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AlaskaAngel · 10-03-2007, 11:44 AM

Hi Janet/Fl,

Trials sometimes take a while to report. I participated in the trial in 2004 and the results came out in late 2006.

Here's my earlier thread on the results:

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/sho...t=testosterone

I'm not currently using testosterone, and have very low libido. I don't know if the 1-month duration or the dose was so minimal that the risk was minimized by that, but at any rate, I'm still NED (T1c at dx) and coming up on 5 years out from completion of CAF x6, rads, and 1 3/4 yrs of tamoxifen this November. I was hoping the trial would be more definitive than it turned out to be in terms of helping or not with libido. I don't advocate use of testosterone in particular, but still am not sure what else to do about it.

At least 2 different SERMS (similar to tamoxifen) have been investigated for improvement of libido in the general female population as a possibility, and I think at least one of them made it to the III level but I'm not sure where it is at present.

AlaskaAngel

10-03-2007, 11:44 AM	#11
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Hi Janet/Fl, Trials sometimes take a while to report. I participated in the trial in 2004 and the results came out in late 2006. Here's my earlier thread on the results: http://her2support.org/vbulletin/sho...t=testosterone I'm not currently using testosterone, and have very low libido. I don't know if the 1-month duration or the dose was so minimal that the risk was minimized by that, but at any rate, I'm still NED (T1c at dx) and coming up on 5 years out from completion of CAF x6, rads, and 1 3/4 yrs of tamoxifen this November. I was hoping the trial would be more definitive than it turned out to be in terms of helping or not with libido. I don't advocate use of testosterone in particular, but still am not sure what else to do about it. At least 2 different SERMS (similar to tamoxifen) have been investigated for improvement of libido in the general female population as a possibility, and I think at least one of them made it to the III level but I'm not sure where it is at present. AlaskaAngel