VERY EFFECTIVE! On average, over 90% of patients with moderate, severe or extremely severe symptoms consistently improve on testosterone implant therapy.d.
| Symptoms | % of 300 patients with symptom(s) (1,2,3,4)a. |
% of patients with symptoms (1,2,3,4) improved on testosterone therapyb. |
% of 300 patients with moderate 2, severe 3 or extremely severe 4 symptom(s)c. |
% of patients with more severe symptoms (2,3,4) improved on testosterone therapyd. |
1. Hot flashes. sweating |
79.9% | 66.4% | 57.7% | 91.9% |
2. Heart discomfort, racing, tightness |
62.7% | 83.6% | 31.8% | 95.8% |
3. Sleep problems, waking |
91.6% | 83.5% | 75.5% | 89.3% |
4. Depressive mood, swings, lack of drive |
91.0% | 83.9% | 67.7% | 91.1% |
5.Irritability, tension, aggression |
90.0% | 86.4% | 69.6% | 93.6% |
6.Anxiety, restlessness |
81.8% | 84.8% | 56.9% | 93.0% |
7.Physical/ Mental exhaustion, impaired memory |
94.6% | 89.1% | 83.5% | 95.2% |
8. Sexual problems, desire, activity |
85.9% | 93.2% | 73.4% | 95.3% |
9. Bladder problem, incontinence |
61.0% | 86.3% | 35.5% | 95.3% |
10. Dryness vagina, burning, difficulty |
69.1% | 88.8% | 45.6% | 97.8% |
11. Joint and muscular pain |
83.9% | 84.5% | 62.9% | 92.0% |
Incidence of symptoms and improvement of symptoms with testosterone implant therapy. Percent (%) of 300 pre/post-menopausal patients presenting with symptoms (11-symptom categories found on the Menopause Rating Scale-MRS) and percent of symptomatic patients who improved with testosterone implant therapy.
a. Percent of 300 patients with 1 mild, 2 moderate, 3 severe, and 4 extremely severe symptoms on MRS
b..Percent of 300 patients with 1 mild, 2 moderate, 3 severe, and 4 extremely severe symptoms on MRS who improved on testosterone therapy.
c. Percent of 300 patients with more severe symptoms (i.e. 2 moderate, 3 severe, and 4 extremely severe)
d, Percent of 300 patients with more severe symptoms (i.e. 2 moderate, 3 severe, and 4 extremely severe) who improved on testosterone therapy.