Testosterone Therapy in Freiburg

How testosterone therapy works in Freiburg

At Swiss TRT, we combine the proximity of your local doctor with the specialization of an experienced specialist. No local endocrinologist required, no months-long wait times.

Care situation: endocrinology at four sites — but only with a referral

Unlike many rural cantons, Fribourg has an endocrinology department of its own, and it is not confined to the cantonal capital. The HFR treats outpatients and inpatients of Diabetology and Endocrinology at all HFR sites: HFR Fribourg – Cantonal Hospital in Villars-sur-Glâne, HFR Tafers, HFR Meyriez-Murten and HFR Riaz. There is no care gap here in the sense of 'no specialist anywhere near'.

Two limitations remain nonetheless. First, according to the HFR, treatment is provided expressly at the request of your treating physician — you cannot register yourself, you first need a referral and then an appointment. Second, the department's focus is clearly diabetes: it is led by the chief physician for diabetology, and the consultations revolve around blood sugar, insulin pumps and nutritional counselling. A declared focus on andrology or male hormones is nowhere mentioned.

On top of that comes the language question, which sets this canton apart from every other. The Sense district and the Lake district are German-speaking — yet the blood collection centres of the laboratory chains are located exclusively in Fribourg and Bulle. For the Sense district there is at least Medbase Düdingen with its own laboratory. In the Lake district around Murten you will find no publicly advertised collection point beyond your family doctor and the walk-in Permanence of HFR Meyriez-Murten.

Wait times: Endocrinologist vs. Telemedicine

Blood test in Freiburg: Where and how?

For the diagnosis, you need a blood test — in the morning before 11 a.m., fasting. The easiest way is at your family doctor. They can arrange all necessary values (testosterone, SHBG, LH, FSH, blood count), and the costs are covered by basic insurance.

You can find out exactly which values are measured and what they mean in our detailed guide: Blood test for TRT — all values explained.

Telemedicine for the whole canton of Fribourg

Telemedicine is independent of your place of residence. Here is an overview of how the process works in different regions of the canton of Freiburg:

Fribourg is one of the few cantons where the medical infrastructure is built bilingually: at HFR Tafers and in Meyriez-Murten the teams work in German and French, and the HFR even trains its staff to understand Sense-district Swiss German. With the laboratories, however, that bilingualism ends — Promed and Unilabs sit in Fribourg and Bulle, that is, in the French-speaking part. For men from the Sense and Lake districts this means, quite practically: the blood test belongs at the family doctor or in Düdingen, while the specialist assessment arrives via video and in German.

Costs and Procedure

Transparent and uniform throughout Switzerland — regardless of the canton.

All prices incl. VAT. Medication and laboratory costs not included. Laboratory costs at the family doctor are covered by basic insurance.

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Frequently Asked Questions about TRT in Freiburg