Details for: PMS-TESTOSTERONE

Before using pms-TESTOSTERONE, talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you:

• have difficulty urinating due to an enlarged prostate. Older patients may have a higher risk of developing an enlarged prostate or prostate cancer;
• have prostate cancer (confirmed or suspected);
• have liver, kidney or heart disease;
• have high blood pressure (hypertension);
• have diabetes (pms-TESTOSTERONE may affect blood sugar levels);
• have breathing problems during sleep (sleep apnea);
• are on a low salt diet or low sugar diet;
• have allergies;
• have breast cancer;
• are bedridden;
• have swelling of face, hands, feet or lower legs;
• have heart or blood vessel problems or a history of these problems such as heart attacks, stroke, or blood clot in the lungs or legs.

Drug abuse and dependence:

pms-TESTOSTERONE contains testosterone which is a controlled substance under schedule G of the Food and Drugs Act.

Your doctor should check your progress at regular visits in order to make sure this medicine does not cause unwanted sideeffects.

Any male adolescent patient receiving androgens for delayed puberty should have bone development checked every six months.

Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. You can get serious side effects if you take too much of it on its own or with other drugs similar to pms-TESTOSTERONE called anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). These include heart and blood vessel problems which can lead to death, liver problems and mental health problems. If you abuse pms-TESTOSTERONE you may become dependent on it and you may get withdrawal symptoms when you take less or stop taking it suddenly. Do not abuse pms-TESTOSTERONE alone or with other drugs called AAS because you can get serious side effects.