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...LIBIDO LETDOWN So much for equality. The first major clinical trial of Viagra in women shows that the popular male potency pill is--sorry, folks--no better than a placebo in improving female sexual response. While the pill seems to have some effect in women--as in men, it increases blood flow to the genitals--it's not enough to overcome low sexual desire, pain during intercourse or difficulty reaching orgasm. Now that's enough to give anyone a headache...
...libido and energy level bottomed out a few years ago. I felt I was getting old fast at the still somewhat young age of 53. Now, thankfully, my doctor has me on a 150-mg shot of testosterone every two weeks. After more than a year of this regimen, I feel much more energetic and look great. I highly recommend T replacement for any male who would like to remain in vigorous health as opposed to enduring a long slow decline from his 50s on. PHIL MATHEWS San Francisco...
...Romantic love versus love of the Game? No contest. The raw energy in the roaring slapshot, the primal urge to throw somebody into the boards, the sheer ecstasy of scoring the beautiful goal—to seek these is all the libido we could ever need. Romance and relationships are noisy and complicated, inevitably fraught with unpleasant difficulties. But a simple, crisp, pinpoint pass from one end of the ice to the other—executed with just a single, silent look—is nothing less than two souls moving in perfect harmony...
Once you get past the proven links between testosterone, libido and muscle mass, the benefits of having higher levels of testosterone become harder to prove, though no less interesting to hear about. Just how much of a role does this play in producing behaviors such as aggression, competitiveness and belligerence? Men who take testosterone by injection routinely report that in the first days after the shot, when their T counts are especially high, they feel increased confidence, well-being and feistiness--what you might call swagger. They also describe feeling snappish and fidgety...
...that testosterone and aggression go hand in hand. Castrate species after species, and you get a pussycat. Boost the testosterone with injections and the castrated animal acts more like a tiger. In one study of men, when the testosterone levels were suppressed (in this case by researchers using medications) libido and dominant behaviors dropped. But when a mere 20% of the testosterone was added back, libido and domination climbed to the levels where they had started. Which suggests that men do not need much of the stuff to go on doing whatever it is they have already learned...