Injections or compounded cream?

marcsmith79

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I have been wondering if anyone has tried the compounded cream (not gel) with any success? I read that it emulates your body’s natural production and you can cut out the AI. I’m doing intramuscular injections now and struggling with E2. I can’t find the sweet spot. A coworker has had success with the cream and ditched the injections after a nasty abscess. He stated he’s never going back. Anyone else had the same experience?
 
This is all over the place and highly individualistic. There are quite a few threads on this topic if you search. In a nutshell most on here seem to prefer injections, some do well on the cream and others use both. I would say give it a try and see. Not like your gonna hurt anything, and you can always come back to the needle.
 
Ive been on cream only, since February this year. It has been a success up to this point. I have only had 1 set of follow up labs since starting and all was great with those except DHT which was very high. However I am not concerned. My PSA is fine and my hair has not had any noticeable changes. I do see myself as still dialing in and will get more labs soon. I'm pretty happy at his point.
 

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