5-8mg of fina too high??

[sl]

Whats a dangerous dose of taking finasteride?I am thinking of taking up to 6-8mg for 6 weeks for my testosterone cycle (AS) (400mg per week.)

Is that amount of fina too much?

 

[CCS]

maybe not for 6 weeks. maybe you will get side effects and stop. it leaves your system fast and sides go away. just your liver is the only issue. DEFINITELY have a blood test for your liver to see if it will handle it. look up proscar (5mg) side effects and propecia (1mg) side effects and that will give you and idea of the risk level.

 

[Bryan]

If I used finasteride myself, I'd probably draw the line at 20-30 mg/day.

Bryan

 

[-Andrew-]

sorry, am i missing something here? why r u gona take that much? are those steroids ur on about?

 

[sl]

If I used finasteride myself, I'd probably draw the line at 20-30 mg/day.

Bryan

Are you sure u mean 20/30mg of finasteride a day??? isnt that way too high?

 

[JWM]

If I know Bryan (and I think I do) he will reply by saying that if you are an individual who tolerates finasteride with minimal sides, than you can likely increase the dose without much problem. I believe some folks (during trials) took doses as large as 40 mg a day without sides.

Bryan likes to tease with his comments to whet our appetites. After he believes we have suffered enough, he will return to explain his unusual comment(s)

 

[Bryan]

In early human testing of finasteride, subjects took 50 mg/day of the drug for several months, with no ill effects. Human volunteers have also taken as much as 400 mg in single doses, again with no ill effects. In the stumptailed macaque studies, the animals were given 1 mg/kg/day for the entire duration of the study which I believe lasted well over a year. Converted to my own weight, that would be the same as if I routinely took 100 mg of finasteride every single day for a long period of time.

I've never made any secret of the fact that I think most people pay FAR too much attention to how much finasteride they take. That drug is safe and effective over a HUGE range of doses, in my opinion. When I see some newbie ask a question very seriously like "Is it SAFE to take quartered Proscar? Is that extra 0.25 mg of finasteride SAFE to take??", I lean back in my chair and laugh out loud! :lol:

While I wouldn't have any particular desire to spend a lot more money than is really necessary by taking much larger doses of finasteride, if there were some really good reason to do so, I wouldn't hesitate to take up to a maximum of around 20-30 mg/day, as I mentioned in my previous post. For example, taking enough extra finasteride to produce an inhibition of the type 2 enzyme which is closer to what you get with dutasteride would be a really interesting experiment. Taking a Proscar tablet four times a day (spread evenly throughout the day) would get you closer to that level. It's about as much as I'd personally be willing to take on a long-term basis.

Bryan

 

[JWM]

If I recall Bryan, didn't Kevin Davis try that and report on alt.baldspot several years ago that his hair did NOT improve, yet his side effects did?

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

In early human testing of finasteride, subjects took 50 mg/day of the drug for several months, with no ill effects. Human volunteers have also taken as much as 400 mg in single doses, again with no ill effects. In the stumptailed macaque studies, the animals were given 1 mg/kg/day for the entire duration of the study which I believe lasted well over a year. Converted to my own weight, that would be the same as if I routinely took 100 mg of finasteride every single day for a long period of time.

I've never made any secret of the fact that I think most people pay FAR too much attention to how much finasteride they take. That drug is safe and effective over a HUGE range of doses, in my opinion. When I see some newbie ask a question very seriously like "Is it SAFE to take quartered Proscar? Is that extra 0.25 mg of finasteride SAFE to take??", I lean back in my chair and laugh out loud! :lol:

While I wouldn't have any particular desire to spend a lot more money than is really necessary by taking much larger doses of finasteride, if there were some really good reason to do so, I wouldn't hesitate to take up to a maximum of around 20-30 mg/day, as I mentioned in my previous post. For example, taking enough extra finasteride to produce an inhibition of the type 2 enzyme which is closer to what you get with dutasteride would be a really interesting experiment. Taking a Proscar tablet four times a day (spread evenly throughout the day) would get you closer to that level. It's about as much as I'd personally be willing to take on a long-term basis.

Bryan

brian my friend, what is ur regime? ur posts r always very interesting.

 

[Bryan]

If I recall Bryan, didn't Kevin Davis try that and report on alt.baldspot several years ago that his hair did NOT improve, yet his side effects did?

Heh. YOU remember that too, huh?

I remember that he was seriously talking about trying that, but I don't recall that he ever actually did it and reported his results. Are you sure that that's what he said happened?

Bryan

 

[Bryan]

brian my friend, what is ur regime? ur posts r always very interesting.

Thanks. I do tend to be a bit of an iconoclast, don't I? :wink:

I barely use anything at all, anymore. I'll use a little Proxiphen every now and then, when I'm in the mood.

Bryan

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

^du like to keep ur situation private? i mean, have u eva been on a regime? what type of hairloss/age etc?

im interested to know, thats all....

 

[CCS]

proxen works well enough, according to dr proctor, that after the first year of growing back what you can, you don't need much to keep it up.

even if that guy did not get results from the higher dose, he could just be someone who does not respond, if he did not respond to the lower dose. one person's response does not say a lot.