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Transdermal delivery of testosterone

Hadgraft, J; Lane, ME; (2015) Transdermal delivery of testosterone. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics , 92 pp. 42-48. 10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.02.015. Green open access

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Abstract

Male hypogonadism has been treated with exogenous testosterone since the 1930s. The early transdermal patches of testosterone became available in the 1980s with gel and solution preparations following subsequent decades. This review focusses on the skin permeation characteristics of testosterone, pharmacokinetics following application of transdermal formulations and formulations currently available. At present, gels dominate the market for transdermal testosterone replacement therapy, presumably because of their greater patient acceptability and non-occlusive nature compared with patches. However, specific incidences of secondary transfer of gels to children with consequent unwanted effects such as precocious puberty have been reported. A regulatory review of all testosterone replacement therapies is currently underway which may have implications for future prescribing practices of transdermal testosterone products.

Type: Article
Title: Transdermal delivery of testosterone
Location: Netherlands
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.02.015
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.02.015
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2015. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
Keywords: Formulation, Hypogonadism, Permeation, Skin, Testosterone, Transdermal, Administration, Cutaneous, Androgens, Gels, Humans, Hypogonadism, Male, Skin Absorption, Testosterone, Transdermal Patch
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1492562
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