# Low T treatment for men - is it a fad? How prevalent is it?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-t-treatment-for-men-is-it-a-fad-how-prevalent-is-it/609440
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 13, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-t-treatment-for-men-is-it-a-fad-how-prevalent-is-it/609440 "2012-01-13T22:16:05Z")
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### Author:  [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-t-treatment-for-men-is-it-a-fad-how-prevalent-is-it/609440/21 "2012-01-18T19:10:29Z")
> [@obbn](#):
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> No one covered the lower risk factor of the Gel with me. Would you care to expand on the pro’s vs cons of the injections vs the gel?
It was so long ago, I don’t really remember clearly.
\< some Google time passes… \>
I remember now. It wasn’t Androgel vs injectable testosterone. It was Androgel versus Testosterone pills. (Sorry.) Testosterone pills had a higher risk of liver damage than Androgel. My bad.
J.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-t-treatment-for-men-is-it-a-fad-how-prevalent-is-it/609440/22 "2012-01-18T19:21:08Z")
Strangely, my libido has never diminished . . . unless “libido” is a euphemism for “erections.”
Cruel irony.
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### Author:  [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-t-treatment-for-men-is-it-a-fad-how-prevalent-is-it/609440/23 "2012-01-18T20:16:24Z")
> [@panache45](#):
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> Strangely, my libido has never diminished . . . unless “libido” is a euphemism for “erections.”
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> Cruel irony.
Cruel was what it was for me. I would get erections no problem, just no desire to do anything with it. :smack:
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