For midlife women on social media last week, there was one hot topic of discussion: testosterone.
The ‘male’ sex hormone – also produced at lower levels in women – has fast become the latest buzzword in menopause care.
Drugs containing testosterone have been championed by both private clinics and campaigners such as TV presenter Davina McCall. It’s often described as the ‘missing piece of the jigsaw’, taken alongside standard HRT to restore a woman’s joie de vivre in middle age.