Route |
Medication |
Major brand names |
Form |
Dosage
|
Oral |
Testosteronea |
– |
Tablet |
400–800 mg/day (in divided doses)
|
Testosterone undecanoate |
Andriol, Jatenzo |
Capsule |
40–80 mg/2–4× day (with meals)
|
Methyltestosteroneb |
Android, Metandren, Testred |
Tablet |
10–50 mg/day
|
Fluoxymesteroneb |
Halotestin, Ora-Testryl, Ultandren |
Tablet |
5–20 mg/day
|
Metandienoneb |
Dianabol |
Tablet |
5–15 mg/day
|
Mesteroloneb |
Proviron |
Tablet |
25–150 mg/day
|
Sublingual |
Testosteroneb |
Testoral |
Tablet |
5–10 mg 1–4×/day
|
Methyltestosteroneb |
Metandren, Oreton Methyl |
Tablet |
10–30 mg/day
|
Buccal |
Testosterone |
Striant |
Tablet |
30 mg 2×/day
|
Methyltestosteroneb |
Metandren, Oreton Methyl |
Tablet |
5–25 mg/day
|
Transdermal |
Testosterone |
AndroGel, Testim, TestoGel |
Gel |
25–125 mg/day
|
Androderm, AndroPatch, TestoPatch |
Non-scrotal patch |
2.5–15 mg/day
|
Testoderm |
Scrotal patch |
4–6 mg/day
|
Axiron |
Axillary solution |
30–120 mg/day
|
Androstanolone (DHT) |
Andractim |
Gel |
100–250 mg/day
|
Rectal |
Testosterone |
Rektandron, Testosteronb |
Suppository |
40 mg 2–3×/day
|
Injection (IMTooltip intramuscular injection or SCTooltip subcutaneous injection) |
Testosterone |
Andronaq, Sterotate, Virosterone |
Aqueous suspension |
10–50 mg 2–3×/week
|
Testosterone propionateb |
Testoviron |
Oil solution |
10–50 mg 2–3×/week
|
Testosterone enanthate |
Delatestryl |
Oil solution |
50–250 mg 1x/1–4 weeks
|
Xyosted |
Auto-injector |
50–100 mg 1×/week
|
Testosterone cypionate |
Depo-Testosterone |
Oil solution |
50–250 mg 1x/1–4 weeks
|
Testosterone isobutyrate |
Agovirin Depot |
Aqueous suspension |
50–100 mg 1x/1–2 weeks
|
Testosterone phenylacetateb |
Perandren, Androject |
Oil solution |
50–200 mg 1×/3–5 weeks
|
Mixed testosterone esters |
Sustanon 100, Sustanon 250 |
Oil solution |
50–250 mg 1×/2–4 weeks
|
Testosterone undecanoate |
Aveed, Nebido |
Oil solution |
750–1,000 mg 1×/10–14 weeks
|
Testosterone buciclatea |
– |
Aqueous suspension |
600–1,000 mg 1×/12–20 weeks
|
Implant |
Testosterone |
Testopel |
Pellet |
150–1,200 mg/3–6 months
|
Notes: Men produce about 3 to 11 mg of testosterone per day (mean 7 mg/day in young men). Footnotes: a = Never marketed. b = No longer used and/or no longer marketed. Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
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