Metformin-testosterone levels

[belugalad]

Does anyone know if Metformin is likely to effect testosterone levels?

 

[mikeyB]

Well, it certainly does in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. It may have an effect in men, but it may not be noticeable. There’s a possibility that the effect is more pronounced in the obese, but the obese tend to have lowered testosterone levels anyway. It’s not likely, for sure.

In rats, Metformin helps with erectile dysfunction, but this has not been analysed or assessed in humans. Don’t ask me where they found the rats with that problem. Maybe they were chewing their bedding and weeping.

Any reason why you ask? It’s not been asked by the thousands of folk taking it, nor is it mentioned in side effects.

 

[Bronco Billy]

Here’s a little bedtime reading for you. These are the best sources I could find to answer your question. I hope you find the information you are looking for.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24261663

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/96/8/2341/2834088

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5296448/

 

[belugalad]

Well, it certainly does in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. It may have an effect in men, but it may not be noticeable. There’s a possibility that the effect is more pronounced in the obese, but the obese tend to have lowered testosterone levels anyway. It’s not likely, for sure.

In rats, Metformin helps with erectile dysfunction, but this has not been analysed or assessed in humans. Don’t ask me where they found the rats with that problem. Maybe they were chewing their bedding and weeping.

Any reason why you ask? It’s not been asked by the thousands of folk taking it, nor is it mentioned in side effects.

Hi I have just started taking them a week ago and was just looking to see what's being said about it online,I think I had misinterpreted something that I had read,It seems to help with muscle being retained though which is good