Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Nor what's going on in your cells.

This is why we could have two different patients.

One has a, you know, estradiol level of 80.

And so with, you know, estradiol, we're talking about picograms per liter.

So it's a little different.

It's lower actually.

But if you, we could have two patients with the exact same estradiol levels with totally different side effects because of how, what's happening at the level of the receptor.

Same is going to be the true for testosterone.

That's why when people say test my testosterone level, you know, prove to me that I have low sexual desire, I'll say I have two patients with the exact same testosterone level.

Asexual desire is much more complicated than just testosterone.

But that's why you see people feel good at different levels of hormones.

Now, I'm not somebody who treats to levels.

I treat to symptoms for this reason.

Do you ever check levels?

I do, actually.

So with testosterone, I always want to get a baseline.

I want to know where we're starting.

I don't, you know, some people say if the testosterone level is in the kind of higher normal-ish range, they may not get a benefit.

I disagree with that.

Again, how sensitive are the receptors?