* A REAL competitor is a company that manufacturers pharmaceutical grade bioidential hormones. Not a company that sells you herbs, spices and/or vitamins and call it a 'hormone supplement' that won't help you very much at all.
Low testosterone in men falls into two broad categories: low testosterone caused by physical conditions and low testosterone caused by psychological conditions. Sometimes low testosterone in men due to an existing physical condition may be worsened by an aggravating psychological component. In effect, the treatment of low testosterone in men should always include treatment of not just its symptoms but also of the underlying cause.
Treatment of low testosterone in men may be achieved through counseling, hormone therapy, surgery, mechanical aids or some combination of these. Psychological cause of low testosterone lends itself best to counseling. As far as medications go, some drugs may actually cause impotence and replacing or removing them from an individual's current treatment plan may take care of the problem.
If testosterone deficiency is the cause of low testosterone, treatment of low testosterone in men using replacement therapy can be initiated. Some drugs can be taken orally and act by relaxing the blood vessels and smooth muscles, allowing them to carry more blood to the penis. This method has been found to be effective in the treatment of low testosterone in men, but the underlying side effects have proven this route to be far from beneficial. Pills taken orally have to be given in large doses in order to compensate for much of the dosage lost when the drug is metabolized by the body's digestive system. These large doses in turn can be a cause for liver damage, as the drug goes through the liver directly from the stomach.
Other drugs that also relax smooth muscles and blood vessels can be injected into the side of the penis with a tiny needle, or inserted into the tip of the male urethra in pellet form using a special applicator. This route for treatment of low testosterone in men is often painful and could be embarrassing for some men.
Still another route for the treatment of low testosterone in men is through the use of natural bioidentical testosterone cream. This method has been proven to be the most effective, safe and convenient approach for the treatment of low testosterone in men. Bioidentical testosterone cream makes use of ingredients that are produced in nature and are exact duplicates to the hormones produced in the human body. Applied directly to scrotal skin, testosterone is absorbed directly into the bloodstream, therefore totally avoiding first pass by the liver (it gets to where it needs to be in your body before the liver gets a chance to metabolize it). It is a very private means of treatment of low testosterone in men. No one needs to know that a man is using the cream but him.
There are several lifestyle changes that are undoubtedly good options for prevention and treatment of low testosterone in men. These include stop smoking, losing weight, being physically active, treating high blood pressure and high cholesterol and reducing stress. Besides improving sex drive and the ability to enjoy sexual intercourse, such changes can also help improve other underlying medical conditions.
If you're suffering from the symptoms of testosterone deficiency and are planning on seeking treatment, there could also be a number of other symptoms of low testosterone that you might be experiencing.
If you think you might be suffering from low testosterone levels or to prove to yourself that you're not then how about taking a short 5-minute testosterone quiz and finding out?
