Are Testosterone Boosters SnakeOil?

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It looks like I started a firestorm.

I am well aware that your testosterone declines slightly as you age. I felt like mine was declining more than just slightly, but for a while I attributed it to stress. After a while, I decided to get it tested to see if it was low, and what my options were.

I resurrected this thread because I came across it, and I browsed, and I see that prolactinomas weren't discussed. Fortunately, they're detectable in men via blood test - prolactin is the lactating women hormone, and if you're male, yours should be very low. Mine was not. Prolactin does interfere with testosterone production. Hence, I decided to mention it as an additional possibility (and yes, they checked my thyroid as well).

I'm not looking for the fountain of youth. I was merely feeling a bit behind where I thought I should be. If I was below normal and there was a cause, I was hoping to address it. I'm not clearly below the normal (remember, I was at the low end of the normal reference range), but there's a clear cause.