Testosterone replacement therapy may or not be for you. Your doctor and you will have to decide. Even today many physicians claim testosterone is not good for a healthy prostate and even may cause cancer to grow. But as men age, their level of testosterone goes down and there is a rise in prostate-related conditions, prostate cancer, and BPH. This incorrect thinking about testosterone began over 80 years ago. In ancient times one doctor thought castration was the way to cure prostate cancer. Eunuchs had smaller sexual organs and smaller sized prostates. It seemed there was a logical connection and a good idea at the time.

Today some say doctors are using both drugs and scalpels in castration. In 1936 a study was made just after testosterone could be synthesized in 1935. Doctors only recently knew of it and it was not readily available.

Back in that time doctors realized estrogen was harmful for prostate well being, and that testosterone was helpful for the health of the prostate. Also what was known was that the testosterone to estrogen ratio was crucial. Testosterone had to control and limit estrogen, the female hormone. More than 80 studies were referred to on the subject. In 1938 a study revealed that testosterone levels go down as men age and prostate problems grow greatly.

As testosterone had been only recently discovered, the test patients were administered animal testes. The results were good. The medical profession back then referred to other studies using synthesized testosterone propionate along with animal testes. Doctors knew even then that the testosterone was a good way to cure BPH, a common problem. Today modern science cannot prove testosterone hastens disease of the prostate.

It only is logical that testosterone has always been our friend. There are numerous studies proving testosterone necessary for a healthy prostate and for proper metabolism. There exists more possibility of prostate illness when blood serum testosterone levels are lower.

There are research doctors who think diminishing testosterone levels is the path to carcinogenesis. They believe supplementing low levels would reduce the rate of cancer. Cancer patients, they found, with lower levels of testosterone had a worse prognosis according to earlier studies these doctors said.

An African study predicted a poor result in patients with prostate cancer who had low serum testosterone. The lower the level, the worse the patient's outcome. The patients who died sooner had the more aggressive tumors and the lower level of testosterone. Those patients with a higher level of testosterone lived longer and had less aggressive tumors.

Hormone based is the consensus as to the problem with prostate health. Male prostates are affected more by hormones than any other reason, but even specialists rarely test for hormone levels. Their patients need to demand a hormone test, however, this requires going to a medical doctor who is licensed. Blood has to be drawn and analyzed and the cost can be very expensive.