Before starting TRT,  doctors may suggest alternative safe treatments based on what might be causing your low testosterone levels such as:

• Lifestyle improvement: Positive lifestyle changes e.g. a balanced diet or more regular exercise can help.
• Weight management: Around 70% of overweight men have low testosterone. Therefore, losing weight or taking weight loss medication can help improve testosterone levels.
• Testosterone boosters: Dietary supplements that are known to increase testosterone such as Ashwagandhaor and other testosterone boosters.
• Oral Medication: Enclomiphene and Kyzatrex popular testosterone boosting medications that show promising results.

Notably, these methods do not always work, especially for very low testosterone levels. In such cases TRT may be prescribed to give significant improvements to your testosterone levels.