HOrmone Replacement Therepy

[Jo692]

I have wondered for a while whether men also lose hormones as they age and whether patches would be beneficial.

I am a complete layman, so may be talking rubbish .

I read on one post that Parkinsons can give people hot flushes, so this got me thinking.

Have there been any studies please?

[Jalia]

I don't know whether this is relevant but my husband , the PWP, had to undergo an 18 month course of hormone ( oestrogen) injections to treat his prostate cancer at the beginning of the year. It made his Parkinsons symptoms so much worse that he declined treatment after 6 months.

[Jo692 in reply to Jalia]

Thank you for that info. Best wishes. Jo

[Muay in reply to Jalia]

In treatment of prostate cancer, they give you estrogen to suppress testosterone because the prevailing medical thought is testosterone stimulates growth of prostate cancer cells. However, reducing testosterone creates a host of problems, such as reducing bone mineral density and depression. See youtube.com/watch?v=EMVsNKR...(Not working as expected?)

[Jalia in reply to Muay]

Thank you. This is very interesting.

[Jo692]

Further to my comment. As mentioned I know nothing about this.

Yes testosterone is not helpful but what about other hormones like progesterone etc please?

[hmm777]

The supposed link between exogenous testosterone and prostate cancer was disproven decades ago. Here's a thread I posted a few years ago about testosterone and PD.

healthunlocked.com/cure-par...