Global Consensus Position Statement on the Use of Testosterone Therapy for Women

Susan R Davis; Rodney Baber; Nicholas Panay; Johannes Bitzer; Sonia Cerdas Perez; Rakibul M Islam; Andrew M Kaunitz; Sheryl A Kingsberg; Irene Lambrinoudaki; James Liu; Sharon J Parish; JoAnn Pinkerton; Janice Rymer; James A Simon; Linda Vignozzi; Margaret E Wierman

doi:10.1210/jc.2019-01603

Global Consensus Position Statement on the Use of Testosterone Therapy for Women

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Oct 1;104(10):4660-4666. doi: 10.1210/jc.2019-01603.

Authors

Susan R Davis^{1

2}, Rodney Baber^{3

2

4}, Nicholas Panay^{5

2}, Johannes Bitzer^{6

7}, Sonia Cerdas Perez^{8

9}, Rakibul M Islam^{1

2}, Andrew M Kaunitz^{10

11}, Sheryl A Kingsberg^{12

13}, Irene Lambrinoudaki^{14

15}, James Liu^{16

11}, Sharon J Parish^{17

18}, JoAnn Pinkerton^{19

13}, Janice Rymer^{20

21}, James A Simon^{22

23

18}, Linda Vignozzi^{24

25

7}, Margaret E Wierman^{26

27}

Affiliations

¹ Women's Health Research Program, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² The International Menopause Society.
³ University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
⁵ Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁷ The International Society for Sexual Medicine.
⁸ Endocrinology Department, Hospital Cima and University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
⁹ The Federacion Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Climaterio y Menopausia.
¹⁰ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida.
¹¹ The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
¹² Behavioral Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
¹³ The North American Menopause Society.
¹⁴ Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹⁵ The European Menopause and Andropause Society.
¹⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
¹⁷ Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
¹⁸ The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.
¹⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
²⁰ King's College London, Guy's and St. Thomas' Foundation Hospital Trust, London, United Kingdom.
²¹ The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
²² George Washington University, Washington, DC.
²³ IntimMedicine Specialists, Washington, DC.
²⁴ Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio," University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²⁵ Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
²⁶ Department of Medicine, Integrative Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado.
²⁷ The Endocrine Society.

Abstract

This Position Statement has been endorsed by the International Menopause Society, The Endocrine Society, The European Menopause and Andropause Society, The International Society for Sexual Medicine, The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, The North American Menopause Society, The Federacion Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Climaterio y Menopausia, The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The International Society of Endocrinology, The Endocrine Society of Australia, and The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Practice Guideline
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Androgens / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Off-Label Use
Postmenopause
Premenopause
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / diagnosis
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / drug therapy*
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / metabolism
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / diagnosis
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / drug therapy*
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / metabolism
Testosterone / metabolism
Testosterone / therapeutic use*

Substances

Androgens
Testosterone