Testosterone Therapy in Thurgau

How testosterone therapy works in Thurgau

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.

1Self-Test

17 questions about your physical, psychological, and sexual well-being — based on the clinically validated AMS questionnaire.

Blood Test

At your family doctor or in a laboratory in Thurgau. In the morning, fasting, on 2 different days.

Specialist Consultation

An experienced specialist evaluates your values via video and creates your personal therapy plan if necessary.

Why telemedicine in Thurgau?

Two cantonal hospitals, five medium-sized towns, no medical centre: in Thurgau, the route to a specialist is almost always a drive across the canton — plus the wait for an appointment. Telemedicine replaces that drive, not the blood test. You give blood locally and see the specialist by video.

Care situation: Two hospitals, many villages, no walk-in blood draw

Thurgau is better equipped for endocrinology than you might expect. Spital Thurgau AG operates an Endocrinology/Diabetology unit both at the Cantonal Hospital Frauenfeld (Pfaffenholzstrasse 4) and at the Cantonal Hospital Münsterlingen (Spitalcampus 1), and its published list of services explicitly includes 'diseases of the gonads (e.g. deficiency of sex hormones)' as well as hormonal function diagnostics. A man who suspects testosterone deficiency is therefore not in the wrong place there.

The catch lies elsewhere: these are outpatient hospital clinics that mainly cover diabetes, thyroid and bone metabolism — andrology is not a declared focus. You register, wait several weeks and then drive to Frauenfeld or to Lake Constance. In private practice, the canton has endocrinology at the Medbase medical centre in Frauenfeld on Unterer Graben; beyond that, care is shaped by family doctors.

What Thurgau simply lacks is a short-notice blood draw that is not tied to a practice: no walk-in collection point of a major laboratory chain could be verified in the canton — the laboratories of Dr. Risch, Unilabs and Viollier are in St. Gallen, Winterthur or Zurich, and samples travel there by courier. The practical route is therefore the local practice: your family doctor or a medical centre with its own laboratory, in the morning and fasting. That is exactly what telemedicine is built around.

Wait times: Endocrinologist vs. Telemedicine

Traditional Path

Several weeks — the endocrinology clinics in Frauenfeld and Münsterlingen run as outpatient services, usually via a medical registration

Family doctor → Referral → Endocrinologist → Start of therapy

Via Telemedicine

A few days after the blood test

Blood test at family doctor → Video consultation → Prescription

Blood test in Thurgau: 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.

Location	Details	Walk-in possible
★Your Family Doctor	Any family doctor in the canton of Thurgau can arrange the necessary blood tests — whether in Frauenfeld, Kreuzlingen, Weinfelden, Amriswil or Sirnach. Laboratory costs via basic insurance.	Appointment required
Medbase Frauenfeld	Medical centre with general internal medicine and endocrinology/diabetology in the team. Appointment required. Mon–Fri 08.00–12.00 / 13.00–18.00.📍 Unterer Graben 1, 8500 Frauenfeld📞 052 723 02 02medbase.ch	Appointment required
Medbase Weinfelden	Family practice on the Marktplatz with its own laboratory. Appointment required. Mon–Fri 08.00–12.00 / 13.00–18.00, emergency service Sat 08.00–12.00.📍 Marktplatz 3, 8570 Weinfelden📞 071 424 04 24medbase.ch	Appointment required
Medbase Amriswil	Family practice in Upper Thurgau with its own laboratory. Appointment required. Mon–Fri 08.00–12.00 / 13.30–17.00.📍 Kirchstrasse 25, 8580 Amriswil📞 071 511 33 44medbase.ch	Appointment required
Medbase Kreuzlingen	Health centre a few minutes' walk behind the railway station, with in-house laboratory diagnostics. Appointment required. Mon, Wed, Fri 08.00–18.00, Tue, Thu 07.00–18.00.📍 Brückenstrasse 11, 8280 Kreuzlingen📞 071 424 04 44medbase.ch	Appointment required

As of: March 2026. Opening hours, addresses, and contact details may change. Please check current information on the respective website before your visit.

Telemedicine for the whole canton of Thurgau

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

Frauenfeld & Thur Valley

Cantonal capital with the Cantonal Hospital Frauenfeld and an endocrinology clinic. In addition, endocrinology at the medical centre on Unterer Graben. Telemedicine: faster access, without waiting for a clinic appointment.

Kreuzlingen, Untersee & Seerücken

Kreuzlingen, Steckborn, Diessenhofen. The Cantonal Hospital Münsterlingen is close by, but from the Seerücken ridge it is still a drive. Kreuzlingen has a health centre with in-house laboratory diagnostics — blood test locally, assessment by video.

Upper Thurgau: Arbon, Romanshorn, Amriswil

The Lake Constance axis between Münsterlingen and St. Gallen. Good family doctor coverage, and a practice with its own laboratory in Amriswil. For specialist appointments people often switch to St. Gallen — unnecessary with telemedicine.

Weinfelden & Central Thurgau

Transport hub in the middle of the canton, with a family practice with its own laboratory on the Marktplatz. No hospital on site. Blood test in Weinfelden, specialist by video — that saves the trip to Frauenfeld or Münsterlingen.

Hinterthurgau: Sirnach, Münchwilen, Aadorf

The rural south-west, closer to Wil and Winterthur than to any Thurgau hospital. No endocrinologist on site. Blood test at the family doctor in the village, consultation from home.

Bischofszell & Eastern Thur Valley

Small-town character, with family medicine and telemedical advice at the medical centre on Poststrasse. The nearest endocrinologist is in Frauenfeld, Münsterlingen or St. Gallen.

Thurgau is a polycentric canton: Frauenfeld, Kreuzlingen, Arbon, Amriswil and Weinfelden share the role that elsewhere a single capital plays alone. For primary care that is a good thing — nowhere is the family doctor far away. For specialists it is the opposite: they sit at two hospital sites, and anyone who lives neither in Frauenfeld nor by Lake Constance has to drive. Telemedicine fits this structure because it leaves local only the one step that has to happen locally — the blood draw.

Costs and Procedure

Transparent and uniform throughout Switzerland — regardless of the canton.

Initial Consultation

CHF 200

Video consultation with a specialist, evaluation of your blood values, initial assessment.

Therapy Start

CHF 500

Individual treatment plan, prescription, and therapy adjustment.

Follow-up

CHF 100

Regular check-ups: every 3 months (year 1-2), every 6 months (from year 3). Checking blood values, adjusting the dose.

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

→ All costs in detail

Frequently Asked Questions about TRT in Thurgau

Are there doctors for testosterone deficiency in the canton of Thurgau?

In principle, yes. Spital Thurgau AG runs an Endocrinology/Diabetology unit in Frauenfeld and Münsterlingen whose list of services also names diseases of the gonads and hormonal function diagnostics. However, andrology is not a declared focus there, and these are outpatient hospital clinics with registration and waiting time. Via telemedicine you receive an assessment specialised in testosterone without that detour.

Where can I have blood drawn in the canton of Thurgau?

Easiest at your family doctor — whether in Frauenfeld, Kreuzlingen, Weinfelden, Arbon or Sirnach. The laboratory costs are covered by basic insurance. Medical centres with their own laboratory exist in Weinfelden (Marktplatz 3) and Amriswil (Kirchstrasse 25), plus in-house laboratory diagnostics in Kreuzlingen (Brückenstrasse 11). All require an appointment. Important: in the morning before 11 a.m., fasting.

Is there a blood collection point in Thurgau without an appointment?

We could not verify a walk-in collection point of a laboratory chain in the canton. The large laboratories are in St. Gallen, Winterthur and Zurich, and Thurgau samples are couriered there. The reliable route is therefore an appointment at a family practice or a medical centre with its own laboratory — close to home, and billed via basic insurance.

Do I need to travel to St. Gallen or Zurich for Swiss TRT?

No — that's the point of telemedicine. Blood test at your practice in Thurgau, consultation via video from home. No commuting to St. Gallen, Winterthur or Zurich, and no drive across the canton to Münsterlingen either.

How much does testosterone therapy cost via Swiss TRT?

Initial consultation CHF 200, therapy start CHF 500, follow-up CHF 100 (every 3 months in years 1–2, then every 6 months). Medication and laboratory costs separate. Laboratory costs at the family doctor via basic insurance.

Does health insurance pay for TRT?

The laboratory costs at the family doctor are covered by basic insurance. The consultation via Swiss TRT is self-pay. Some supplementary insurances reimburse telemedicine services — check your policy.

Does this also work from Steckborn, Diessenhofen or the Hinterthurgau?

Yes — telemedicine works from any municipality. Precisely on the Seerücken ridge and in the Hinterthurgau the route to the nearest hospital is longest, while the route to the family doctor is short. Blood test in the village, video consultation from home: whether Steckborn, Diessenhofen, Aadorf or Münchwilen.

How does testosterone deficiency differ from burnout?

Burnout and testosterone deficiency share many symptoms: exhaustion, irritability, concentration problems. The difference: a hormone deficiency can be detected in the blood — burnout cannot. Therefore, with such symptoms, we always recommend a blood analysis first.

How is your testosterone level?