The FDA is investigating heart attack, stroke and death risk in men taking FDA-approved testosterone products.6 This comes after recent publication of two different studies that both suggested an increased cardiovascular risk among groups of men prescribed testosterone therapies. The FDA continues to evaluate the information from these studies, and other available data while it is providing this alert to healthcare practitioners. Any conclusions and recommendations will be communicated following completion of the evaluation. Healthcare professionals are encouraged to report adverse effects or side effects related to testosterone—or other products—to the FDA at http://www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm.
Michele B Kaufman, PharmD, BSc, RPh, is a freelance medical writer, a pharmacist at New York Presbyterian, Lower Manhattan Hospital, and adjunct faculty at Touro College of Pharmacy in New York City.
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