The sexual effects of testosterone replacement in depressed men: randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Symptoms of male hypogonadism such as low libido and erectile dysfunction (ED) respond to testosterone (T) replacement. In hypogonadal men with major depressive disorder (MDD), the extent to which T replacement alleviates sexual symptoms of hypogonadism is not known. We conducted 6 week double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial in men with low and low-normal T levels (i.e., total T