Libido and testosterone

janet/FL · 10-03-2007, 10:53 AM

Hi Angel
I just ran across this tread and wonder if you have any update on the used of testastrone?
I sure could use a hit of it!

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

MCS · 10-03-2007, 01:20 PM

Very timely. I posted a question regarding this a week ago including vaginal estrogen creams, etc

The ob/gyn said I could try the replens, rephresh, ky tablets etc and if did not work he gave me a prescription for vagifem, which the onc approved of.

however, the question still in my mind about libido. I have said it before, George Clooney could not light my fire

I was menopausal before bc and chemo, so the libido went away even further. I think the stress of bc does a number in your head too.

the ob/gyn was hesistant to give me anything with testoterone at this time. maybe because he wants to see how my hormones react to the vagifem.

I have looked into heatlh stores and considered some form of progesterone but like Lolly I'm big chicken too. I do know of not to use DHEA- a friend of friend tried it and had all sort of moods ups and downs .

I have heard of l-arginine is useful for this libido. anyone tried this?

mcs maria

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