Alternatives to finasteride?

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I had been taking Finasteride 0.25mg per day and suffered mental side effects - is there any alternative (other than minoxidil) for hair loss?
 
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Whenever you sit, push your balls up through a tube so they are inside your body and not outside. Then cross your legs. If you start sweeting down there, it's working and your DHT levels should begin to fall if you do it every day.
 
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hrt might help a little
 
Are the mental sides from fin only caused my low free test?
 
topicals like RU58841, cb-03-01 etc.
 
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Are the mental sides from fin only caused my low free test?
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That may have something to do with it.

As your DHT levels lower, your testosterone will try to take over certain androgen related functions that DHT is responsible for as a way of "backfilling" and reaching a homeostasis like state with lowered DHT.

But this may not be the end all be all, as people like myself who are on exogenous testosterone have abnormally high Free T levels however continue to experience side effects.

Remember, you are not only inhibiting testosterone converting to DHT, but many other important functions.

Such as these.

I hypothesize many people's side effects occur because progesterone is unable to properly convert into allopregnanlone, and allopregnanlone is the body's natural antidepressant, it regulates feelings of well-being, anxiety, depression even sexual drive and erectile function.

I think this is an incredibly important thing to consider when using 5ar inhibiting drugs such as finasteride and dutasteride, however all too often it gets swept under the rug and most assume the lowered DHT is the issue and catalyst for sides.

It might be different for certain individuals however, as we all have different cognitive architectures, some people have an abundance of GABA receptors and don't experience as drastic side effects as those with less GABA receptors because their brain doesn't solely rely on allopregnanlone as the body's natural antidepressant. But rather have many GABA receptors to help out in related functions and "take over", sort of similar to how testosterone can "take over" androgen related functions for DHT, when a lack of it is in the body, but not exactly in the same way, but you get what I mean.

Blood work will always help determine the cause of sides, but dealing with finasteride and other related drugs can be incredibly tricky, and It's not worth it, rather just try to cope with some topical anti-androgen, but I don't even know about those at that point, many are either ineffective or have other side effects as well.

I think a hair system might be the best option, tbh.
 
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Minoxidil can help re-grow hair but it doesn't work for some people and while there is some evidence it reduces DHT, it does not reduce it systemically as strongly as Finasteride does so it probably won't help more aggressive/advanced forms of balding.

Then there are some research chemicals like RU, but I don't know a lot about it.

Your best bet is waiting for Pyrilutamide, it looks really promising and testing will finish in the next months.
 
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Try it every other day at the same 0.25mg. maybe even twice a week.

If not try topical finasteride, Liposomal Gel one.
 
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Try it every other day at the same 0.25mg. maybe even twice a week.

If not try topical finasteride, Liposomal Gel one.
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What is safer, RU, dutasteride or topical fin?
 
with the exception of dutasteride which is even stronger, there isnt. face it, if you have the balding genes, you need finasteride. accept it
 
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with the exception of dutasteride which is even stronger, there isnt. face it, if you have the balding genes, you need finasteride. accept it
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Could I Finasteride at a lower dose?
 
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personalitynotlooks said:
Is topical fin safer than oral fin?
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in theory yes since it's more selective (lowers scalp dht more than serum dht) , but more annoying and bothering to apply daily or EOD and you probably need to do microneedling for absorbtion
 
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in theory yes since it's more selective (lowers scalp dht more than serum dht) , but more annoying and bothering to apply daily or EOD and you probably need to do microneedling for absorbtion
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I’m fine with micro needling. Is it hard to get topical fin?
 
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That may have something to do with it.

As your DHT levels lower, your testosterone will try to take over certain androgen related functions that DHT is responsible for as a way of "backfilling" and reaching a homeostasis like state with lowered DHT.

But this may not be the end all be all, as people like myself who are on exogenous testosterone have abnormally high Free T levels however continue to experience side effects.

Remember, you are not only inhibiting testosterone converting to DHT, but many other important functions.

Such as these.

I hypothesize many people's side effects occur because progesterone is unable to properly convert into allopregnanlone, and allopregnanlone is the body's natural antidepressant, it regulates feelings of well-being, anxiety, depression even sexual drive and erectile function.

I think this is an incredibly important thing to consider when using 5ar inhibiting drugs such as finasteride and dutasteride, however all too often it gets swept under the rug and most assume the lowered DHT is the issue and catalyst for sides.

It might be different for certain individuals however, as we all have different cognitive architectures, some people have an abundance of GABA receptors and don't experience as drastic side effects as those with less GABA receptors because their brain doesn't solely rely on allopregnanlone as the body's natural antidepressant. But rather have many GABA receptors to help out in related functions and "take over", sort of similar to how testosterone can "take over" androgen related functions for DHT, when a lack of it is in the body, but not exactly in the same way, but you get what I mean.

Blood work will always help determine the cause of sides, but dealing with finasteride and other related drugs can be incredibly tricky, and It's not worth it, rather just try to cope with some topical anti-androgen, but I don't even know about those at that point, many are either ineffective or have other side effects as well.

I think a hair system might be the best option, tbh.
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just when i thought all the high iq posters left the website
 
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Castor oil and dermarolling reversed my temples hair loss.
 
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