This approach involves administering synthetic testosterone to restore normal levels. Doctors administer through injections, patches, gels, or tablets. The dosage is highly individualized, taking into account baseline testosterone, age, weight, symptoms and underlying health conditions. Esters are the binding chemicals that allow artificial testosterone to work with your system.
Each of the various esters has a different half-life. Chemically, esters form OH (hydroxyls) and -O- (alkoxy groups). Ultimately, however, testosterone treatment takes 3 to 6 months to actually work and have lasting effects. Injectable testosterone, such as testosterone cypionate, usually takes 7 to 8 days to come out of the body.
While falling testosterone levels are a normal part of aging, certain conditions can accelerate the decline. For most men, testosterone withdrawal may last only a week or two after stopping testosterone replacement therapy. When evaluating the temporal evolution of the effects of testosterone on the prostate, it should be noted that aging itself is a factor that contributes to the increase in both prostate volume and PSA (8), and the effects of testosterone on the prostate have no end point. Most men notice an improvement in symptoms four to six weeks after taking testosterone replacement therapy, although some changes, such as increased muscle mass, may take three to six months.
Hormone replacement therapy is when a person receives artificial testosterone to help replenish their testosterone to a normal level. Testosterone enanthate functions as an intermediate testosterone ester compound between cypionate and propionate. Improvements in AMS scores have been observed after 1 month (3), 6 weeks (40) to 3 months of treatment with parenteral testosterone undecanoate (3) or after 9 months with testosterone gel (7), continuing for a total of 18 months (7). The use of artificial ester compounds to increase muscle mass often leads to testosterone withdrawal.
In most cases, men need to have low levels of testosterone in their blood and several symptoms of low testosterone levels to receive therapy. This means that we know exactly how long a testosterone injection lasts and how to make the effects of a testosterone injection last longer. For example, trauma or injury to the sexual organs can cause a man to have abnormally low levels of testosterone. Accredited BHRT centers carefully monitor testosterone levels and perform frequent testing of testosterone levels. The testosterone concentrations of almost all men returned to normal three months after the end of the cycle, and 100% at 12 months, provided they had normal gonadal function at the beginning of the study.
You should inject testosterone enanthate every 3 days, at most, to maintain consistent testosterone levels.
