I am new to the forum and will try to keep this short...but please help with the question...
I have currently been taking AndroGel 1.0, 5 grams gel for over 5 yrs now. My testosterone level stays right around 700 for the most part on this doseage. I am no longer going to have my private insurance and had to switch to my VA insurance and my VA doctor prescribed me the Androderm 2 mg patch. I have read that the androgel gel gives you approx. 50 mg of testosterone per packet, but i was reading on this forum that you actually only absorb about 10% of that amount...Is this true? and the ANDRODERM 2mg patch delivers 12.2MG of testosterone...so how much of the Androderm testosterone patch do you absorb? Do these do products give you basically the same amount of testosterone in your body?
I hope this made sense...thank you for your inputs.
Vet3197
I have currently been taking AndroGel 1.0, 5 grams gel for over 5 yrs now. My testosterone level stays right around 700 for the most part on this doseage. I am no longer going to have my private insurance and had to switch to my VA insurance and my VA doctor prescribed me the Androderm 2 mg patch. I have read that the androgel gel gives you approx. 50 mg of testosterone per packet, but i was reading on this forum that you actually only absorb about 10% of that amount...Is this true? and the ANDRODERM 2mg patch delivers 12.2MG of testosterone...so how much of the Androderm testosterone patch do you absorb? Do these do products give you basically the same amount of testosterone in your body?
I hope this made sense...thank you for your inputs.
Vet3197