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Combining Behavioral Endocrinology and Experimental Economics: Testosterone and Social Decision Making
Published on: March 2, 2011
[When is testosterone substitution a medically necessary treatment?]
1HALLESCHE Krankenversicherung, Stuttgart.
Abstract:
The expert questioning of when a treatment with testosterone is medically necessary has increased by several 100% in the daily work of the insurance medical expert in the past years. The reason for this is that testosterone is prescribed a lot more often nowadays than it was 10 years ago. One can suspect that testosterone has become part of a popular lifestyle medication. However, the clinical meaning of the age-dependent decrease of testosterone in men is controversial. Unfortunately, there are only few study data about hypogonadism in ageing men. Testosterone treatment has a very narrow application field and is only medically necessary if the low testosterone level has been clinically proven as well as in a medical lab examination. This is decisive because testosterone treatment has numerous limitations of application and has a wide range of side effects. This article shows the controversy surrounding the discussion on testosterone treatment and the pitfalls of issuing the insurance medical expert's report.
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