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Androgen replacement therapy (ART), often referred to as testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), is a form of hormone therapy in which androgens, often testosterone, are supplemented or replaced. It typically involves the administration of testosterone through injections, skin creams, patches, gels, pills, or subcutaneous pellets.
Testosterone undecanoate: Andriol, Jatenzo: Androgen: Oral: 40–80 mg up to three times/day Testosterone: Striant: Androgen: Buccal: 30mg twice daily Natesto: Androgen: Nasal spray: 11mg three times daily AndroGel [b] Androgen: TD gel: 25–100mg/day Androderm [b] Androgen: TD patch: 2.5–10mg/day Axiron: Androgen: TD liquid: 30–120mg/day ...
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), also called androgen ablation therapy or androgen suppression therapy, is an antihormone therapy whose main use is in treating prostate cancer. Prostate cancer cells usually require androgen hormones , such as testosterone , to grow.
Hormone therapy or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also be referred to as hormonal therapy or antihormone therapy . The most general classes of hormone therapy are oncologic hormone therapy , hormone replacement therapy (for menopause), androgen replacement therapy (ART), oral ...
Gels: Androgel, Fortesta, Testim, Testosterone (generic) Solutions: Axiron, Testosterone (generic) Patches: Androderm, Testoderm (discontinued), Testoderm TTS (discontinued), Testosterone (generic) Injectable oil solutions (as prodrugs of testosterone): Testosterone cypionate (Depo-Testosterone, Testosterone Cypionate (generic))
Testosterone cypionate: Depo-Testosterone: Oil solution: 50–250 mg 1x/1–4 weeks Testosterone isobutyrate: Agovirin Depot: Aqueous suspension: 50–100 mg 1x/1–2 weeks Testosterone phenylacetate b: Perandren, Androject: Oil solution: 50–200 mg 1×/3–5 weeks Mixed testosterone esters: Sustanon 100, Sustanon 250: Oil solution: 50–250 ...
This is a list of antiandrogens, [1] or drugs that prevent the effects of androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). [2] It includes direct antagonists of the androgen receptor (AR), androgen synthesis inhibitors like 5α-reductase inhibitors and CYP17A1 inhibitors, and antigonadotropins like GnRH analogues, estrogens, and ...
Androgen therapy can adversely affect the blood lipid profile by causing decreases in HDL (good) cholesterol, increases in LDL (bad) cholesterol, and increases in triglycerides. Androgen therapy redistributes the fat toward abdominal obesity, which is associated with increased cardiovascular risk rather than fat carried on the buttocks and hips.