Anyone used the testosterone tablets from holland and barrett's whilst waiting for t? I'm struggling to find info on it as a ftm most of the info is for low t levels in cis guys
I’m not sure exactly which tablets you’re talking about - they don’t sell tablets that actually contain testosterone (which is a form of anabolic steroid and can only legally be sold on prescription!) however they sell a few supplements that are meant to boost testosterone. In any case though, they will likely have no impact. A lot of supplements that claim to be testosterone boosters don’t affect testosterone in anyone, just mimic some of the effects of reversing low testosterone (increasing energy, for instance). As far as I can tell, most, if not all, have no ‘androgenic’ activity, so even in cis men would have no effect on secondary sex characteristics such as body hair, voice, etc.
Even if any boosters might have some androgenic activity, they would almost certainly not make a significant difference to someone with very low levels of testosterone production/circulating testosterone, i.e. a trans man, because the starting levels are simply too low for any very modest increase to have any measurable effect, and we don’t generally have the equipment to produce higher levels of testosterone ourselves, hence having to get it on prescription.
I’d suggest looking up the specific brand/type of tablet you’re thinking of online, as there are lots of bodybuilding sites (for instance) that specifically look into the efficacy of so-called testosterone boosters and give clear information about whether there’s any evidence they do what they say they do.