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What is Testosterone Cypionate?

Testosterone cypionate is injectable form of testosterone that promotes sex drive, fat loss, helps gain and maintain lean muscle mass and bone density; off label use for androgen deficiency in men with AIDS wasting; in combination with estrogen, for postmenopausal women with decreased sexual desire.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Hypogonadism 5 2
Fatigue 5 1
General health 1 0
Weight LOSS (15 lbs this year) occasional shoulder pain, weather sensitivity, very sensitive skin (due Prednisone use) clumsiness, lostmuscle tone 1 0
Decreased appetite 1 0
Other 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Dosages

  cypionate100mg/mL as needed 1 mL every other week 75 mg monthly 400 mg monthly 100 g weekly 100 mg weekly 200 mg every other week 140 mg weekly 200 mg weekly
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Testosterone Cypionate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
1 100% Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Testosterone Cypionate

Currently Taking Testosterone Cypionate

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
2
3
4

Stopped Taking Testosterone Cypionate

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.