Advice
following a full submission:
testosterone (Testogel) replacement therapy for adult male hypogonadism is accepted for restricted use within NHSScotland.
It offers an alternative to testosterone patches for those patients requiring a transdermal delivery system. Testosterone gel is at least as effective as testosterone patches and costs less, so is a cost effective transdermal treatment for this condition.
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Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- testosterone (Testogel)
- SMC ID:
- 83/03
- Indication:
- for the treatment of testosterone replacement therapy
- Pharmaceutical company
- Schering Health Care Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Endocrine system
- Submission type
- Full
- Status
- Restricted
- Date advice published
- 04 November 2003