Testosterone Medical Center

I recently was diagnosed with early-​onset osteoporosis as a side-​effect of a pharmaceutical drug I have taken for decades, and began a standard-​issue therapy to offset it. I was also pretty sure my testosterone levels had taken the bus and asked my primary-​care physician if concurrent testosterone replacement therapy might not be a good idea as well to help build lean mass and bone mass. I got maybe a couple seconds of dismissive mumbling about risks before he pretended to be engrossed in something on his computer screen.
So, since the mainstream medical profession has apparently accepted decrepitude as a consequence of aging or prescription side-​effects, and patient advocacy has become a do-​it-​yourself affair, I went looking for a suitable testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) clinic. Man, is that a minefield. I had to educate myself about the various kinds of testosterone delivery systems and dodge the semi-​ethical faddish come-​ons about «Bio-​Identical Hormone Replacement.» What I found out is 1) self-​injection, once weekly, is the way I wanted to go, delivery-​wise, and 2) traditional Testosterone Cypionate is formulated with an ester group (a carbon atom double-​bonded to an oxygen atom: C=O) added to the testosterone molecule so that one’s body will absorb it at a gradual rate. The body breaks off the ester group, leaving a testosterone molecule to be absorbed and used that is – TA DA! – bio-​identical.
After diligent searching, I found the Testosterone Medical Center in Richardson. It is part of the larger Accuhealth clinic that deals with pain medicine, physical therapy, rehabilitation, and weight loss, in contrast to a number of testosterone replacement clinics that are affiliated with spas and botox injection, etc. They tested me and found my testosterone levels were in the mid-​200s – a decent level for a man of, say, 100 – and began replacement therapy.
The atmosphere here is strictly clinical and the staff is composed of medical professionals, with a cost of about $ 100/​month (can vary, depending on how fast one uses up the vial of testosterone) that includes all testing, medical monitoring, injection/​needle disposal equipment, and testosterone supply. Two doctors and a chiropractor supervised my first self-​injection (painless, and I had already pretty much learned the technique from Youtube), gave me my setup, booked my 10-​week followup appointment, and bid me adieu. I recommend them.