There is no doubt that aging does reduce testosterone levels in men

At Ukmedix News we have written before about Andropause but you should know that not all doctors and scientists are convinced that this condition also known as the ‘male menopause’ actually exists.

Andropause is used to describe the condition when men start to lose interest in sex due to age and who can sometimes suffer from mild erectile dysfunction. Men who have lower levels of testosterone due to aging can also sometimes start to feel lethargic and depressed and for this reason the condition has been ‘medicalised.’

The over the last decade since the arrival of the erectile dysfunction medication Viagra a lot of money has poured into research for treatments for sexual problems and there is far more for information available as to why men start to lose interest in sex as they grow older. In some private clinics it is possible for men to get testosterone injections which can help them feel better and produce a bigger interest in sex. There is no doubt that aging does reduce testosterone levels in men but whether this is an actual medical problem is still open to debate.

Dr John McKinlay who is the senior Vice President of the New England Research Institutes in the United States claims that lowering testosterone levels are completely normal and are natural and that the only reason why the condition has been medicalised is for commercial reasons and not for legitimate medical reasons.

He went on to claim that there was no support from “international endocrinology studies” that the male menopause actually existed. He warned that testosterone replacement therapy for men could increase the chances of them suffering from cancer of the prostate and that both doctors who prescribed it and patients should be aware of this.

To date the most effective treatments for lower levels of erectile function in aging men are the impotence drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra.