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When it comes to feeling good and looking your best you want to attack your lifestyle from all angles. You want to clean up your diet, dust off your gym sneakers and start to ramp up your daily activity levels.
But all of that is useless without the support of your health and hormones.
While some men choose to optimize their hormones with diet, exercise and a good testosterone booster, some opt for a testosterone nasal gel.
In this article we take a look at testosterone nasal spray.
Here’s what we cover:
From the age of around 10 years old your testosterone levels begin to go up sharply.
All of a sudden, the concentration of this powerful androgen hormone go up from 30 ng.dL to 300-1,000 ng.dL as you hit your teens.
During your later teenage years and throughout your twenties you get to enjoy the benefits that come with optimal testosterone levels.
But good things don’t always last forever – particularly if your lifestyle doesn’t support healthy hormone production.
As you reach thirty your androgen production begins to slow down – by as much as 1-2% per year.
By the age of 45, some men will only have around 60% of the testosterone production that they had as a younger man. By 60 years of age, well over half of men will suffer from the effects of clinically low T – what’s known as hypogonadism.
What’s so bad about having low T?
Testosterone nasal spray is a controlled medication designed to prevent or reverse the drop in androgen levels due to medical conditions or age.
It was first approved for use in 2014.
As a nasal gel, this medication is applied directly to the nose using a dispenser pump. It is a clear, slightly yellow fluid.
The dose varies, but generally you’ll use it three times each day, in each nostril.
This medication is typically prescribed to any man that suffers from hypogonadism.
For low T you’ll only be prescribed testosterone nasal gel after a blood test to verify your androgen levels.
In the absence or low concentrations of androgen hormones, nasal gel might be given to you by your health professional.
Testosterone nasal gel is only to be used by adult men.
There are potentially severe side effects if used in children and teenagers, such as reduced bone growth and early onset of puberty.
In women, it causes hirsuteness, genital enlargement and hair loss.
Even in men, you need to know though is that it may come with a number of side effects.
In the event of accident over dose (which is possible if you don’t count the number of daily sprays effectively), symptoms might include:
If any of these adverse reactions occur, you need to consult your medical professional straight away.
In an FDA report on clinical outcomes, recommendations and safety [1], it was made clear that the very limited number of clinical trials don’t necessarily reflect the side effects seen in real world practice.
If you are a man that has or does suffer from breast or prostate cancer you should avoid this medication altogether. In the medical world they refer to this as a contraindication.
When using the spray you must also avoid contact with women unless you spend time clearing up after yourself, particular if they are pregnant or breastfeeding.
This is because if the spray comes into contact with their skin it may cause harmful transdermal effects.
As a relatively new treatment, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently warns against “using testosterone to treat hypogonadism due solely to aging” [2].
This is because there is still a lack of convincing evidence to support that it is both effective, and that it is safe.
The main landmark study used by manufacturers of testosterone nasal gel was published in 2016 in the journal Andrology [3].
In the clinical trial, 300 men were given three daily doses of testosterone nasal gel over a 90-day period.
While some benefits were seen, it became apparent that the methodology of the trial was poor. There was no placebo or comparative control used, which makes it difficult to assess whether those benefits were actually down to the gel or not.
There needs to be much more robust data collected before any true benefits can be evaluated.
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