FFS - apparently the only reason we need testosterone is for our libido

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This article has left me supremely pissed off

Women produce more testosterone than all the female hormones together.

If it drops (most likely because of menopause, but also for many other reasons), it can have serious impacts on bones, heart health, mood, and without it women can suffer huge fatigue problems.

Yet, the ONLY point of it is apparently to raise our libido.

No idea if this is a fault of the reporting, or the press release, but honestly, feels like mansplaining.

Irritating, I suspect lazy reporting driven by the equally irritating fact testosterone can only be prescribed for libido in the uk, not for other problems.

but a patch would be brilliant.

It's the press release, as all reporting across media follows the same lines.

Also lazy reporting as none of the reporters bothered to research further. Whoever organisation the press release came from chose this angle and focus.

They're trying to get their patch approved to make bazillion under current prescribing/funding guidelines. Once they're banking serious coinage for that, then they'll do studies to lobby for all the other reasons to be funded.