Risks of androgen therapy

Elderly men with clinical and laboratory evidence of androgen deficiency are eligible for testosterone treatment.

With proper monitoring this is acceptably safe.

In the first year of testosterone treatment there should be a digital rectal examination of the prostate and measurement of prostate specific antigen every three months, thereafter yearly.

The rate of increase of prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels is more significant than its absolute values.

Levels of haemoglobin and the haematocrit should be monitored.     

精索静脉曲张患者精索静脉和外周血睾酮水平的对照研究

目的：探讨精索静脉血张患者血浆睾酮水平的变化及其机制。方法：对25例精索静脉曲张患者与22例腹股沟斜疝患者精索静脉和外周血睾酮水平进行对照研究。结果：精索静脉曲张组外周血睾酮浓度与腹股沟斜疝组无差别（P＞0．05），而精索静脉血睾酮浓度两组则有明显差异，精索静脉曲张组精索静脉血中睾酮浓度较腹股沟斜疝组低（P＜0．05）。结论：多种因素可影响外周血睾酮浓度，使其难以准确地反映睾丸分泌睾酮的实际水平，而精索静脉血中的睾酮浓度则能较为直接地反映睾丸的睾酮分泌能力。     

不同针刺深度对前列腺增生症大鼠重量指数的影响及形态学观察

目的与方法 采用深刺和浅刺对丙酸睾酮所致前列增生症（BPH）大鼠模型进行干预，研究其作用殊同。结果 针刺组前列腺，膀胱指数明显小于模型组；形态学观察，针刺组较模型组增生明显减轻，腺上皮呈单层柱状，腺体数目明显减少，间质充血，钙化明显减轻，结缔组织无增生，腺腔内分泌物减少。深刺组好于浅刺组。结论 深刺对实验性BPH大鼠的干预作用好于浅刺方法。     

增产菊胺酯对雄性小鼠生殖激素的影响

为了探讨增产菊胺酯引起小鼠精了生成障碍的可能机理，本文研究了增产菊胺酯对雄性小鼠卵泡刺激素（ＦＳＨ）、黄体生成素（ＬＨ）及睾酮（Ｔ）的影响。小鼠经口染毒，隔天一次，连续１０次，第３５天处死。检验因清ＦＳＨ、ＬＨ没有明显变化，而睾丸组织睾酮含量出现剂理依赖性降低，高剂量组与对照组比较有显著性差异（Ｐ〈０．０５），结果表明，增产菊胺酯不影响ＦＳＨ、ＬＨ，而影响Ｔ的合成和分泌。这可能是增产菊胺酯对小鼠精     

结合计算法和单一酶免法测定血清游离睾酮结果比较

目的　探寻测定血清游离睾酮 (FT)浓度的准确方法。　方法　 12 9例 45岁以上健康男性 ,按年龄分为 4组 ,收集血清标本 -40℃冻存。酶标免疫方法同批测定FT ,同时测定总睾酮 (T)和性激素结合球蛋白 (SHBG)并代入Vermeulen公式计算 :FT =T -2 3 .43FTSHBG -(T -2 3 .43FT) × 10 - 9mol/L。对两种方法测定结果进行统计学比较。　结果　 12 9例标本中酶免法FT为 (46.69± 2 1.79)pmol/L ,计算法为 (3 96.3 0± 3 17.0 4)pmol/L ,t =13 .0 1,P <0 .0 1,差异有非常显著性意义。两种方法测定FT浓度各年龄组间差异均有非常显著性意义 (P <0 .0 1) ;与年龄相关分析差异均有非常显著性意义 (P <0 .0 1) ,相关程度计算法大于酶免法。FT/T平均百分数酶免法为 0 .2 3 % ,计算法为 1.42 %。　结论　结合计算法检测FT浓度较酶免法更科学、正确 ,更适用于老年男子部分性雄激素缺乏综合征 (PADAM )的诊断     

庚酸睾酮男性抗生育作用的临床研究

62名健康男性,自愿接受每周1次200mg庚酸睾酮(TE)肌肉注射的避孕方法研究。4人非医学原因中断试验,其余受试者先后实现无精子,自第1次注射TE到全部达到无精子的平均时间为108(58～232)天,在此后的连续12个月共592个妇女月避孕效果观察中,有1例怀孕,临床避孕率为98％(Pearl指数为2.02/100妇女年)。停药后,平均188(135～254)天全部受试者的精子密度恢复到用药前水平或高于20×10~6/ml。在用药期间,除预料的血清睾酮升高、促性腺激素(FSH、LH)受抑制、睾丸体积缩小、体重和血红蛋白轻度增加以及2例出现轻度痤疮外,其余检查,包括血脂代谢、肝肾功能、前列腺大小、血压和性功能等均无显著性改变。结果表明,由TE抑制生精作用的男性激素避孕方法具有效果好,可逆和毒副作用小的优点。     

输精管结扎干扰前列腺增生过程的机制探讨——精浆睾酮双氢睾酮的放射免疫测定

本文应用放射免疫测定的方法检测了13例输精管结扎后(平均15.3年,平均年龄50岁)的男性精浆双氢睾酮和睾酮的浓度,另取同年龄组男性13例作为对照。结果表明,精浆睾酮在结扎组(374.54p/ml)和正常对照组(315.64Pg/ml)中没有明显差异,而结扎组精浆中双氢睾酮(46.21pg/ml)却明显低子对照组(184.27pg/ml(p<0.01)。作者认为,输精管结扎对精浆DHT有长期影响,这可能是其对前列腺增生过程产生抑制作用的原因之一。     

Effects of androgens and estrogens on the vasopressin and oxytocin innervation of the adult rat brain

Recently we reported that castration of rats eliminates vasopressin immunoreactivity in the lateral septum and other areas that appear to receive vasopressin innervation from the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Testosterone treatment counteracts this effect of castration. In the present study, we investigated whether this action of testosterone depends on its androgenic or estrogenic metabolites by treating long-term castrated rats with estradiol (E) and/or 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) or testosterone. The brains were then processed for immunocytochemistry or radioimmunoassay. DHT did not increase vasopressin staining in the lateral septum, although it fully restored the size of the seminal vesicles. E did restore the original fiber density, but individual fibers stained more weakly than in sham-operated males. Only treatment with both E and DHT fully restored the vasopressin innervation. This pattern was also reflected in the radioimmunoassay data. The vasopressin content of the lateral septum decreased about 90% after castration but was fully restored by either testosterone or E + DHT treatment. E alone, however, was only half as effective as E + DHT. The treatments had no effect on the oxytocin content of the septum, or on the vasopressin or oxytocin content of the dorsal vagal complex. The results suggest that E mediates most of the effects of testosterone on the vasopressin innervation of the lateral septum. DHT enhances the response to E but has little effect on its own.     

东乡族及回族吸毒人群性激素水平的变化

本文测定了东乡族、回族吸毒者血清睾酮及促黄体生成素含量，发现血清睾酮含量吸毒组（ｎ＝４０，Ｘ＝３４０．１４±１０１．４９ｎｇ／ｄＬ）显著低于非吸毒组（ｎ＝４２，Ｘ＝４４４．５０±９８．８３ｎｇ／ｄＬ），Ｐ＜０．０１。未观察到ＬＨ含量的改变。戒毒期２０日以内组血清睾酮含量（ｎ＝１６，Ｘ＝２９７．９３±７８．２２ｎｇ／ｄＬ），低于戒毒期２０～６０日组（ｎ＝１７，Ｘ＝３８６．２９±８９．４５ｎｇ／ｄＬ），Ｐ＜０．０１。询问１０３名吸毒者，２月后性欲下降２５人（２４．２７％），增强２人（１．９４％），无变化１３人（１２．６２％），不愿回答者６３人（６１．１７％）。吸毒影响性功能，损害性健康。