Testosterone propionate/testosterone cypionate/prasterone

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| drug_name = TP/TC/DHEA

| component1 = Testosterone propionate

| class1 = Androgen; Anabolic steroid

| component2 = Testosterone cypionate

| class2 = Androgen; Anabolic steroid

| component3 = Prasterone

| class3 = Androgen; Neurosteroid

| tradename = Sten

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| routes_of_administration = Intramuscular injection

| CAS_number = 84872-30-0

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| synonyms = TP/TC/DHEA

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Testosterone propionate/testosterone cypionate/prasterone (TP/TC/DHEA), sold under the brand name Sten, is an injectable combination medication of testosterone propionate (TP), a fast-acting androgen/anabolic steroid, testosterone cypionate (TC), a long-acting androgen/anabolic steroid, and prasterone (dehydroepiandrosterone; DHEA), an androgen and neurosteroid, which has been used to treat andropause, hypogonadism, and impotence in men and breast cancer, fibrocystic breast disease, and low sexual desire in women.{{cite web |url=http://www.mufel.net/plm05/20799.htm |title=STEN |website=www.mufel.net |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612012507/http://www.mufel.net/plm05/20799.htm |archive-date=12 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}{{cite book|title=Diccionario de especialidades farmaceúticas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1ROAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=P.L.M. International (Colombia) Ltda|isbn=978-968-9266-03-7|page=194|quote=Combinado STEN. Prasterona, Testosterona, propionato de Ampolletas. ATLANTIS-3533}}{{cite book| vauthors = Llewellyn W |title=Anabolics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=afKLA-6wW0oC&pg=PT650|year=2011|publisher=Molecular Nutrition Llc|isbn=978-0-9828280-1-4|pages=650–}}{{cite book| vauthors = Sadock BJ, Sadock VA |title=Kaplan and Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYWyr37ubwsC&pg=PT272|year=2010|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=978-1-60547-264-5|pages=272–}}{{cite web |url=https://www.micromedexsolutions.com/ |title=Home |website=micromedexsolutions.com}} It contains 25 mg TP, 75 mg TC, and 20 mg DHEA in 2 mL oil solution provided in ampoules and is administered by intramuscular injection once every 15 to 30 days. The medication was previously marketed in Mexico but appears to no longer available.{{cite web | title = Sten | url = https://www.drugs.com/international/sten.html | work = drugs.com }} The duration of action of TP/TC/DHEA has been reported to be approximately 15 to 30 days, due to the long-acting TC component.

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