--- description: Drugs marketed to help men get their mojo back are having a moment, but are they safe? title: Are You Man Enough? The Truth About Low Testosterone image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9bec3b9a13e06cb/69869e3935ba6fc477c0346c/phil_deflated_eyes_04.gif?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Men](/tag/men/) ## Men Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Are You Man Enough? The Truth About Low Testosterone  by [Michael Lester](/author/michael-lester/)  ## Michael Lester Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2014 12:41 PM CUT  Phillip Toledano for TIME  by [Michael Lester](/author/michael-lester/)  ## Michael Lester Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2014 12:41 PM CUT Low-T drugs marketed to help men get their mojo back are having a moment, but are they safe? With the market for low-testosterone, or “Low-T,” therapy projected to reach $5 billion by 2017, many new centers have sprung up across the country offering a spectacular catch-all treatment. TIME spoke to experts in the field and visited the [Ageless Men’s Health](www.agelessmenshealth.com/ "undefined") testosterone clinic to get the inside story on a treatment that promises to “boost your strength training, sex drive and performance to the levels you’ve been wanting.” Read TIME’s cover story, “Manopause?! Aging, Insecurity and the $2 Billion Testosterone Industry,” [here](http://time.com/3062889/manopause-aging-insecurity-and-the-2-billion-testosterone-industry/?pcd=hp-magmod "undefined").  Phillip Toledano for TIME Phillip Toledano for TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3063213/low-testosterone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3063213/low-testosterone/"},"headline":"Are You Man Enough? The Truth About Low Testosterone","datePublished":"2014-07-31T12:41:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:58.241Z","description":"Drugs marketed to help men get their mojo back are having a moment, but are they safe?","url":"https://time.com/3063213/low-testosterone/","keywords":["Men"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9bec3b9a13e06cb/69869e3935ba6fc477c0346c/phil_deflated_eyes_04.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michael Lester","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michael-lester/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9bec3b9a13e06cb/69869e3935ba6fc477c0346c/phil_deflated_eyes_04.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"phil_deflated_eyes_04","caption":"","creditText":"Phillip Toledano for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/men/","name":"Men"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3063213/low-testosterone/","name":"Are You Man Enough? The Truth About Low Testosterone"}}]}] ```