Testosterone therapy in men with androgen deficiency syndromes: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline

S Bhasin, GR Cunningham, FJ Hayes… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Our objective was to update the guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of
androgen deficiency syndromes in adult men published previously in 2006. Participants …

[PDF][PDF] Opioid complications and side effects

R Benyamin, AM Trescot, S Datta… - Pain …, 2008 - researchgate.net
Common side effects of opioid administration include sedation, dizziness, nausea, vomiting,
constipation, physical dependence, tolerance, and respiratory depression. Physical …

Responsible, safe, and effective prescription of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines

L Manchikanti, AM Kaye, NN Knezevic… - Pain …, 2017 - scholarlycommons.pacific.edu
Background: Opioid use, abuse, and adverse consequences, including death, have
escalated at an alarming rate since the 1990s. In an attempt to control opioid abuse …

Male hypogonadism

S Basaria - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Male hypogonadism is a clinical syndrome that results from failure to produce physiological
concentrations of testosterone, normal amounts of sperm, or both. Hypogonadism may arise …

The effects of opioids and opioid analogs on animal and human endocrine systems

C Vuong, SHM Van Uum, LE O'Dell, K Lutfy… - Endocrine …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Opioid abuse has increased in the last decade, primarily as a result of increased access to
prescription opioids. Physicians are also increasingly administering opioid analgesics for …

[HTML][HTML] Pain and stress in a systems perspective: reciprocal neural, endocrine, and immune interactions

CR Chapman, RP Tuckett, CW Song - The Journal of Pain, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper advances a psychophysiological systems view of pain in which physical injury, or
wounding, generates a complex stress response that extends beyond the nervous system …

Testosterone and depression: systematic review and meta-analysis

FA Zarrouf, S Artz, J Griffith, C Sirbu… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background. Studies suggest that testosterone (TT) replacement may have an
antidepressant effect in depressed patients. Objective. The objective of this study was to …

The impact of opioids on the endocrine system

N Katz, NA Mazer - The Clinical journal of pain, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Opioids have been used for medicinal and analgesic purposes for centuries.
However, their negative effects on the endocrine system, which have been known for some …

A practical guide to male hypogonadism in the primary care setting

P Dandona, MT Rosenberg - International journal of clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
There is a high prevalence of hypogonadism in the older adult male population and the
proportion of older men in the population is projected to rise in the future. As hypogonadism …

The insults of illicit drug use on male fertility

CM Fronczak, ED Kim, AB Barqawi - Journal of andrology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
One‐third of infertile couples may have a male factor present. Illicit drug use can be an
important cause of male factor infertility and includes use of anabolic‐androgenic steroids …