Sentences with phrase «taking synthetic testosterone»

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To balance out the effects of men's low testosterone levels while taking the drug, the patients were given a synthetic androgen, or male steroid hormone, to help them maintain their «male» characteristics.

That's why many bodybuilders choose to take synthetic hormones that help them boost their testosterone production.

This links back to testosterone, its natural production in the body, and what happens with the body's natural production when someone begins taking synthetic steroids.

Synthetic hormones are also going to the brain and shutting down gonadotrophins, specifically the LH and FSH that regulate the menstrual cycle, so women taking birth control pills aren't making their own estrogen, progesterone or testosterone, and they aren't ovulating.