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General Forums => Generic Discussion => Topic started by: robmtest on February 18, 2018, 12:03:55 AM

Title: Testosterone
Post by: robmtest on February 18, 2018, 12:03:55 AM

My question is how is Testosterone Manufactured in a lab? How is it possible that it can be as cheap as $500 for 1000g !? I'm not going to attempt to make it you don't have to detail the process just looking for a way to wrap my head around the process so I can have an idea if these prices are realistic or too good to be true.

Any articles on this? Can't seem to find.

Title: Re: Testosterone
Post by: Arkcon on February 18, 2018, 09:17:27 AM

The Marker degradation is a common way to make a variety of mammalian steroid hormones from plant sterols.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marker_degradation

Here's something interesting:  Pfizer is using new greener chemistry in the processing of testosterone.
http://www.pharmtech.com/green-manufacturing-route-testosterone-0

Summarizing briefly, mass produced on large scales, pharmaceuticals are easily made economically.