"Some clinicians are also prescribing it for menopause-related symptoms such as fatigue and loss of muscle strength, despite a lack of medical guidance for that use.
The Menopause Society and half a dozen other medical organizations only back testosterone use for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in menopausal women.
"We do not have any evidence in women that it will improve muscle mass or bone density or mood or well-being or really any other metric," said Dr. Stephanie Faubion, director of Mayo Clinic's Center for Women's Health and medical director of The Menopause Society."
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