Do drugs that decrease testosterone increase my risk for osteoporosis?

Do drugs that decrease testosterone increase my risk for osteoporosis?

Frederick Singer (Director of the Endocrine/Bone Disease Program, John Wayne Cancer Institute ) gives expert video advice on: Are there side effects related to drugs used to treat osteoporosis? and more...

With regards to drugs that decrease testosterone increasing the risk of osteoporosis, men with prostate cancer are often treated with drugs which basically wipe out testosterone production in the body, nearly completely. In that case, men will lose bone. Fortunately, bisphosphonate drugs completely protect the skeleton of these men against bone loss.