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Testosterone

What the body does with Testosterone, from the dose to the exit, as its Wikipedia drug infobox records it.

Quoted from the Wikipedia infobox, not yet written up by hand. The order is the usual order of events, not a measured schedule.

TestosteronetakenAndrosteronemetaboliteExitUrine (90%), feces (6%)

The clock, on a log scale

Each bar runs from the dose to about five half-lives, roughly when 97% of that molecule has been converted or cleared. The scale is logarithmic so minutes and days fit on one line.

  1. doseabsorbed

    Bioavailability

    Oral: very low (due to extensive first pass metabolism) 1

  2. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Liver (mainly reduction and conjugation) 1

  3. hoursfrom the article text

    What else it turns into

    “Androsterone is a metabolite of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT).” 2

  4. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    2–4 hours 1

  5. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Urine (90%), feces (6%) 1

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Testosterone (medication), drug infobox (revision 1371607932), CC BY-SA 4.0. Values quoted as they appear, with wiki markup removed.
  2. Wikipedia, Androsterone, article text (revision 1378374731), CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences quoted as they appear.

Half-lives vary between people, doses and routes. This page explains what the body does with a drug. It is not dosing advice.