Bolt Health TRT Alternatives: What to Switch To and What It Really Costs

Male Excel is worth comparing among Bolt Health TRT alternatives if daily injections matter and you accept compounded products and its pharmacy limits. Hone fits pharmacy choice; local care fits insurance. Bolt Pro costs $299 monthly before medication. If you want children soon, see a fertility-aware clinician first; no provider can promise your current prescription.

By TRT Provider Guide Editorial Team · Last verified November 2026 · Editorial research, not clinically reviewed

Last updated: November 11, 2026.

Affiliate disclosure: Male Excel and Hone Health are commercial partners of TRT Provider Guide. We may earn commissions through separately labeled paid referral links. The original provider information links in this article remain direct public sources. Read our affiliate disclosure.

Educational information, not medical advice. A licensed clinician decides what evaluation and treatment fit you. If you have chest pain, trouble breathing, sudden weakness, or another emergency symptom, call 911.

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Which Bolt Health TRT alternatives should you compare?

Male Excel is a candidate for a provider-advertised daily injection program, Hone for pharmacy choice and scheduled first-year labs, and TRT Nation for a lower advertised bundled program fee. Taurus advertises a bundle too, but its fees and refund terms need a written answer. Local care is the place to check insurance; Hims separately lists FDA-approved testosterone options through cash-pay care.

Table 1: Bolt Health vs. its alternatives (November 2026)

We checked each company's own pages on November 11, 2026. "Fixed fees" means start-up fees plus 12 months of required membership where those amounts are published. Medication is listed separately because providers bill it in different units: per month, per eight weeks, or per vial. A bundled program fee is labeled separately; it is not a membership-only price.

These are provider-stated prices and policies. The calculations are ours. "Best for" is our editorial fit judgment, not a medical recommendation or a promise that a provider will accept you.

How we modeled it: Bolt uses its separate start fee, 12 membership payments and 6.5 eight-week supply equivalents—52 weeks, or 364 days. Male Excel uses its start fee, annual membership and 12 advertised monthly equivalents of medication and syringes; its six 60-day medication supplies cover 360 days. Hone uses a new-evaluation scenario; Taurus and TRT Nation use 12 advertised monthly rates. These are models built from published prices, not quotes. The services aren't identical.

Whole refills matter. A fraction of a supply in a planning model is not a partial pharmacy charge. Actual spending in the first 365 days can include another full shipment. Shipping, extra testing, different prescriptions and add-ons remain extra where the provider has not confirmed them in the quoted plan. Do not subtract these subtotals and call the result guaranteed savings.

Already with Bolt? Your paid start fee is a past cost. Compare charges from your planned switch date forward, including any new-provider testing, overlapping memberships and remaining prepaid fees.

Here's the number that surprised us most. Bolt Pro's start fee and 12 membership payments alone, before a single dose of medication, add up to $3,737. That's more than the published start-and-membership fees for Male Excel or Hone in the scenarios below. Male Excel's advertised medication-and-syringe subtotal is lower too, but it is not a complete quote.¹²³⁵

So the real question isn't "is there something cheaper?" There is. It's "what do I give up to pay less?" That's what the rest of this page answers.

Comparing a switch makes sense if you:

• Use Bolt mainly for testosterone
• Are fine with compounded medication (Bolt describes its advertised MCT-oil injectable as compounded; check your own prescription)¹⁵
• Live in a state your new provider serves
• Have a clinician confirm that the new care plan fits your health and fertility needs

Staying with Bolt may make sense if you:

• Want daily microdosing and the freedom to use your own pharmacy
• Actually use Bolt Max's quarterly labs and priority access
• Are on Bolt's oral option and happy with your care team

This page is for U.S. adult men comparing testosterone-deficiency care. It is about Bolt Health (bolt.health), the men's testosterone service, not another business with Bolt in its name.

If daily injections are why you chose Bolt, Male Excel gives you a program to compare. See Male Excel's current prices and intake steps → Its site advertises a free symptom assessment before the $99 test and consultation; the assessment is not a diagnosis, a prescription or a personal quote.²

TRT Provider Guide is the independent decision resource for testosterone replacement therapy — helping U.S. adults understand how low testosterone is evaluated, compare online and local care models and providers, and choose the next step that fits their health needs, fertility plans, budget, state, and care preferences, with every material claim verified and dated.

The right TRT provider is not the same for every person — it depends on whether low testosterone has been properly evaluated, your symptoms and health history, your fertility plans, your state, your insurance or cash-pay preference, your treatment-format preference, your budget, and whether online or in-person care is the better starting point. Some situations belong with primary care, urology, endocrinology, reproductive urology, or urgent or emergency care when the symptoms warrant it. Because a general answer cannot resolve those for you, use the questions below with a clinician to map your situation to the right care route before you pay. TRT Provider Guide's Find My TRT Path tool checks age and state eligibility for the featured Male Excel online TRT offer; it does not build a medical switching plan, check insurance benefits or assess fertility. If fertility or a complex health issue is central, follow the clinician-first guidance here even if the tool identifies an available offer.

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Why are men looking for Bolt Health alternatives?

Price is one clear reason. Bolt's current plans charge $299 (Pro) or $499 (Max) a month, with medication billed separately, plus $149 to start.¹

One Reddit user, FloppySeconds82, put it simply. After seeing Bolt in a YouTube video, he wrote that he was "kinda suprised by the cost of 300 per month plus the trt."¹⁶

That's the moment this page is built for. You liked what you heard. Then you saw the bill.

Here's what Bolt looks like today, from its live pricing page on November 11, 2026:

Table 2: Bolt Health today

Sources: Bolt's pricing, pharmacy disclosures and refund policy, read November 11, 2026.

One thing jumped out. Bolt's own examples don't quite line up with its range. California's $179 per eight weeks works out to $89.50 per four weeks, which is above the $31–$80 range on the same page. Most states' $61 per eight weeks works out to $30.50. Ask Bolt for a written price for your state and your exact product.

To be fair, Bolt publishes a named medical director and current prices. This isn't a warning page. Bolt's membership costs more than the Male Excel and Hone memberships compared here, and you should know what that extra money buys.¹⁸¹²⁵

For the full Bolt breakdown, see our Bolt Health TRT cost guide and Bolt Health TRT review. Those pages carry October verification dates; use the newer, November-dated prices on this page when comparing a current quote.

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How much could you save by switching from Bolt?

The published fees suggest room to spend less, but your savings need matched written quotes. Bolt Pro's 52-week medication model is about $4,134 at its $61 example and about $4,901 in California; Male Excel's 12-month-equivalent subtotal is $1,977 before shipping and unquoted charges. Hone Plus's new-start fixed fees are $1,710 before medication, while TRT Nation's annualized program rate is about $1,200 before labs.¹³²⁵¹⁰

The membership gap is big. Over 12 months, Bolt Pro membership is $3,588, compared with $948 upfront for Male Excel's annual membership—a $2,640 membership-fee difference. From Bolt Max's $5,988 membership, the difference is $5,040. Those figures exclude medication and do not mean the services are equivalent.¹²

But "cheaper" only counts if you're comparing the same things. Three billing traps make that harder than it looks.

Trap 1: Four weeks, eight weeks, and one month aren't the same

Bolt prices medication per eight-week supply. Male Excel prices it per month and bills its injection medication every 60 days. A 52-week model has 13 four-week periods, not 12. Six 60-day supplies cover 360 days, not 365. Multiply the wrong unit by 12 and your budget will be wrong before you start.¹³

Trap 2: A price per vial isn't a monthly cost

Hone lists injectable testosterone at $28 per vial. How long a vial lasts depends on your prescription, which only your clinician sets. So we can't honestly turn that into a yearly number for you, and anyone who multiplies $28 by 12 is guessing.⁵

Trap 3: "All inclusive" doesn't always mean all inclusive

Taurus advertises $149 a month with "no membership fees." Its Terms of Service (§28, last updated June 24, 2025) describe a $17.99 membership fee "per billing period" unless the purchase says otherwise. TRT Nation calls its monthly rate a program fee but lists TRT lab panels separately at $129 each.⁸⁹¹¹

None of that makes these providers bad. It just means the cheapest-looking row isn't automatically your cheapest year.

The number that settles it

Strip out medication from the separately billed plans. Compare their start and membership fees:

Table 3: Fixed fees before any medication, year one

TRT Nation belongs in the comparison, but not in a membership-only table: its $1,199.88 annualized program-rate subtotal includes medication and excludes labs. The 2.5-month minimum purchase still matters.¹⁰¹¹

Bolt Pro's start-and-membership subtotal is $2,690 more than Male Excel's annual start-and-membership subtotal. That is a fee difference you can check: $3,737 minus $1,047. It is not a full treatment-cost saving.¹²

Hone figures include the stated confirmation test in a new-evaluation scenario. Existing TRT patients need the receiving clinician to confirm which testing applies; do not assume every transfer starts that sequence again.⁶¹⁹

That's not a rounding error. That's a used car.

If that difference matters to you, see Male Excel's current pricing → before your next Bolt renewal.

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Which Bolt alternative keeps daily microdosing?

Male Excel markets daily testosterone injections and topical treatment, with symptom check-ins every 60 days and comprehensive labs every six months. That makes it worth comparing if a daily injection program matters to you, but it does not guarantee the same prescription or care as Bolt. Its annual-plan scenario is $1,977 for intake, membership and 12 advertised monthly equivalents of injection medication and syringes, before shipping and unquoted charges.²³

"Microdosing" may be why you picked Bolt. Here, it is the providers' term for a daily injection schedule, not a standard product or a guarantee of a lower total dose. Your clinician sets the prescription; do not divide or change it yourself.¹⁵³

Male Excel builds its marketing around daily injections. So does Bolt. That gives you a shared feature to discuss. Your new clinician still decides the medication, schedule, testing and follow-up plan.³¹⁵

Table 4: Keep or lose — what Bolt members value, provider by provider

Sources: each provider's pricing, help, and terms pages, read November 11, 2026. These are published service descriptions, not independently tested clinical performance.^246720921

What Male Excel includes

• Free symptom assessment, advertised as under 5 minutes with no payment; it is not a clinical decision or a quote²
• $99 one-time: at-home hormone test, lab analysis, kit shipping and an online provider consultation, according to its pricing page²
• Membership: $79/month on the annual plan (paid upfront, $948) or $99/month paid monthly. Membership starts only if treatment is prescribed.²
• Medication: compounded testosterone cypionate injections from $62.50/month equivalent, billed at $125 per 60-day supply, plus syringes at $15/month and shipping. Compounded cream is listed from $90/month. Enclomiphene is listed from $75/month, but it is not testosterone or FDA-approved.³²²²
• Check-ins: symptom assessments every 60 days, comprehensive labs every six months, as advertised²
• Insurance: not accepted; Male Excel advertises HSA/FSA payment, subject to your plan's rules²⁴
• Cancellation: advertised as cancel anytime. The annual membership still requires $948 upfront; cancellation does not mean unused prepaid fees are refunded.²⁴
• States: not available in Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, or Rhode Island (per its pricing page). Its separate FAQ page also excludes Alabama and Minnesota, so get written state confirmation before paying.²²³

Table 5: Bolt Pro vs. Male Excel, line by line

Sources: Bolt pricing, blood-testing and treatment pages; Male Excel pricing, injection page and Terms.^12415234

Be ready for one billing quirk

Male Excel's own pricing FAQ says injections "with thyroid" start at $120 a month, while the product menu lists separate medication prices. That does not establish which bundle applies to you. Ask before you pay: "Is thyroid medication part of my plan, why is it being proposed, and what does my 60-day bill come to?" Thyroid treatment is a separate clinical decision, not an automatic part of TRT.²

The Excel Advantage Guarantee, in plain terms

New members who follow the protocol for 90 days can ask for a refund of their membership fees for those 90 days if their symptoms don't improve. You have to keep your appointments, follow the plan, and ask within 30 days after day 90. It doesn't refund medication or the $99 test. Claims are reviewed, and Male Excel may require records showing that you followed the plan; its Terms define improvement using its assessment or your report to the provider. This is not a promise to refund the full prepaid annual membership. (Terms checked November 11, 2026.)²⁵

What members say

"From my practitioner to the shipping department, everyone has been responsive and effective." — Michael Napoli, Trustpilot, posted March 15, 2025; experience dated March 14, 2025

Male Excel holds a 4.5 TrustScore from 6,980 Trustpilot reviews (read November 11, 2026). Recent reviews aren't all glowing. A three-star review by Thomas from September 2026 called the separate membership-and-medication billing confusing. A two-star review by Alan, with an experience dated September 20, 2026, reported unexpected withdrawals and trouble reaching a live person. Male Excel replied that it would review his account and charges. Reviews describe individual experiences. They don't show that any result is typical.

Trustpilot labels Michael's review unprompted and Thomas's and Alan's reviews verified. Male Excel has a paid Trustpilot subscription and invites customer reviews. We did not verify the reviewers' invoices, medical records or any other material relationship.²⁶

If daily injections and ongoing clinician access are what you value, ask Male Excel to confirm both for your plan. Review the membership and medication charges → before paying for testing. A free symptom assessment does not give you a prescribed treatment plan.

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What's the catch with Male Excel?

Male Excel's July 2026 Terms say it won't send your prescription to an outside pharmacy, and its publicly listed testosterone injection and cream are compounded, not FDA-approved. Bolt allows your own pharmacy and lists FDA-approved Kyzatrex; if pharmacy choice or an exact approved product matters to you, compare that care path before switching.⁴³²⁷¹

Here's the honest version.

Male Excel's Terms do not let you use your own pharmacy. Its Terms (July 2026) say it won't send your prescription to a different pharmacy. Its Utah consent disclosure also refers to pharmacy choice; Utah readers should get written confirmation before relying on an outside-pharmacy option.²⁸ If pharmacy choice is your priority, Hone Health is the better fit to investigate. Its help center says you can send a prescription to the pharmacy of your choice, provided that pharmacy can dispense it; your membership continues. Hone is a commercial partner too, so this isn't a commission dodge. It's fit.⁴⁷

Male Excel's reviewed testosterone injection and cream are not FDA-approved. If an exact FDA-approved product is what you need, a local doctor or a platform that lists it, such as Hims, is the better path to investigate (see the FDA-approved section below).³²⁷¹²

But here's why the trade may still fit the reader who wants a daily injection program and accepts compounded care. Male Excel says its closed pharmacy model helps it maintain consistency. Bolt also describes its advertised MCT-oil injectable as compounded. That shared approval category does not make the medicines equivalent: confirm the exact product, pharmacy and full bill before deciding the change fits you.⁴¹⁵²⁹

Two more things to know before you sign up:

• Sales are final. Male Excel's Terms generally make subscription fees nonrefundable; the separate 90-day membership guarantee has the conditions above. Confirm how it applies to an annual payment before committing $948.⁴²⁵
• Get your billing in writing. Ask for your membership charge date and your 60-day medication bill before you start. That one question addresses the billing confusion described in the customer reports above.

If compounded care through Male Excel's pharmacies is fine with you, read Male Excel's pharmacy and cancellation terms →. Then ask for state confirmation and a written first-60-day quote before you pay.

Paid referral: See Male Excel’s current TRT offer →

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Which alternative fits a Bolt Max member or someone who wants their own pharmacy?

Hone Health is worth comparing for pharmacy choice or more scheduled first-year lab checks. Hone Plus is $135 a month plus medication, with a $45 initial home test and, when required, a $45 lab confirmation test; its published first-year schedule lists follow-ups at months 3, 6, 9 and 12. Its help center says you can use your own pharmacy while keeping the membership.⁵⁶⁷

If you're on Bolt Max for the extra blood work, Hone gives you a lower-fee testing schedule to compare. Its new-start fixed-fee scenario is $1,710 before medication. Bolt Max's start-and-12-membership subtotal is $6,137. Check the actual panels and clinician access: more lab dates do not make two care plans the same.⁵⁶¹

What Hone includes

• Hone Plus ($135/month): the men's hormone-care plan. The initial home test is $45; confirmation, when required, is $45 at a lab or $80 by home kit. The second test matters because guidelines call for more than one low result, alongside symptoms or signs and clinical evaluation, before a diagnosis.⁵⁶³⁰
• Follow-up labs: months 3, 6, 9, and 12, per Hone's published first-year Plus schedule; your clinician can change the testing plan⁶
• Hone Premium ($155/month): 50+ biomarkers advertised, with a $65 start test and a $25 confirmation test when required. This is another option to compare with Bolt Max's "more data" pitch, but the panels and access terms differ.¹⁹
• Medication: separate. Injectable testosterone starts at $28 per vial. Hone labels the injectable offer reviewed here compounded and not FDA-approved.⁵³¹
• Pharmacy: you can ask for a prescription to be sent to a pharmacy of your choice; it must be able to fill the prescription, and your membership continues. Hone says it does not help with prior authorizations or insurance processing.⁷
• Basic ($25/month): a non-hormone longevity membership with lab testing and some non-hormone care options. It isn't a testosterone plan, so don't compare it to Bolt.³²

Hone's limits

• Medication is extra, and per-vial pricing makes your year hard to predict until you have a prescription.
• No men's Plus plan in 16 places: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina (per Hone's state table). Premium differs: it lists New York, but not Hawaii or South Dakota.³³
• Two things to cancel, not one. Hone's November 6, 2026 policy makes cancellation effective when you submit the form, but pending prescription orders need separate action. Membership fees aren't refunded for partial months. Initial lab purchases and processed or shipped orders are nonrefundable.³⁴
• One helpful exception: Hone says it refunds the initial $135 membership fee if the initial clinician consultation finds treatment inappropriate. That does not promise refunds for initial labs, medicines or later membership months.³⁵
• Customer signal: some public BBB complaints describe trouble canceling. These are customer allegations, not proof of the current policy; Hone has posted responses. Use Hone's cancellation form and keep the confirmation.

Want your own pharmacy, or more lab data than Bolt Pro gives you? Check Hone's plan availability for your state →

Paid referral: See Hone Health’s current TRT offer →

Is there an all-inclusive alternative?

Taurus Meds advertises $149 a month "all inclusive" after a $49 test-and-consult offer: $1,837 for 12 advertised payments plus the offer. But that is a campaign-price subtotal, not a verified complete bill; its documents leave fees, follow-up testing and refunds unresolved. Get the terms in writing before you pay.⁸⁹²¹

Here's what we found on November 11, 2026:

• The offer page says "No membership fees." Taurus's Terms (§28) describe a $17.99 membership fee "per billing period" unless your purchase says otherwise.
• The offer page promises a 90-day refund minus lab and pharmacy fees. Those exclusions agree with the Terms' limits on lab orders and shipped medication. The unresolved conflict is with the separate refund policy, which generally denies cancellation refunds except for medical disqualification.⁸⁹²¹
• Its cancellation policy (updated February 28, 2026) requires at least 72 hours' notice before billing.
• The offer page describes its hormones as compounded "for The Excel Advantage HRT program," which is another company's program name.

Taurus is worth checking if bundled pricing matters most to you, but its public documents do not establish one predictable bill. Just treat the offer page as a starting point, not a contract. If one price is what you want, read Taurus's current offer and ask which fees apply to you in writing. Confirm the exact drug, repeat-testing costs, monitoring and refund terms before paying.

What about TRT Nation?

TRT Nation advertises $99.99 a month with at least a 2.5-month purchase, and its TRT lab panel costs $129. That is a lower advertised program fee than Bolt's membership alone, but it is not a complete first-year quote. California pricing may differ, and its public state lists do not agree.^10113637

TRT Nation belongs here because its published program fee is lower than Bolt's membership. Know the trade-offs: you pay in blocks, labs are extra, refills are patient-requested, and its cancellation policy reserves no-refund terms. Its FAQ says medication comes from a U.S. compounding pharmacy. Read its pricing and lab requirements before you compare a full year.³⁸

Its current FAQ describes an early check after about 10 weeks and later monitoring; its pages differ on the timing of the next six-month check. Ask how many panels your own plan requires and which you must pay for. It advertises care-team messaging, but we did not test response times.¹¹³⁷

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Can the new provider treat you in your state?

State access depends on the provider, the plan and the clinician. Male Excel's pricing list and Hone's Plus list both exclude Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Rhode Island; other public lists conflict or differ by tier. In Alaska and Arkansas, start by checking local care rather than assuming Hims or another online program serves your TRT needs.^2333612

We lined up the published state lists we could verify. Here's what it means for you:

Table 6: Published state limits and conflicts (November 2026)

Table 7: If you live in a gap state

Federal rules matter here too. Testosterone is a Schedule III controlled substance, meaning it needs a valid prescription and falls under DEA rules. Through December 31, 2026, the current temporary federal flexibility permits qualifying audio-video prescribing without a prior in-person visit by DEA-registered practitioners, subject to federal and state requirements. More on that below.⁴¹⁴²

Ask who will prescribe, whether that clinician can treat you where you will be during the visit, and whether your care needs an in-person examination. A company's map is not a check of your assigned clinician's license.⁴³

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What if you want FDA-approved testosterone or insurance coverage?

For insurance, start by checking an in-network primary care clinician, urologist or endocrinologist and your plan's coverage rules. Hims separately lists FDA-approved Kyzatrex and generic testosterone cypionate, but Hims itself is cash pay. Hone permits outside-pharmacy prescriptions too; ask whether its clinician can prescribe the exact approved product you want, since its advertised injectable reviewed here is compounded.^1272031

This choice can matter more than the membership price.

FDA-approved means the FDA reviewed that exact product for safety, effectiveness, and quality. Compounding combines or changes ingredients to make a medicine for a medical need. Compounded drugs aren't FDA-approved and aren't the same as an FDA-approved generic; the FDA does not verify their safety, effectiveness or quality before they are marketed.²⁹

Male Excel's reviewed injection and cream, Hone's advertised injectable and Bolt's advertised MCT-oil injection are described as compounded. TRT Nation describes compounding-pharmacy supply. Taurus's campaign and general product claims do not establish the exact testosterone product you would receive. A pharmacy name alone does not prove a drug's FDA status: ask for the exact product and manufacturer or compounder.^327311511844

Your options for an FDA-approved product:

• Your own doctor with insurance. Ask your plan and pharmacy for the cost of an FDA-approved product, visits and labs under your actual benefits. Ask your insurer about the visit, the labs, the exact product, and any prior authorization. Coverage, deductible, network and formulary rules can change the total.
• Hims. Its FAQ lists a $49 membership fee at checkout; its membership help says pricing varies by billing cadence, so confirm the renewal amount and frequency. Its current menu lists FDA-approved generic testosterone cypionate from $159/month and Kyzatrex from $179/month, with medication billed separately from membership. Terms include two qualifying lab tests a year plus additional testing required by its provider. Hims does not accept insurance.¹²¹³¹⁴
• Stay on Bolt's oral option. Bolt lists Kyzatrex, an FDA-approved oral testosterone (testosterone undecanoate). If that's working for you, confirm whether a new clinician can prescribe that exact product and arrange pharmacy access before switching.¹⁴⁵

Kyzatrex's label carries blood pressure warnings and notes that testosterone can lower sperm production.⁴⁶

Hims also advertises compounded cypionate from $79/month and Testosterone Rx+ from $49/month. Those are separate offers: Rx+ contains enclomiphene, tadalafil and supplements, not testosterone. Neither price is the FDA-approved testosterone price above.¹²

Before choosing Hims, check the membership's billing cadence, any paid-through medication period, state access and cancellation terms. Its Terms require cancellation at least two days before the next charge and make the first membership month nonrefundable. If Hims has already shipped medication under a prepaid multi-month plan, membership cancellation takes effect only when that supply period ends; you still owe membership charges during that period. Sending a prescription to your own pharmacy does not cancel membership.¹⁴

Not sure whether insurance or online cash-pay makes more sense for you? Compare online and local care → and bring the quote questions below to your insurer and clinician.

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What if you want to have kids?

See a urologist or reproductive urologist before you switch if having children is a priority. Testosterone therapy can lower sperm production, and the Endocrine Society recommends against starting it when fertility is planned in the near term. Bolt advertises a fertility protocol, and some alternatives offer enclomiphene or clomiphene, but none of these guarantees your fertility.⁴⁷¹⁵

This is a situation where we'd tell you not to pick a provider from a table. Unevaluated symptoms or a complex medical history also need clinical attention first.

Testosterone from outside your body can signal your testes to slow down sperm production. That's spermatogenesis, the process of making sperm. For some men it recovers after stopping, but no one can promise that or a timeline. The AUA recommends against prescribing exogenous testosterone to men currently trying to conceive; any treatment change belongs with your clinician.⁴⁸⁴⁷

Other medicines work differently:

• Enclomiphene isn't FDA-approved in the U.S.²²
• Clomiphene is FDA-approved for ovulatory dysfunction in women and used off-label in men—meaning the male use is outside its approved labeling.⁴⁹
• hCG is a different hormone, with approved products for selected causes of male hypogonadism. In its September 2026 response to military guidance, the Endocrine Society raised concerns about using hCG for obesity-related hypogonadism and warned that testosterone plus hCG for two or more years can delay recovery of sperm and hormone production. It is not a guarantee of fertility.⁵⁰⁵¹

None of these is "natural TRT," and none is the same as testosterone. Male Excel, Hone, and Taurus list enclomiphene or clomiphene. That doesn't make any of them a fertility clinic.²⁵⁸

If kids are in your next year or two, your next step is a fertility-aware clinician. Take this list:

1. Should my sperm be tested before any treatment?
2. Is testosterone right for me now, or is something else a better fit?
3. If I'm already on testosterone, how should any change be planned?
4. Who should manage this: urology, reproductive urology, or endocrinology?

More in our fertility-first guide.

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How do I switch from Bolt without a gap in treatment?

Ask the receiving clinician to confirm the handoff before you cancel Bolt, and request your records early. Bolt requires at least 10 days' notice before your next bill; new testing or an in-person visit may affect the timing. Don't stop or change your dose on your own—let your clinicians coordinate care.¹⁵²⁴²

Switching takes paperwork and timing, but the medical handoff matters too. The new clinician may need new tests or a different plan. Confirm the handoff and refill arrangements with both practices.

The six-step switch plan

1. Request your Bolt records. Lab results, current prescription and product, dispensing pharmacy, and visit notes.
2. Count what you have left. How many days of medication, and when the next order ships.
3. Ask the receiving clinician what testing applies. Published new-start offers are Male Excel's $99 test and consult, Hone's $45 initial test plus confirmation when required, and Taurus's $49 test and consult. TRT Nation accepts some outside labs, but its pages differ between 120 days and six months; have the clinician confirm which results can be used. These are intake prices, not promises that every transfer needs the same tests.^2681136
4. Coordinate the end date, then cancel Bolt at least 10 days before the next charge you want to avoid. Ask Bolt which refund terms apply to you. Prepaid and month-to-month plans differ.⁵²
5. Let your clinicians handle the medical part. Don't stop, taper, or bridge on your own. If a refill is running short, call your current prescriber.
6. Keep everything in writing. Cancellation date, final charges, refunds, and records requests.

Will my new provider accept Bolt's labs?

Ask the new clinician which existing results they can use and which tests they need. The Endocrine Society's July 2026 statement says a low testosterone diagnosis needs symptoms plus consistently low results, measured accurately on at least two early-morning, fasting tests. Symptoms alone aren't enough. Neither is one number.³⁰

That diagnosis standard is not an instruction for someone already on TRT to stop treatment and repeat an untreated baseline. Your clinician decides how existing records and current treatment affect the evaluation. Ask which initial, repeat diagnostic, 90-day and later monitoring tests your quoted plan includes, and what extra tests cost. Bolt's pricing and care pages describe different schedules; Male Excel's $99 package does not establish the cost of a separate repeat diagnostic test in the pages checked.¹²⁴²

Our TRT blood-test guide explains why symptoms, repeat testing and the cause all matter.

Questions to ask before you pay anyone

1. Who will treat me, and can they treat me where I live?
2. Which tests do I need before a treatment decision, and what do they cost?
3. What follow-up labs and visits are included?
4. What exact medication would I get? Is it FDA-approved or compounded?
5. Which pharmacy fills it? Can I use my own?
6. What's my total charge per shipment, and how long does it last?
7. Which fees are recurring, prepaid, or nonrefundable?
8. How do I cancel both the membership and any pending prescription orders?
9. How do I get my records later?
10. Who answers between visits, what are the response times, and what happens if a refill is delayed?
11. What would make you refer me for in-person or specialist care?

Easy-to-miss exit terms

Table 8: Cancellation, refunds, and records

Want to compare the full bill before another renewal? Copy the quote worksheet below and ask both providers to complete it for the same dates.

Your matched-quote worksheet

Use one start date and one end date for both quotes. Keep an old fee you already paid out of future savings, but include any new intake fee or membership overlap. You do not need to share personal lab results with this website to use the worksheet.

Ask the clinician to resolve testing, fertility and treatment choices. Use the written quotes to compare money and service—not to choose a dose or diagnose yourself.

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Are Bolt's microdosing and "no seed oils" claims a reason to stay?

Those marketing claims are not enough on their own. The public evidence checked for this comparison does not establish that switching between the two daily-injection programs gives the same results or that daily dosing improves long-term outcomes. A seed-oil-free claim alone does not establish a safer treatment.

Bolt markets two things hard: microdosing and seed-oil-free medication. Here's what each one does and doesn't prove.

• Microdosing is a provider-marketed dosing schedule. Male Excel advertises daily injections too. If that schedule matters to you, ask the receiving clinician whether an appropriate plan can continue it.¹⁵³
• Carrier oil is the oil the testosterone is dissolved in. Bolt says its advertised compounded injection uses MCT oil. FDA-approved Depo-Testosterone uses cottonseed oil (per its label, updated August 2025). That ingredient difference does not establish that one product is safer. If you have an oil allergy, tell your clinician. Ask which carrier oil is in your exact prescription.¹⁵⁵⁵
• Heart and longevity claims. TRAVERSE studied testosterone gel in men aged 45–80 with hypogonadism and existing or high cardiovascular risk. Testosterone met the trial's standard for being not worse than placebo for major heart events. That's reassuring, but it's not the same as protecting your heart, and it does not establish the safety of these clinics' compounded daily injections. That trial also saw more pulmonary embolism, atrial fibrillation, and acute kidney injury in the testosterone group.⁵⁶

In February 2025, the FDA removed cardiovascular-outcome risk language from the boxed warning on testosterone labels and added or strengthened blood pressure warnings. In June 2026, the FDA requested further label changes, announced by HHS. Requested isn't the same as final for every product label.⁵⁷⁵⁸

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Will online TRT still work after December 31, 2026?

As checked November 11, 2026, the current federal telemedicine flexibility runs through December 31, 2026. It permits qualifying audio-video prescribing by DEA-registered practitioners without a prior in-person visit when federal and state requirements are met. DEA's special-registration final rule is listed as pending White House regulatory review; that does not establish the rules for 2027.⁴²⁵⁹

Every provider must follow the rules that apply to its clinicians and patients; an existing in-person care arrangement or state requirements can change what is needed. It's not a reason to rush. It is a reason to ask one question before you switch:

"If the federal rule changes on January 1, 2027, will I need an in-person exam, and how will you handle it?"

Male Excel's own site already notes that DEA and state laws may require an in-person exam for your testosterone plan. Ask each provider how it handles that requirement.² The date above is a verification date, not a promise that future rules will stay the same.

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Looking for alternatives to testosterone itself, not to Bolt?

Those are different treatments. Evaluating causes such as excess weight or sleep apnea, and considering medicines like enclomiphene, clomiphene or hCG, is a different decision from choosing a TRT provider. The Endocrine Society says weight loss is typically the first treatment when excess weight is the cause of hypogonadism and no other cause is found; a clinician must establish that cause.³⁰⁴⁷

If you meant alternatives to testosterone itself, here's the short version:

These options are not "natural TRT" and do not guarantee fertility.^22495051 Not sure which path fits? Bring this question to primary care, urology or endocrinology before choosing a medication.

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How did we choose and price these Bolt alternatives?

We read each company's own pricing pages, help articles and terms, checked the arithmetic and kept each billing unit visible. We label document findings, provider-stated service details, customer reports and our own judgment separately, following How We Review TRT Providers. These are published-price models and service comparisons, not patient-tested care or complete personal quotes.

What we actually verified — November 11, 2026

Sources checked: Bolt Health pricing, FAQ, blood-testing, treatment, clinician, pharmacy, and refund pages; Male Excel pricing and product pages, Terms (July 2026), and Excel Advantage Guarantee; Hone Health's testosterone page and help-center articles on Plus, Premium, lab schedule, states, pharmacy, and cancellation; Taurus Meds offer page, Terms (June 24, 2025), and cancellation policy (February 28, 2026); TRT Nation's therapy page, homepage, FAQs, and cancellation policy; Hims's testosterone page, membership help and Terms; FDA, DEA, HHS, DailyMed, the Endocrine Society, AUA/ASRM guidance and the TRAVERSE study.

What we confirmed: what the cited pages actually publish about prices, plan inclusions, state limits, pharmacy policies, cancellation and refunds. We also checked our arithmetic and identified conflicting statements. Reading a policy verifies the published statement, not that every patient receives the service as described.

What providers state (we report it, but have not independently tested): protocols, clinician credentials and access, lab cadence, guarantees, fulfillment and response times. We did not audit every clinician or pharmacy license.

What we couldn't confirm: your exact medication bill and whole-shipment calendar; every extra test or shipping charge; whether Taurus's $17.99 fee applies to its $149 offer; your assigned clinician and dispensing pharmacy; the formulation and carrier oil in your own prescription; the conflicting state-list details; Hims's personal membership cadence and total; or a complete first-year bill for every provider.

What we didn't do: we haven't been patients of these companies. This is a review of public records and published terms, not a hands-on test.

Why these options: Male Excel, Hone Health, and Taurus Meds are our commercial partners, so that financial interest is disclosed. We included them alongside TRT Nation, Hims and local care to compare daily-injection programs, pharmacy choice, bundled fees, exact products and insurance. We did not measure how often people leave Bolt for each reason. Being on this page isn't an endorsement.

Full method: How We Review TRT Providers. Read our editorial standards and privacy policy. Spot something out of date? Send a correction.

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What else should you know about Bolt Health alternatives?

The right alternative depends on what you want to keep, what you need to change and what your clinician recommends. These answers cover the remaining price, pharmacy, testing and switching questions; they do not replace a written quote or clinical evaluation.

What is the best alternative to Bolt Health?

Male Excel is worth comparing if a daily injection program matters and you accept its compounded products and pharmacy restriction. Hone Health fits pharmacy choice and scheduled first-year labs. A local clinician fits insurance or specialist needs; Hims separately lists FDA-approved products through cash-pay care. No universal winner or identical prescription is established here.³⁴⁶⁷¹²

Is there a cheaper alternative to Bolt Health?

There are lower advertised fees. Bolt Pro's start fee plus 12 membership payments total $3,737 before medication, compared with $1,047 for Male Excel's annual start-and-membership scenario or $1,950 for Hone Premium's new-start fixed fees. TRT Nation advertises a $99.99 monthly program rate plus labs, with a 2.5-month minimum purchase. Your complete savings require matched quotes.¹²¹⁹¹⁰

Which online TRT clinics do daily microdosing like Bolt?

Male Excel markets daily injections and topical testosterone. Ask about the prescribed schedule during your consult; the similar marketing does not establish the same treatment or results.³²

Is Bolt Health worth the money?

It depends on what you use. If you're on Bolt mainly for testosterone, lower membership or program fees are worth comparing. If you use Max's advertised quarterly labs, priority access, or Bolt's own-pharmacy option, those are features to price against the alternative. Our Bolt Health review goes deeper; check its verification date before relying on a price.¹

How do I cancel Bolt Health?

Give at least 10 days' notice before your next billing date, and get written confirmation. Ask which refund terms apply, because monthly and prepaid plans differ. Request your records before you cancel.⁵²

Will I need new blood work if I switch from Bolt?

The receiving clinician decides which records can be accepted and what new testing is needed. Guidelines require symptoms or signs plus consistently low testosterone confirmed with appropriate repeat morning testing for diagnosis; that is not an instruction for a current TRT patient to stop treatment and retest. Get your transfer testing plan before paying.³⁰¹¹

Can I use my own pharmacy with a Bolt alternative?

Hone says yes, if the pharmacy can fill the prescription; membership continues, and Hone does not assist with insurance authorizations. Male Excel's Terms prohibit outside-pharmacy prescriptions, but its Utah consent language differs; Utah readers should get written clarification. Taurus's partner list does not establish whether it allows another pharmacy. With any clinician, confirm that the chosen pharmacy can accept and fill the exact prescription.⁷⁴⁹

Is Bolt's testosterone FDA-approved? Are the alternatives'?

Bolt describes its advertised MCT-oil injectable as compounded and also lists FDA-approved Kyzatrex. Male Excel's reviewed injection and cream and Hone's advertised injectable are compounded; TRT Nation describes compounding-pharmacy supply, while Taurus's exact product is unresolved. Confirm the actual drug, because pharmacy choice can change what is dispensed. Local clinicians and Hims are options to investigate for an exact approved product; Hone also allows requests through an outside pharmacy.^{1545327312011812}

Does any alternative include medication in the monthly price?

Taurus advertises $149 a month "all inclusive," but its Terms describe a separate membership fee unless your purchase says otherwise. TRT Nation's $99.99 rate includes medication but not labs. Male Excel and Hone bill medication separately.^89101125

Do Bolt alternatives take insurance?

The online programs compared here are presented as cash-pay offers; Hims also says it does not take insurance. HSA/FSA payment is different from insurance coverage, and you must check the expense and your plan's rules. If you want insurance to cover care, start with an in-network primary care doctor, urologist or endocrinologist, then check visit, lab and prescription coverage.^4781112

Which Bolt alternative is best if I want kids?

A fertility-aware clinician should be your first stop. See a urologist or reproductive urologist before starting or switching testosterone, because it can lower sperm production.⁴⁷⁴⁸

Will telehealth TRT still be allowed in 2027?

As checked November 11, 2026, the current temporary flexibility runs through December 31, 2026, with qualifying audio-video visits, DEA registration, and federal and state requirements. The special-registration rule remains under regulatory review; that does not settle 2027. Ask any provider how it will handle an in-person requirement or a rule change.⁴²⁵⁹

Is Male Excel related to Bolt Health?

Their public sites present separate services with a similar advertised daily-injection approach. We did not find evidence that they are the same provider; confirm the medical practice and dispensing pharmacy on your own documents.⁴¹⁸

Is Bolt Health the same as Bolt for Men or Bolt.new?

This comparison is about Bolt Health at bolt.health, the men's testosterone service. Check the exact website address before using a price, policy or review from another business with Bolt in its name.¹⁵

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Interested in the featured Male Excel online TRT offer? Use our free Find My TRT Path tool to check age and state eligibility. For fertility, insurance or complex health needs, use the care guidance above and talk with a clinician first.

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Which sources support this comparison?

Provider prices and policies below were checked on November 11, 2026; they describe what the public documents said on that date. Medical and regulatory sources support the clinical and legal statements, while customer reports are used only for individual service experiences.

Footnotes

1. Bolt Health, Pricing, live page checked November 11, 2026. Start fee, plan tiers, medication billing units, state price examples, pharmacy choice and cancellation notice. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷

2. Male Excel, Pricing, checked November 11, 2026. Published intake, annual/monthly membership, medication menu, monitoring, state exclusions and differing FAQ bundle description. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴ ↩²⁵ ↩²⁶ ↩²⁷ ↩²⁸

3. Male Excel, Testosterone Cypionate Injections, checked November 11, 2026. Compounded-product disclosure, $62.50 monthly equivalent/$125 per 60 days, and $15 monthly syringe charge. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶

4. Male Excel, Terms and Conditions, dated July 2026; checked November 11, 2026. Clinical independence, pharmacy restriction, fees, shipping and cancellation. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴

5. Hone Health, Plus Membership, checked November 11, 2026. Membership, initial/confirmation prices and medication units. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

6. Hone Health, Plus Lab Schedule, checked November 11, 2026. First-year schedule and conditional testing. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

7. Hone Health, Can I Use My Own Pharmacy?, checked November 11, 2026. Continuing membership, pharmacy fulfillment requirements and no prior-authorization/insurance-processing assistance. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

8. Taurus Meds, $49 Offer, checked November 11, 2026. Campaign prices, refund offer and inconsistent product text. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

9. Taurus Meds, Terms, dated June 24, 2025; checked November 11, 2026. Sections 8 and 28, named service/pharmacy partners. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

10. TRT Nation, Testosterone Therapy, checked November 11, 2026. $99.99 rate, minimum purchase and California limitation. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

11. TRT Nation, FAQ, checked November 11, 2026. $129 TRT labs, 120-day outside-lab language, monitoring, care-team access and state confirmation during intake. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

12. Hims, Testosterone, checked November 11, 2026. FDA-approved product offers separately listed from compounded cypionate and non-testosterone Rx+, membership requirement, cash-pay status and limited state access. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

13. Hims, What Is Testosterone Membership and What Does It Include?, checked November 11, 2026. Cadence-dependent membership pricing. ↩ ↩²

14. Hims, Terms and Conditions, updated October 20, 2026; checked November 11, 2026. Testosterone membership, qualifying labs, outside pharmacy, renewal and cancellation. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

15. Bolt Health, Testosterone, checked November 11, 2026. Provider-advertised daily schedule, compounded MCT-oil injection, oral Kyzatrex and fertility-program claims. Marketing benefit claims are not treated as clinical proof. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

16. Reddit r/Testosterone, FloppySeconds82, Where is everyone going for TRT?, original wording checked November 11, 2026. A price-friction report, not medical or current-price evidence. ↩

17. Bolt Health, Our Pharmacies, checked November 11, 2026. Named compounding-pharmacy partners and outside-pharmacy option. ↩

18. Bolt Health, Our Doctors, checked November 11, 2026. Named medical director and provider-stated credentials; not an independent license audit. ↩ ↩²

19. Hone Health, Premium Membership, checked November 11, 2026. ↩ ↩² ↩³

20. Hone Health, Why We Can't Guarantee Specific Brands or Manufacturers, checked November 11, 2026. Compounded or generic sourcing and requested brands through another pharmacy. ↩ ↩² ↩³

21. Taurus Meds, Cancellation and Refunds, dated February 28, 2026; checked November 11, 2026. Seventy-two-hour notice and refund restrictions. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

22. FDA, June 2022 Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee transcript, FDA discussion of enclomiphene's lack of approval; approval status checked November 11, 2026. ↩ ↩² ↩³

23. Male Excel, FAQ, checked November 11, 2026. State-list differences, named pharmacies and medication-renewal reminder window. ↩ ↩² ↩³

24. Bolt Health, Blood Testing, checked November 11, 2026. Baseline and monitoring panels; additional tests billed separately. ↩ ↩²

25. Male Excel, Excel Advantage Guarantee, checked November 11, 2026. Ninety-day membership-fee refund conditions, review process and exclusions. ↩ ↩² ↩³

26. Male Excel's Trustpilot profile, checked November 11, 2026: displayed 4.5 and 6,980 reviews, paid subscription and customer-invitation disclosures. Original individual reviews: Michael Napoli, Thomas and Alan, with company response. ↩

27. Male Excel, Testosterone Cream, checked November 11, 2026. Compounded topical product disclosure. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

28. Male Excel, Telemedicine Consent, checked November 11, 2026. Record-copy access and possible preparation/delivery fees. ↩ ↩²

29. FDA, Compounding and the FDA: Questions and Answers, checked November 11, 2026. ↩ ↩²

30. Endocrine Society, Statement on Testosterone Replacement Therapy, July 16, 2026; checked November 11, 2026. Diagnosis and weight-related hypogonadism. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

31. Hone Health, Testosterone, checked November 11, 2026. Compounded disclosure for the advertised injectable. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

32. Hone Health, Membership Overview, checked November 11, 2026. Basic is not a TRT membership. ↩

33. Hone Health, Service Availability by State, checked November 11, 2026. Men’s Plus and Premium are separate lists. ↩ ↩² ↩³

34. Hone Health, Order Cancellation and Refund Policy, updated November 6, 2026; checked November 11, 2026. ↩ ↩²

35. Hone Health, Men's HRT Membership and Payment Breakdown, checked November 11, 2026. Initial membership-refund exception. ↩ ↩²

36. TRT Nation, Homepage, checked November 11, 2026. Exclusion list including Missouri and North Dakota; six-month outside-lab language. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

37. TRT Nation, Alternate FAQ, checked November 11, 2026. Different exclusion list and testing timing; no assumption that the shorter list overrides another page. ↩ ↩² ↩³

38. TRT Nation, Cancellation Policy, checked November 11, 2026. Patient-requested refills and no-refund/no-return terms. ↩ ↩²

39. Bolt Health, FAQs, checked November 11, 2026. Therapy-specific state limits, named pharmacy partners and fulfillment statements. ↩

40. Bolt Health, How It Works, checked November 11, 2026. Care flow, early testing, automatic-refill statements and broader state language that requires reconciliation with the FAQ. ↩

41. DEA, Drug Scheduling, checked November 11, 2026. Testosterone is Schedule III. ↩

42. DEA, Fourth Temporary Telemedicine Extension and published temporary rule, checked November 11, 2026. Conditional flexibility through December 31, 2026. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

43. HHS, Getting Started With Licensure and Prescribing Controlled Substances via Telehealth, checked November 11, 2026. ↩

44. Taurus Meds, Homepage, checked November 11, 2026. General product claims do not identify a patient's exact prescription. ↩

45. FDA, Kyzatrex approval, NDA 213953, checked November 11, 2026. ↩ ↩²

46. DailyMed, Kyzatrex prescribing information, checked November 11, 2026. Blood-pressure and sperm-production warnings. ↩

47. Endocrine Society, Testosterone Therapy Clinical Practice Guideline and 2018 full guideline, checked November 11, 2026. Symptoms/signs, repeat morning fasting testing, cause evaluation and fertility. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

48. American Urological Association, Evaluation and Management of Testosterone Deficiency, statement 23; and AUA/ASRM, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infertility in Men, checked November 11, 2026. Exogenous testosterone and fertility goals. ↩ ↩²

49. DailyMed, Clomiphene citrate labeling, checked November 11, 2026. Ovulatory-dysfunction indication; use in men is off-label. ↩ ↩²

50. DailyMed, Pregnyl labeling, checked November 11, 2026. Selected hypogonadotropic-hypogonadism indications in males. ↩ ↩²

51. Endocrine Society, Statement on the DHA Testosterone Guideline, September 24, 2026; checked November 11, 2026. Population-specific hCG concerns and prolonged testosterone-plus-hCG use. ↩ ↩²

52. Bolt Health, Refund Policy, checked November 11, 2026. Month-to-month and prepaid terms; completed-service exclusions. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

53. Hone Health, Prescription Refills, checked November 11, 2026. Automatic-refill conditions. ↩

54. Hone Health, Patient Account, checked November 11, 2026. Account access to lab and consultation information; complete export performance was not tested. ↩

55. DailyMed, Depo-Testosterone prescribing information, updated August 2025; checked November 11, 2026. Cottonseed-oil ingredient. ↩

56. Lincoff AM et al., Cardiovascular Safety of Testosterone-Replacement Therapy, New England Journal of Medicine 2023;389:107–117. Original study abstract checked November 11, 2026. ↩

57. FDA, Class-Wide Labeling Changes for Testosterone Products, February 28, 2025; checked November 11, 2026. ↩

58. HHS, FDA Requests Updates to Testosterone Therapy Labeling, June 18, 2026; checked November 11, 2026. ↩

59. OIRA, Pending Special-Registration Rule Review, received August 25, 2026; status checked November 11, 2026. Pending review is not a published final rule. ↩ ↩²