What Nebido is and what it is used for

Nebido contains testosterone, a male hormone, as the active ingredient. Nebido is injected into a muscle in your body. There it can be stored and gradually released over a period of time. Nebido is used in adult men for testosterone replacement to treat various health problems caused by a lack of testosterone (male hypogonadism). These should be confirmed by two separate blood testosterone measurements and also include clinical symptoms such as:

impotence
infertility
low sex drive
tiredness
depressive moods
bone loss caused by low hormone levels

What you need to know before you are given Nebido

Do NOT use Nebido

if you are allergic to testosterone undecanoate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
if you have androgen-dependent cancer or suspected cancer of the prostate or of the breast
if you have or had a liver tumour

Nebidois notintended for use in women.

Warnings and precautions

Talk to your doctorbefore using Nebido if you have or have ever had:

epilepsy
heart, kidney or liver problems
migraine
temporary interruptions in your breathing during sleep (apnoea), as these may get worse
cancer, as the level of calcium in your blood may need to be tested regularly
high blood pressure or if you are treated for high blood pressure, as testosterone may cause a rise in blood pressure
blood clotting problems
- bleeding disorders (i.e. haemophilia)
- thrombophilia (an abnormality of blood coagulation that increases the risk of thrombosis - blood clots in blood vessels).
- factors that increase your risk for blood clots in a vein: previous blood clots in a vein; smoking; obesity; cancer; immobility; if one of your immediate family has had a blood clot in the leg, lung or other organ at a young age (e.g. below the age of about 50); or as you get older.
  How to recognise a blood clot: painful swelling of one leg or sudden change in colour of the skin e.g. turning pale, red or blue, sudden breathlessness, sudden unexplained cough which may bring up blood; or sudden chest pain, severe light headedness or dizziness, severe pain in your stomach, sudden loss of vision. Seek urgent medical attention if you experience one of these symptoms. NEBIDO INJECTION 1000mg/4ml Vial