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A 19-year-old member asked:
If i take a testosterone supplement will i gain more muscle mass?
4 doctor answers • 11 doctors weighed in
Dr. Gregory Hinesanswered
Family Medicine 26 years experience
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.
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Dr. Carla Enriquezanswered
Pediatrics 52 years experience
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.
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Dr. Daniel Lebowitzanswered
Anti-Aging Medicine 26 years experience
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.
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Dr. Thomas Nameyanswered
Rheumatology 50 years experience
Maybe,: But your testicles will shrink and you will lower your sperm count, possibly becoming infertile!
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