Contraindications/Precautions

Adverse Reactions and Side Effects

The use of androgens like Andriol Testocaps may increase the risk of water retention especially if your heart and liver are not working properly. Andriol Testocaps may interfere with some laboratory tests (e.g for glucose tolerance, thyroid function and clotting factors).

Abuse of testosterone, especially if you take too much of this medicine alone or with other anabolic androgenic steroids, can cause serious health problems to your heart and blood vessels (that can lead to death), mental health and/or the liver. Individuals who have abused testosterone may become dependent and may experience withdrawal symptoms when the dosage changes significantly or is stopped immediately. You should not abuse this medicine alone or with other anabolic androgenic steroids because it carries serious health risks.

Andriol Testocaps are generally well tolerated.

In general side effects which are reported with testosterone therapy include:

• stomach or bowel complaints: oily bowel motions, abdominal or stomach pain, black, tarry or light coloured stools or dark coloured urine, vomiting, nausea, diarrhoea
• acne, itching (pruritus) skin irritation: pimply spotty rash, hives
• sleeplessness, chills, generalised tingling, unusual tiredness
  • headache, anxiety, mental
• depression, excitation, confusion, dizziness, nervousness, mood alterations
• muscle pain (myalgia)
  • prolonged abnormal, painful
• irreversible erection, inflamed
• testis, bladder irritability
• sexual dysfunction, changes in sexual desire, disturbed sperm formation
• Feminization (gynecomastia) • prostatic growth to a size
• representative for the concerned
• age group
• high blood pressure (hypertension)
• blood disorders, increase in the number of red blood cells (the cells which carry the oxygen in your blood),
• increase in percentage of red blood cells relative to the total blood volume (haematocrit);
• increased concentration of the red blood cell component that carries oxygen (haemoglobin);
• increased levels of a blood marker which is associated with prostate cancer (PSA increased)
• changes in cholesterol levels (changes in lipid metabolism)
• shortness of breath
• fluid retention in the tissues,
• usually marked by swelling of ankles, feet or lower legs (oedema)
• breast enlargement
• increased growth of a small prostate cancer which had not been detected yet (progression of a sub-clinical prostatic cancer)
• changes in liver function tests

Use in children and adolescents

The safety and efficacy of this medicine have not been adequately determined in children and adolescents. Pre-pubertal children using this medicine will be monitored by your doctor

If you forget to take it

If you forget to take a capsule, take it as soon as you remember. If you do not remember to take the dose until the next dose is due, then just take one dose, do not double up.

If you stop taking Andriol Testocaps

When treatment with this medicine is stopped, complaints such as those experienced before treatment may re-occur within a few weeks.

If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.