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If i take a testosterone supplement will i gain more muscle mass?

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Dr. Gregory Hines answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Possibly: Anabolic steroids will help you to gain muscle mass, but you run the risk of permanently reducing your natural ability to continue to produce testosterone. It is not advised. If your goal is to gain muscle mass, anaerobic exercise is best, with weight lifting to stress your muscles to make them grow.

Answered 11/30/2014

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Dr. Carla Enriquez answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Temporarily: Ped's are dangerous and give a temporary muscle boost. As soon as you discontinue the androgens your muscles will shrink. Additionally, there so many adverse reactions to testo use that it just makes no sense.

Answered 11/30/2014

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Dr. Daniel Lebowitz answered

Specializes in Anti-Aging Medicine

Supplementing: testosterone will help you to add muscle mass. However, it may temporarily or permanently decrease your body's ability to produce it's own testosterone. Similarly, it can depress or stop sperm production. So, it is not recommended for young, healthy people. Rather, it should be reserved for those who have symptomatic low testosterone levels.

Answered 5/5/2016

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Maybe,: But your testicles will shrink and you will lower your sperm count, possibly becoming infertile!

Answered 11/27/2017

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