FACTORS AFFECTING ADHERENCE TO TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY

摘要: Materials and MethodsIn this retrospective study, patients who had been prescribed testosterone gel therapy between January and September 2013 were evaluated and their demographics were recorded along with their testosterone levels. Afterwards, those patients were reached via telephone and asked whether they still continue TRT and their reasons for quitting treatment were noted.ResultsOf the screened patients, 60 men with a mean age of 40.9±9.9 years (range: 21-59) were prescribed daily transdermal testosterone gel 50 mg during the given period. Baseline total testosterone levels of 50 men (83.3%) were below 2.5 ng/ml. Of the patients, 31 (51.7%) could be reached via telephone and accepted to participate to the study and only 7 (11.7%) were still using TRT. The reasons for quitting TRT were no efficacy (18.3%), physicians’ recommendation (6.7%), deciding to stop after beneficial effect (5.0%) and …