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Indevus Pharmaceuticals: Nebido Has Lost Its Libido

The truth is, since I am a physician who prescribes 'T' to hypogonadal men is that:
1. gels aromatize to estrogen and will decrease bio-available testosterone after 6 months of use.
2. Testopel under Slate Pharma raised the price of the 75mg pellet from $12.50 to $60 each. Using 5 per month gets very expensive
3. The 3-month Nebido does not have a flat release, but will have a high initial blood level that triggers the same aromatization and then the low levels persist for months.

None work well. The best is weekly self-administered injections or compounded non-aromatizable testosterones. Cost $25-50 per week.

That is the 25 year truth.