Testosterone for Women

[SolidMechanic]

I cut this from the end of Honey's "Anger Management" thread, which locked up.

Cemar brought up the subject of testosterone. Mrs. NOP had some responses:

Cemar, testosterone for women is protected like gold in Fort Knox.

Trust me when I say, whether dealing with male or female physicians - medical care for women's sexuality in the general medical market is of subpar quality.

I'm under the impression that the makers of the testosterone patch tried to get it approved for low libido treatment in women and the FDA turned it down because of some of the risks. I haven't really researched this. T for women is considered an unapproved use, so the doctor is on his own. Considering the HRT fiasco, doctors are probably gun shy about giving out hormone scrips to women these days.

Mrs NOP also said,

So, I've finagled another blood test in the upcoming week. Which results I will most likely be sending to physicians who also play doctors on the internet, in the hopes of pursuing a hormone cocktail that might replenish what I'm missing.

I don't know if you have read about this but there was a recent study in JAMA showing that serum testosterone levels are a poor predictor of female libido. There is another article about it here. So I don't think they really have a good answer for the chemical origins of female libido. I remember reading something about oxytocin - maybe someone will work on that.

Mrs. NOP, I'm a little surprised to see you pursuing the pharmaceutical angle. I understand that you don't have the "oh baby I want to verb your noun tonight" kind of desire, but that it's more like the "I want to feel really close tonight and show you how much I love you" kind of desire. If my wife showed even the latter kind of desire, I'd be doing cartwheels .

I'm just curious why you would contemplate hormonal roulette when it doesn't sound to me like there is anything wrong with you.

SM