February 2014 – AndroGel Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court
WARNING: Research shows AndroGel (AbbVie, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, Inc.) is overprescribed and can lead to “serious medical problems, including life threatening cardiac events, strokes, and...
View ArticleAndroGel manufacturer stirs up undue concern over “low-T”
As lawsuits concerning the testosterone therapy drug AndroGel have recently been filed, a great deal of information has come to light concerning the marketing of that product. Here is an excerpt from...
View ArticleAndroGel and False Claims of Low Testosterone: Dying to be a Man…Literally
The alpha-male. It’s a term traditionally used to describe an individual male mammal that is considered to hold the highest social standing in his community. Typically, an animal rises to alpha-male...
View Article2014 – Risk for heart attack 36% higher among testosterone therapy patients
In 2014, a paper was published in the medical journal PLoS One by WD Finkle et al. titled “Increased risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction following testosterone therapy prescription in men.” studied...
View Article2013 – Elevated risk for heart attack, stroke in testosterone therapy
In 2013, a team of medical researchers led by R. Vigen from The University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas published a report titled “Association of testosterone therapy with...
View Article2013 – Independent studies show two-fold increased risk for adverse cardiac...
In the April, 2013 edition of BMC Medicine, L. Xu et al. published the results of a study titled “Testosterone therapy and cardiovascular events among men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of...
View Article2010 – Four times as many adverse cardiac events in AndroGel users vs. placebo
In 2010, a study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine titled “Adverse events associated with testosterone administration.” by S. Basaria and a team of researchers, aiming to further...
View ArticleHow Testosterone Affects the Heart and Poses Risk
In recent years, several important studies have shown that testosterone therapy is associated with an increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and even death, especially in older men. Mainly, these...
View Article2014 – Study shows 54% increased risk for cardiovascular side effects with...
According to a recent article published in Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Obesity by CM Schooling titled “Testosterone and cardiovascular disease.”, there is a clear link between use...
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