Eli5 why do testortone replacement therapy is common but taking steroids come with side effects aren’t they booth are same?

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Both will reduce your bodies natural ability to produce testosterone, and for the sake of this conversation let’s say the only steroid we’re talking about it is testosterone. Using exogenous T to get yourself up to normal levels is drastically different than having normal amounts of T and then adding more to get yourself above normal levels