Testosterone Cypionate Monograph for Professionals – Drugs.com

Class: Androgens Note: This monograph also contains information on Testosterone, Testosterone Enanthate VA Class: HS100 CAS Number: 58-22-0 Brands: Androderm, AndroGel, Delatestryl, Striant, Testim

Risk of virilization in children and women following secondary exposure to testosterone in topically administered testosterone gel.157 166 170 171 Advise children and women to avoid contact with application sites of men using testosterone gel.166 170 171 (See Virilization in Children and Women from Secondary Exposure to Testosterone under Cautions.)

Advise men using testosterone gel to strictly adhere to recommended instructions for use.170 171 (See Administration under Dosage and Administration.)

REMS:

FDA approved a REMS for testosterone to ensure that the benefits of a drug outweigh the risks. The REMS may apply to one or more preparations of testosterone and consists of the following: medication guide. See the FDA REMS page () or the ASHP REMS Resource Center ().

Androgenic anabolic steroid hormone; the principal endogenous androgen.a

Management of congenital or acquired primary hypogonadism such as that resulting from orchidectomy or from testicular failure caused by cryptorchidism, bilateral torsion, orchitis, vanishing testis syndrome, Klinefelters syndrome, chemotherapy, or toxic damage from alcohol or heavy metals.117 133 135 157 161 162 a

Management of congenital or acquired hypogonadotropic hypogonadism such as that resulting from idiopathic gonadotropin or gonadotropin-releasing hormone (luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone) deficiency or from pituitary-hypothalamic injury caused by tumors, trauma, or radiation.117 133 135 157 161 162 a Should be used in the treatment of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism only in patients uninterested in or unable to achieve fertility.f

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Considered the androgen of choice for the treatment of androgen deficiency (e.g., hypogonadism) and AIDS wasting in HIV-infected men.126

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