Clinical features of androgen abuse withdrawal in men during the first year of cessation: a community dwelling study
Among men in the first year after stopping androgen abuse, psychological symptoms and reduced quality-of-life were most strongly associated with psychiatric comorbidity than biochemical recovery. These findings challenge the assumption that androgen withdrawal symptoms are predominantly driven by hypogonadism, and supports developing psychological and behavioural interventions, rather than pharmacological, to support androgen withdrawal in men.
Authors
- Joseph Kean
- Paul Bassett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7830-4563)
- Nipun Lakshitha de Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4467-3659)
- Waljit S. Dhillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5950-4316)
- Channa Nalin Jayasena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2578-8223)
- Bonnie Grant
- Anne Lingford-Hughes
- Kim Wolff
- Rodrigo Aguilera
- Oliver C B Quinton
- Maha Gumssani
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (LK)
- Bloodworks Northwest (US)
- Amersham Hospital (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgag110
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 30.73