Hormonal
Transdermal testosterone gel (50-100 mg/day) administered to hypogonadal men for 180 days significantly improves sexual function, mood, lean body mass, muscle strength, and reduces fat mass compared to baseline and a permeation-enhanced testosterone patch.
If you are a hypogonadal man, testosterone gel therapy (50-100mg daily) for 6 months can significantly improve your sexual function, mood, muscle strength, and reduce body fat. The gel causes much less skin irritation than patches. Monitor your levels to ensure the dose is correct.
We conclude that T gel replacement improved sexual function and mood, increased lean mass and muscle strength (principally in the legs), and decreased fat mass in hypogonadal men with less skin irritation and discontinuation compared with the recommended dose of the permeation-enhanced T patch.
Why this rating
Randomized, multicenter, parallel study with 227 subjects, though open-label for the patch group and involving dose adjustments.
Source
Transdermal Testosterone Gel Improves Sexual Function, Mood, Muscle Strength, and Body Composition Parameters in Hypogonadal Men1
Christina Wang et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2000
DOI 10.1210/jcem.85.8.6747
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