Although testosterone may make prostate cancer grow, it is not clear that testosterone treatment actually causes cancer. Symptoms include irregular periods, reduced fertility, excess or coarse hair on the face, extremities, trunk and pubic area, male-pattern baldness, darkened, thick skin, weight gain, depression and anxiety.
One treatment available for many of these problems is spironolactone, a diuretic that blocks the action of male sex hormones. Part of this may be due to the difficulty defining "normal" testosterone levels and "normal" behavior. Blood levels of testosterone vary dramatically over time and even during the course of a day.
