One of our primary goals at The Men’s Health Clinic is to increase awareness and understanding around Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome and Testosterone Replacement Therapy. We want to set the standard when it comes to delivering high quality patient care, improve access and make gold standard TRT both affordable and accessible. Information is power, if we work together we have a real opportunity to affect a positive change, not only for the individual, but also for the collective. Male Hormone Replacement Therapy needs a voice, your voice. Sharing information is pivotal to this.

With that in mind, in November 2017 I wrote TRT Wars – How to get TRT in the UK with the hope of doing just that. We also produced a YouTube video – TRT Wars – How to Get TRT in the UK – The Men’s Health Clinic.

If you are ready to approach your NHS doctor, we would recommend familiarising yourself and printing out the following documents to help you fight your corner and educate your doctor. At times it might seem hard to believe, but they really do have your best interests at heart.

When it comes to your choice of TRT, it’s worth checking which testosterone preparations are available in your region prior to your appointment. Simply type your region (eg. Dorset) followed by “prescribing formulary” into Google, click on the relevant link and then type testosterone into the search bar on the page.

Gold Standard TRT is a single ester testosterone, such as Testosterone Cypionate or Testosterone Enanthate, alongside Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG). You may be lucky enough to have Enanthate on your local formulary, if you are my Gold Standard TRT blog explains the reasons you would want to choose this TRT over Sustanon or Nebido. Feel free to print a copy of that blog to share with your prescribing doctor.

Unfortunately, HCG isn’t currently licensed for use in TRT even though the benefits of using HCG alongside TRT are well-documented. Due to this, it is unlikely that you would have HCG prescribed by the NHS. However, as we’ve said, information is power. If we continue to chip away at the NHS, we can eventually affect a positive change. Again, please feel to print off a copy of this blog for their information, there’s no harm in trying!

Good luck!

Dr Robert Stevens MBChB MRCGP Dip.FIPT