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Patterns of testosterone prescription overuse
- Source :
- Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity. 24(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- There has been an increase in the prescribing of testosterone therapy in the past decade. There is concern that at least part of this increase is driven by advertising rather than sound medical practice. The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent trends in testosterone prescribing, and to examine whether testosterone is being appropriately prescribed as per guidelines.Both global and U.S. data reflect an overall increase in the use of testosterone in the last decade, although there are early signs of a decline in testosterone sales since 2014. This increased prescribing has been accompanied with an overall increase in testing for testosterone levels, prescription of testosterone without the appropriate diagnostic evaluation recommended by clinical practice guidelines, and apparent use of this therapy for unproven medical conditions.Research to date suggests that there is room to improve our prescribing of testosterone. Greater understanding of the potential provider-level and system-level factors that contribute to the current prescribing practices may help accomplish such improvement.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Male
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
MEDLINE
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Endocrinology
Advertising
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Humans
Testosterone
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical prescription
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Prescription Drug Overuse
Nutrition and Dietetics
Practice patterns
business.industry
Communications Media
Hypogonadism
Medical practice
Testosterone (patch)
Communications media
Practice Guidelines as Topic
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17522978
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1e4a3ab4c7619613426290e68c8df79e