Why Testosterone Replacement Therapy Is So Dangerous – Dr Peter Attia
Chris and Dr Peter Attia discuss the dangers of Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) in young men. What is Dr Peter Attia …
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March 5, 2026
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Chris and Dr Peter Attia discuss the dangers of Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) in young men. What is Dr Peter Attia …
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I am 64 yrs old, had a bilateral orchidectomy in 2017. Currently on Sustanon 250 mg, 1ml injection every 14 days. Still suffer a dip in the second week…will it be safe if i inject every 10 days??
Please advize
Tks.A
Started it at 53 best things
I ever did. Look abusing any steroid or growth will come with side effects. If you use trt to stay around 1100 or under it is virtually harmless. Stack with a peptide and physically im back to where i was at 30..
I’m 40 haven’t drank since 24, eat a lot of eggs and whole food, have done strongman and powerlifting for 20 + years. Have a natty 455 bench and 700lb deadlift and my test lvls are steady around the 900s at 40. But they haven’t stopped me from thinking it about in the 50s. A lot of low T I see in my friends is mostly due to poor life choices fix those first for a year and if that doesn’t work then see a doctor and get tested.
After watching Dr Attia discussions of TRT with Derek MPMD, I conclude that Attia is unqualified to give a medical opinion on TRT. The ignorance he displays is concerning and it makes me question his opinion on other medical matters.
I know 5 of my friends that did TRT in their 40’s. ALL 5 of them ended up with cancer or tumors within 5 years. 2 of them thyroid, 2 of them prostate cancer, and then one testicular cancer. It’s obviously anecdotal and it COULD be coincidence, but it’s made me 💯 skeptical
Moved to trt not for all the cool stuff but to help be a part of a protocol to get my inflamation and autoimmune disorders under control with less big name pharmaceutical solutions that have insane side effects and proces to match.
The trt made such a change in my life at 45 i felt so much like the old me i ignored how much i had forgot who i was after several debilitating injuries. Fast forward nearly 10 years and i wasn't in a good place physically, esthetically, or mentally.
The benifits of my trt, diet, vitamins, exercise, and peptides has reversed the clock and made what was the defining factor in my life, my limits and conditions, melt away into occasional concerns to be managed.
Its not a silver bullet but if you have had a time where you put the work in and were able to balance life before, this may be great for you. If you are gonna sit on your ass and wonder where the results are, sorry go take the starvation med and enjoy the loose skin. Trt is a great foundation to a everyguy protocol if your middle aged and off the wagon and struggle to get the momentum.
I appreciate this video, but there's one thing I disagree with Peter is that men who took steroids for quite some time, and then decided to stop. Could not father kids. I know several men who took large dosages of steroids and had kids. I am one. I took steroids back in my 20s and 30s ( I'm 58 now ). I got off. I went on a good PCT, protocol and I did get my wife pregnant ( now ex ).
You are disqualified from donating blood if you are on TRT. Many guys on TRT have elevated HGB and HCT but cannot donate blood, even to just discard it. Has this changed?
It is absolutely disheartening that we the people, allow the medical mafia to control this drug. Zero reason anyone who is in a drug for life, like TRT, but also birth control, insulin and many more should have to go, hat in hand like a child who can’t be trusted, to pay for a prescription periodically. All these drugs, and most others, should be accessible over the counter as they are in most countries.
Unfortunately, I had to start TRT at the age of 35 because my levels were very low due to previous steroid use. Are any side effects to be expected?
Haha good 1 😂 I have a friend of a friend 😅
Peter has not been treating hormonal replacement for long there are physician who have been treating men and women for 20 years ,, check out the Book Estrogen Matters
Instarted trt at 29 due to an accident and losing a testicle ask me anything!
Good video but kind of click bait title
I take 1ml of test cyp a week, 200mg/ml is that too much?
I started at 47. Don't understand why a young man would do it.
Seriously, there are so many clinics giving out shots, next!!
TRT is somewhat like smoking. Test is safe but at lifetime use there may be problems. Smokers always ignored the dangers because they ignored it.
Why isn't this covered under insurance
I was feeling the effects from low t for yrs, I was in bad shape, started trt at the age of 38 and it changed my life, sounds silly but for the first time in 5 yrs I felt the call of the wild
In Australia don’t other trying to get a doc for trt , your wasting your time , get ugl learn to read your own blood tests
I’ve been on TRT since I was 6yrs old , I’m 96 now and still benching 405 👍
Another case of white and black same time. Suspicious sense to high alert!!! We have data or not, studies say buy I cant say but maybe not anyway we can do it no wihtout risk but with no evidence i cant say no
Maui Nui Venison doesn't ship to Canada.. Sad face
Been on TRT for over 30 years. If I knew back then what I know about the body now, I may have never needed it. But at 61, I am light 1:54 years better than 95% of my peers. No regrets.
Started TRT in my early thirties due to hypogonadism from hemachromatosis. My wife and I had trouble conceiving so I went off TRT and started Clomid under physician guidance. We've had three successful pregnancies with that approach. She's pregnant with our 5th and I'm back on the permanent TRT track.
Steroids vs TRT ? Steroids much higher dose..
64, been on TRT since I was 47, feel like a million bucks and still train like a 25 year old