Are doctors usually pretty receptive to prescribing test boosters?
Primary care physicians like Family practice or internists will likely not prescribe you T in most cases, would be my guess. However, as the condition of low T is becoming more acknowledged in the medical community, he/she would probably order the blood work necessary to diagnose the condition. You would have to express a specific concern about having low T and/or complain of the symptoms of low T. Then, if the bloodwork supports the diagnosis, the PCP would whip up a referral for an enodcrinologist (something that most insurance companies require anyway) who would subsequently treat you for low T.
As for any physician, PCP or endo, prescribing T without positive bloodwork, I dont see that happening. But thats just my opinion, theres no strict regulation on it (that im aware of).
As for your friend, a little more info would be nice. The classic picture of a younger male suddenly dropping dead from heart issues is related to Left ventricular hypertrophy, often with assymetric thickening of the interventricular septum. Although HOCM (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) has been associated with certain genes (suggesting that this condition is inherited) it essentially the same abnormal cardiac hypertrophy that is often associated with steroids... But the key feature is that, without warning, the athlete suddenly drops, their heart stops, and never starts back up. There is no fever, lethargy or flu-like symptoms leading up to it. Which is one of the reasons this entity is so terrifying and can only be screened for - there is no windowd for intervention.
Im a little curious about the unfortunate death of this person... If there was a fever (or any other symptoms) before arrest, that opens a different path of diagnosis. Low grade fevers can occur with the inflammation associated with MI, but high grade fever and heart failure speaks more to an infectious etiology like myocarditis. Or maybe he used a dirty needle and developed a bacterial nidus in his ventricle (endocarditis). Entities like these are just examples, but they are not associated with AAS, but are associated with fever, lethargy, flue like sx.
Just my thoughts... Good luck.