Selling or giving away this medication is dangerous and against the law. Do not share this medication with anyone. Keep your medication in a safe place to protect it from theft. You may report side effects to FDA at FDA-1088. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. This list may not describe all possible side effects. This medication is banned from use in athletes by most athletic organizations. Also testosterone is known to stimulate growth of prostate cancer in men diagnosed with the condition. The ongoing pharmaceutical marketing blitz promises that low-T treatment can make men feel more alert, energetic, mentally sharp, and sexually functional. "In this case, any kind of intervention that can have a beneficial effect on health, you could potentially have a huge improvement in quality of life for the individual." "These are devastating injuries that most women don’t ever recover from," Earp says. This study marks a promising finding for improving outcomes for older women who suffer a hip fracture. "If you have injury and just generally as we age, we expect an increase in visceral fat," Earp says. There are no known interactions between topical testosterone and foods or drinks. People who can breastfeed are not usually prescribed topical testosterone. If you are pregnant or may become pregnant, you should avoid contact with the area where topical testosterone has been applied. People who can become pregnant are not usually prescribed topical testosterone. This will help them know if topical testosterone is right for you. Topical testosterone may increase your risk of sleep apnea, which is a condition where breathing stops and starts again while sleeping. Topical testosterone can cause changes in your lipid (fat) levels in your blood, including cholesterol. Tell your health care provider if you have this symptom or it is a concern for you. Talk with your health care provider if this is a concern for you. You must either stop breastfeeding or stop topical testosterone. Do not use topical testosterone if you are breastfeeding. Do not use topical testosterone if you are pregnant or may become pregnant. Your pharmacist can tell you all of the ingredients in the specific topical testosterone products they stock. People who are allergic to any of the following should not use topical testosterone. This may increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke over time. Liver damage, also called hepatotoxicity, can happen when using topical testosterone. On the other hand, 5α-reductase inhibitors may prevent or reduce adverse androgenic side effects of testosterone like scalp hair loss, oily skin, acne, and seborrhea. For instance, growth of body and facial hair and penile growth induced by testosterone may be inhibited by 5α-reductase inhibitors, and this could be considered undesirable in the context of, for instance, puberty induction. However, these drugs do this via prevention of the conversion of testosterone into its more potent metabolite dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and this results in dramatically reduced circulating levels of DHT (which circulates at much lower relative concentrations). Differences in sex hormones, including testosterone, have been suggested as an explanation for these differences. Alternatively, testosterone products for women are available from compounding pharmacies in the United States, although such products are unregulated and manufacturing quality is not ensured. There are approved testosterone products for women in Australia, where it is considered a drug of dependence, medicines that are subject to misuse and trafficking, and some European countries. There are no testosterone products approved for use in women in the United States and many other countries. The reasons cited were limited efficacy (about one additional sexually satisfying event per month), concerns about safety and potential adverse effects with long-term therapy, and concerns about inappropriate off-label use.