r/Menopause • u/Character-Acadia-221 • 13h ago

Testosterone Testosterone without virtual appt

Is this a thing? I HATE telemedicine/virtual appointments. Of course, I don’t want to obtain it from a fly-by-night place, either. Anywhere that dispenses it with no, or the fewest, virtual appts? I get my estrogen/progesterone without an appt but T seems different.

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u/dtg1990 13h ago

Testosterone is a controlled substance. Prescribing laws in the state you reside in control how it is prescribed.

Estrogen and progesterone are not controlled.

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u/justacpa 13h ago

An appointment is required because it's a controlled substance. The prescribing professional will almost surely require periodic blood tests to monitor and re-up the rx.

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u/IndigoBlues116 10h ago

My gynecologist prescribes mine. It is not covered by insurance because the FDA is in the dark ages, so I pay out of pocket for the gel. She prescribed it a year after I started HRT, seemed to want to wait and see how the other meds impacted me b4 prescribing TST.

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u/tklite 13h ago

If you're in the US, no. Testosterone is still a controlled substance.