying (it was shocking as their bodies looked like 20 year old)… I can only think the dosage needs to be adjusted for every 10 years, and the current protocol is simply being whatever is a for a 40 year old - is just too much for someone at 80
Isn’t 80 a not so unusual age for some to die at? I’d rather die at 80 with a 20yo body, than die at 80 while feeling like shit.
Of course and there is a massive difference but I’m not sure we completely understand the long term impact of TRT replacent.
Sure the more we investigate the more we’ll discover. Still in the context of fucking up your endocrine system, I’d think we have a pretty good idea by now if something that extreme was going to be an expected outcome of typical testosterone replacement therapy.
Exactly. And low T can cause issues as well.
Also worth noting all the extreme use of PED’s by pro athletes over the past…80 years?? But even just looking at the past 30-40 years, and go figure, no wild outbreak of cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc among athletes.
Not saying everyone should use TRT, of course not, but the uneducated assumptions about it that so many people make is just ridiculous.
we have seen bodybuilders live pretty short lifespans, but yes it could be due to high dosage. Only time will tell on these TRT from legitamite medical doctors. Though Ive seen in around here some older folks (70-80 years) taking TRT and eventually dying (it was shocking as their bodies looked like 20 year old)… I can only think the dosage needs to be adjusted for every 10 years, and the current protocol is simply being whatever is a for a 40 year old - is just too much for someone at 80
Isn’t 80 a not so unusual age for some to die at? I’d rather die at 80 with a 20yo body, than die at 80 while feeling like shit.
Agree, is TRT touted as increasing longevity? Seems like what I see is more concern it may increase risk of CVD and some cancers. Not sure what the evidence is for that, I know I saw a study a few months ago that didn’t show any increase risk of CVD even in relatively high risk persons with TRT.
So far the only cancer ‘link’ is for someone who -already- has prostate cancer cells in their body. But even people who have had PC and beat it, have gone on TRT afterwards (due to some of the drugs / procedures used to fight PC shutting down their natural test production).