Testosterone Deficiency The Hidden Disease
by E. Barry Gordon, M.D.
BOOK CONTENTS
Chapter 1 What is Testosterone?
Chapter 2 The Foundation for the Book
Chapter 3 "Normal" Testosterone Laboratory Values
"Normal and Natural"
Laboratory Testosterone Levels
Chapter 4 Official FDA Approved Indications and Warnings
FDA Indications (The Confusion and the Bias)
FDA Warnings (Scare Tactics?)
Chapter 5 Non-Sexual Consequences of Testosterone Deficiency
Osteoporosis
Muscular Weakness and Its Complications
Respiratory Problems
Congestive Heart failure
Psychiatric
Timidity and Anxiety
Depression
Vaginitis
Fatigue
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Anemia
Iron Deficiency
Diabetes, Type II (Adult Onset)
Gynecomastia
Gynecological – Fibroids and Menstruation
Fibromyalgia and the Restless Leg Syndrome
Chapter 6 Testosterone and Sexual Health
Sexual Health Case Reports – The Mature Set
Sexual Health Case Reports – The Younger Set
Chapter 7 Treatment
Treatment Failures
Discontinuance and a Return to Therapy
Ethics
Chapter 8 Side Effects and Prostate Cancer
Side Effects in Women
Side Effects in Men
Prostate Cancer
The FDA Warning
The Nature of Prostate Cancer
What causes Cancer?
Testosterone Deficiency and Prostate Cancer
Testosterone in Men with Known Prostate Cancer
Chapter 9 Menopause, Miscellaneous, and Summary