Testosterone Is Not a Male Hormone: Levels, Dosing, and What It Does During Menopause

In this episode of unPAUSED, Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Dr. Mohit Khera, board-certified urologist and Professor of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he holds the F. Brantley Scott Chair in Urology, to tell women the truth about testosterone — the hormone women actually make more of than estrogen, yet still cannot access in a single FDA-approved formulation.
Dr. Khera explains why testosterone is one of the most biologically active hormones in the female body, with receptors in the brain, heart, bone, muscle, and genitalia, and why the research to prove its full benefits for women has simply never been funded. He walks through what low testosterone really looks like, how to get tested properly, why women with low libido are so often handed an SSRI that makes things worse, the truth about pellets, creams, and injections, which side effects are reversible and which are not, and the red flags to watch for when looking for a prescriber. He also shares why sexual dysfunction is a couple's disease, what he calls the "hormonally dangerous decade," and the one intervention he's found that makes women feel even better than hormones.
Guest links:
Dr. Mohit Khera (Instagram) instagram.com/drmohitkhera
Dr. Mohit Khera (X) twitter.com/DrMohitKhera
Dr. Mohit Khera (LinkedIn) linkedin.com/in/drmohitkhera
Dr. Mohit Khera (Website) drmohitkhera.com
Dr. Mohit Khera at Baylor College of Medicine bcm.edu/people-search/mohit-khera-24469
Books:
"The New Perimenopause," by Dr. Mary Claire Haver thepauselife.com/pages/the-new-perimenopause-b…
"The New Menopause," by Dr. Mary Claire Haver amazon.com/New-Menopause-Navigating-Through-Ho…