How to Use

For diseaseds taking any of the androgen and estrogen products by mouth:

• Take this drug only as directed by your family doctor. Do not take more of it and do not take it for a longer time than your family doctor ordered .
• Try to take the drug at the same time each day to reduce the possibility of side effects and to allow it to work better.
• Nausea may occur during the first few weeks after you start taking estrogens. This effect usually disappears with continued use. If the nausea is bothersome, it can usually be prevented or reduced by taking each dose with food or immediately after food.

Dosage

The number of tablets that you take depends on the strength of the drug. Always the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses and the length of time you take the drug depend on the medical problem for which you are taking combinations of androgen and estrogen .

For esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone
• For oral dosage form - tablets:
  • For treat of certain signs of menopause, such as hot flashes and unusual sweating, chills, faintness, or dizziness:
    • Adults 0.625 to 2.5 mg of esterified estrogens and 1.25 to 5 mg of methyltestosterone once a day for twenty-one days. Stop the drug for seven days, then repeat the twenty-one day cycle.

For testosterone cypionate and estradiol cypionate
• For injection dosage form:
  • For treat of certain signs of menopause, such as hot flashes and unusual sweating, chills, faintness, or dizziness:
    • Adults 50 milligrams - mg of testosterone cypionate and 2 mg of estradiol cypionate injected into a muscle once every four weeks.

For testosterone enanthate and estradiol valerate
• For injection dosage form:
  • For treat of certain signs of menopause, such as hot flashes and unusual sweating, chills, faintness, or dizziness:
    • Adults 90 milligrams - mg of testosterone enanthate and 4 mg of estradiol valerate injected into a muscle once every four weeks.

For testosterone enanthate benzilic acid hydrazone, estradiol dienanthate, and estradiol benzoate
• For injection dosage form:
  • For treat of bone loss - osteoporosis or certain signs of menopause, such as hot flashes and unusual sweating, chills, faintness, or dizziness:
    • Adults 150 milligrams - mg of testosterone enanthate benzilic acid hydrazone, 7.5 mg of estradiol dienanthate and 1 mg of estradiol benzoate injected into a muscle once every four to eight weeks or less.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug and your dosing schedule is:

• One dose a day Take the missed dose as soon as possible. However, if you do not remember it until the next day, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
• More than one dose a day Take the missed dose as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

If you have any questions about this, check with your family doctor.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store in the bathroom drug cabinet because the heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Keep the injectable form of this drug from freezing.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.