My physician detected by 24 hour urine test, that I was somewhat deficient in testosterone. I preferred to avoid injections becuase they caused injection site pain afterward. Also, nobody likes sticking themselves on a regular basis. When I first started uising testosterone, it made my estrogen levels jump because testosterone is converted into estrogen by aromatase enzyme. An adjustment was made to the compound by my physician to add Anastrazole, an aromatase inhibitor to the orescrition. This solved the problem. After this was settled, my testosterone levels started to go just a little too high. My doctor was able to easily adjust my prescription to use 25% less of the cream, which I did and my hormone levels normalized.
This type of fine tuning of my prescription was only availlable for a compounded hormone. I am so glad that this medical service was available to me as a patient.