Re: TRT Creams & Gels

[Guest guest]

I believe 1cc=1ML. The strength (MG per ML) is only

standard with brand name products, ie. AndroGel. The compounded

topical creams and gels are made to a strength ordered by the Doc.

This is one of the advantages of compounded TRT. ------

The second part of this statement is true.

However, one ml = 1cc = 1mg. You are confusing volume of the base

gel or cream with the percentage of testosterone (or other active

ingredient)that is mixed in.

For instance 1mg (ie one ml or one cc) of 5% T-gel contains .05mg of

testosterone while the same amount (1mg) of 10% T-gel contains .10mg

testosterone.

Thus a 2mg dose of 5% T-Gel is the equivilent of a 1mg dose of 10% T-

Gel.

I picked nice round numbers to illustrate the point. Those of you

with better math skills than my own (virtually *everyone* else on

this list!) can extrapolate the amount of active ingredient in one mg

of 2% T-Gel and how many mgs it would take to equal whatever you

consider an appropriate dose of testosterone.

[Guest guest]

when I was on a compound the bottle said 10

mg.even & 50 DHEA/150 testo gel.---

Hi Phil,

The active ingredients in this jar of 10 mg of compounded gel were

50% DHEA and 150% testosterone (as opposed to the single ingredient

100% testosterone which is the active ingredient in androgel.)

This label apparently indicates the ratio of the two active

ingredients, but not the strength of the compounded gel.

In other words, the pharmacist took a bottle of testosterone

propionate 100% and jar/bottle of DHEA 100% liquid or powder and

mixed an equal amount of these two compounds into 10 mg of inert gel.

OR he added equal amounts of testosterone propionate 100% and liquid

or powdered DHEA 50% to the gel.

The question is: how much of each of these compounds did he add per

grams of inert gel.

Somewhere on the label, perhaps in fine print, it should indicate the

amount of T and DHEA per gram of gel.

This gel was likely 2%, 5%, or 10% strength (of testosterone 100

percent and dhea 50 percent.)

If it was 5% gel for instance, one mg would contain .05mg T

and .025mg DHEA.

[Guest guest]

Sorry for mistake, Phil - I incorrectly wrote 100% T as one of the

active ingreds in your compounded gel.

I should have said *150* % testosterone propionate.

Thus with ratios of 150% T to 50% DHEA, this would make one mg of the

gel at 5% strength contain .10 mg T and .025mg DHEA.

(I warned you math was never my strong point.)