Androderm & Androgel

Quick info about Androderm & Androgel

Injectable testosterone was used for a very long time as an effective hormone replacement method. Roughly a decade ago, alternatives to injectable and oral testosterone were developed. When some transdermal testosterone preparations were examined, they showed that the plasma concentration of TS increased very rapidly, and reached the peak level within 3-6 hours of the application of the experimental patch. This is comparable with some of the better oral products out there.

Basically, you can expect all of the benefits of injectable testosterone with the transdermals (if the mg doses were the same...which they are not). What we're dealing with here is Androderm, which is a patch containing 12.2mgs of testosterone and androgel, which gives you about the same (you only get 10% of the total drug contained in the preparation....thus a hundred mgs of test in a gel form, would yield a 10mg amount in your body).

A mere 100mg shot of injectable testosterone provides much higher peak plasma concentrations of testosterone, even though the transdermal testosterone was more stable, with regards to blood plasma levels. It provides a very stable blood level of the compound administered.

The levels of testosterone it gives us are just enough to provide a slight boost, at a high (financial) cost.