| Ignatz's Bricks 2005-12-17, 10:52 am |
| Shamus wrote:
>
> This is a double blind test about Carnitine and impotence.
> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/473414
>
> (snip)
>
>
> In this trial, 120 patients were randomized to receive
> testosterone undecanoate 160 mg/day, propionyl-L-carnitine 2 g/day plus
> acetyl-L-carnitine 2 g/day, or placebo for six months. Mean age was 66 years
> (range, 60-74 years).
OK, my first reaction was wondering how testosterone and carnitine could
be double blind and then it dawned on me -- is, perchance, testosterone
undecanoate an oral testosterone? If so, that would partially (or,
completely?) explain the results. I would have expected injected
testosterone to out perform the placebo at least.
Ignatz.
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