Lack of Energy and a flagging sex drive? Testosterone therapy may be the answer, find out of you need the Superman jab

By David Harrison

PUBLISHED: 17:00 EST, 2 February 2013 | UPDATED: 17:12 EST, 2 February 2013

Peter Robertson felt, in his own words, wiped out. Too many boozy lunches, late nights and early starts had left the 39-year-old City banker lethargic and irritable. Entertaining clients had taken its toll on his waist. He was sleeping badly and underperforming at work.

To make matters worse, Peters libido was suffering. When he was willing, he often found himself to put it bluntly unable. His girlfriend had left him and his sex life was almost non-existent.

I knew I had to do something, says Peter, who played rugby at college. I felt like my masculinity was slipping away.

Jab away: Testosterone replacement therapy can help you release your inner Superman

His research led him to websites full of other men complaining of similar problems and he found an answer: testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), dubbed by some the Superman jab. There were claims of lacklustre energy levels transformed, sex lives boosted, weight loss and muscle gain.

So last February Peter booked an appointment with a private doctor in Londons Harley Street who specialises in such treatments.

After blood tests, he was told he was indeed suffering from low testosterone.

The doctor prescribed a gel, rather than an injection, to rub into his shoulders and supplement his natural levels of the hormone, for a trial period of three months.

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Lack of Energy and a flagging sex drive? Testosterone therapy may be the answer, find out of you need the Superman jab