Strategies to promote testosterone deficiency syndrome: a paradigm of disease mongering

• Published in: Gaceta sanitaria Vol. 28; no. 2; p. 173
• Main Authors: Gavilán, Enrique, Jiménez de Gracia, Laura, Gérvas, Juan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01.03.2014
• Subjects: Advertising as Topic; Factitious Disorders - drug therapy; Humans; Male; Syndrome; Testosterone - deficiency; Disease awareness; Sensibilización sobre enfermedades; Testosterone; Deficiencia de andrógenos en personas mayores; Androgen deficiency in aging men; Testosterona; Marketing

The so-called «testosterone deficiency syndrome» is a blend of nonspecific symptoms typical of the physiological process of aging. This syndrome has been the subject of intense promotional activity that has presented the phenomenon as highly prevalent and with a major public health impact. This stra...