Side effects of hormone therapy

Side Effects of Hormone Therapy
Testosterone is the primary male hormone, and plays an important role in establishing and maintaining the typical male characteristics, such as body hair growth, muscle mass, sexual desire, and erectile function, and contributes to a host of other normal physiologic processes in the body.
The list of potential effects of testosterone loss is long: hot flashes, decreased sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, osteoporosis, weight gain, decreased muscle mass, anemia, and memory loss. Most men who are on hormone therapy experience at least some of these effects, but the degree to which any man will be affected by any one drug regimen is impossible to predict.
Before beginning hormone therapy, every man should discuss the effects of testosterone loss with his doctors, so he can alter his lifestyle to accommodate or head off the changes.

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