The use of testosterone propionate in liver cirrhosis

Recently, there have been indications in the literature regarding the advisability of testosterone propionate treatment of liver cirrhosis and severe forms of chronic hepatitis (Mario, Girolami, 1958). In works devoted to the study of the mechanism of action of sex hormones, their ability to positively influence the cardiovascular system was established (Müller, Rachov, etc.). Schumann, using sex hormones for angina pectoris, found that they affect not only the coronary circulation, but also the metabolism in the myocardium, increasing the content of glycogen and phosphogen in the heart muscle. According to this author, the sex hormone exerts a central regulatory influence through the pituitary gland - the diencephalon.