FAQ

What should I bring?

Medical History/List of Medications: We custom-blend your medication so whenever possible we want to know what conditions or medications might be contributing to your condition.
Driver’s License
Form of Payment: We accept Visa, MasterCard, Personal Check, or Cash. We do not handle insurance processing.
Your Partner: We welcome our patients’ partners as they often provide our medical provider with additional information or insights that can help us treat the condition effectively. However, you are not required to bring your partner.

Yes. We prioritize your privacy with utmost care, ensuring most of our tests and lab results are managed internally and utilizing advanced encryption technology to safeguard your medical records. Protecting your privacy is our foremost concern. If you have any questions about your privacy, please feel free to contact us.

Can men be too old for Testosterone Replacement Therapy?

There is no age limit for testosterone therapy. Testosterone therapy produces benefits for men of all ages.

Would being on testosterone replacement make my body stop producing natural testosterone?

The hypothalamus and pituitary monitor testosterone levels and control its production in the body. When testosterone levels are well-regulated, natural production decreases as the optimal levels are maintained. If testosterone levels drop due to stopping therapy or interruptions, the hypothalamus and pituitary detect this decrease and restart the chemical signaling that triggers the natural production of testosterone.

However, for a man who has Low T, the body either transmits inadequate signals to produce sufficient testosterone naturally, or the body cannot respond appropriately to the signals to produce sufficient testosterone. Therefore, patients who have Low T and discontinue therapy will most likely return to their natural baseline production, but their baseline level is, in effect, inadequate.

How long will it take for testosterone shots to start working?

Every patient has a unique set of factors affecting how rapidly the injections work for them, including other medical conditions, medications, body fat percentage, severity of testosterone deficiency, etc. Although most patients feel some degree of improvement within four to six weeks, some people feel improvement after the first injection. The increase will be subtle at first, but will start to culminate after several weeks on treatment. If symptoms don’t improve after a few weeks of therapy, we will draw labs, discuss dosing and if alternative treatment options are needed.

My PCP doesn't think I need testosterone therapy. He or she says my levels are "normal" or "low normal". Why is that?

There are many different blood tests that all have different “reference ranges”. However, it is important to understand how those reference ranges are determined. For purposes of serum testosterone reference ranges, the “norms” are not age-adjusted, in other words, men ages 18-80 are thrown in to the same patient population, thus a wide spectrum from 250-1100 is now considered “normal”. However, it is our belief that a 20 year old should not have the same testosterone level as an average 70 year old and be considered in the range of “normal” or “low normal”. Multiple studies have demonstrated that testosterone levels should not be expected to drop significantly just due to aging. Thus, for those men with Low T symptoms who have what some consider “borderline levels” treatment with testosterone is often clinically supported and recommended.