Medically prescribed testosterone given to restore normal levels in men diagnosed with hypogonadism. Aims for physiological, not supraphysiological, levels and is monitored with regular blood tests.
TRT and performance use involve the same hormone at very different exposures. TRT restores a deficient level under monitoring; performance use raises a normal level far above physiological range. Most of the harm documented in anabolic steroid research comes from the second pattern. TRT is one recognised treatment for persistent anabolic steroid-induced hypogonadism.
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