For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
Testosterone supplementation: Limited benefits but also harms
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Testosterone supplementation: Limited benefits but also harms
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Testosterone may increase lean body mass by approximately 1.6kg in older men compared with placebo, but it does not have a consistent or significant i
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References
Tools for Practice #376. Testosterone supplementation for cis-gender men: Let’s (andro-)pause for a moment (Update).