T Replacement for women

Replacement for women isn’t some new fangled thing. England and Australia have been treating women with T for almost 70 years. Testosterone implants have been safely used in women since 1938. There’s long-term data on the safety and tolerability of T in women using doses up to 225 mg., which is a really high amount, especially for women.

All that being said, aromatase activity (which converts T into estrogen) increases with age, obesity, alcohol intake, breast cancer, insulin resistance, medications, recreational drugs, a sedentary lifestyle, and the unfettered intake of heavily processed foods. Combine that fact with the potential for even more production of estrogen through T replacement, and the risk of a hormonal imbalance increases.

That makes it important for physicians to monitor aromatase levels in women who are being treated with T so that the T to E ratio is maintained within safe boundaries and that patients’ health is assured.