Prescribing testosterone and DHEA: The role of androgens in women

Taryn Smith; Pelin Batur

doi:10.3949/ccjm.88a.20030

Prescribing testosterone and DHEA: The role of androgens in women

Cleve Clin J Med. 2021 Jan 1;88(1):35-43. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.88a.20030.

Authors

Taryn Smith¹, Pelin Batur²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Women's Health, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
² Department of Subspecialty Women's Health, Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Deputy Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine baturp@ccf.org.

PMID: 33384313
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.88a.20030

Abstract

In women, the androgens testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) play important physiologic roles in reproductive tissues, mood, cognition, the breast, bone, muscle, vasculature, and other systems. This article reviews the effects of androgens in women, as well as the indications and best-practice recommendations for the use of androgen therapy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Androgens*
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Female
Humans
Testosterone*

Substances

Androgens
Testosterone
Dehydroepiandrosterone