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Substance: Testosterone micronized gel
Drug Class: Anabolic Steroid Hormone
Common brand names: tba
Pregnancy Category tba
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Testosterone transdermal gel (testosterone compounded gel), is an ideal delivery system for maintaining constant levels of testosterone. Testosterone is released slowly through the skin to deliver a constant level in the blood, again not a routine pattern, but convenient. Transdermal testosterone can be applied either to the inner thigh below the groin area or to other areas of large blood circulation.
Compounding pharmacy can offer many options to provide for different blood level profiles and convenience of administration, including some of the novel dosage forms provided at the end of this article. Topical testosterone can be applied using different vehicles to more closely mimic the normal adult physiological pattern, i.e., apply early in the morning where it should be absorbed over a period of a few hours.
Many benefits can be derived by testosterone replacement therapy, both in the short term for the eradication of symptoms of androgen deficiency and in the long term for the prevention of osteoporosis and for preventing and treating heart and circulatory problems. Testosterone is not, however, effective in erectile dysfunction. Androgen replacement therapy should, ideally, provide physiological serum testosterone levels, as well as dihydrotestosterone and estradiol levels while correcting the clinical symptoms of androgen deficiency in hypogonadal men.
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