Testosterone cypionate is a synthetic derivative of testosterone in the form of an oil-soluble 17 (beta)-cyclopentylpropionate ester. Its benefit compared to other testosterone derivatives is the slow rate of release after injection and longer half-life. It was developed by the company Pharmacia and Upjohn and FDA approved on July 25, 1979.
Testosterone cypionate is used in males that present conditions derived from a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone. These conditions are 1) primary hypogonadism, defined as the testicular failure due to cryptorchidism, bilateral torsion, orchitis, vanishing testis syndrome or orchidectomy; and 2) hypogonadotropic hypogonadism characterized by id...
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University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Orthopedic Institute, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Hospital de ClÃnicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Piedmont Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
SKCCC at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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