I use Androderm patches every night and have no side effects or issues with them at all. I occasionally get some skin irritation if I wear a patch too frequently in the same location. But changing locations (you are supposed to rotate them around on the beefy areas of your body) and putting a little OTC cortisone cream on the irritated area for one day makes it go away.

I like the patches because the dose is very regulated, and if you put them on at night before bed, they cycle of the levels in your body really closely approximates the normal ebb and flow of the hormone in your system daily.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.