KiLLuMiNaTi said:
i wonder why then 95% of doctors i know ,and i know alot because i work with them ,say its poison and shouldnt be used in men under 60 its scary because look what happened with vioxx
Doesnt sound like English is your first language bud.. Maybe the country you work in have idiots for doctors?
Anyhow, Finasteride is not poison! Goddamn, this stuff has been out almost 20 freaking years as proscar and has one of the best safety profiles of any drug I EVER seen!
Keep in mind that men who respond well to Finasteride (almost all) never have the need to come to an online site and post about their Finasteride experiences... The 2% - 4% who do get some type of side-effect flood these sites with horse-sh*t "horror stories" which makes it seem as if it is the "norm" to have some sort of horrible experience.
Take for instance this crap about losing muscle. Testosterone, not DHT, is the main androgen responsible for muscle growth. Finasteride increases testosterone by 15%. INCREASES not decreases my friend.
However, along with increasing testosterone Finasteride also increases estradiol in your system (a form of estrogen that is normally found in males as well). See, because Finasteride inhibits the conversion of testosterone to DHT, there is a higher amount of serum testosterone. As a result some of this excessive testosterone is converted to estradiol via the aromatase enzyme. The end result is a increase of 15% testosterone & estradiol from baseline (pre-treatment).
Normally this extra estradiol will cause no problems in the vast majority of men. However
some might be hyper-sensitive to the increase in estradiol resulting in increase fat on the "breast" or, in severe and rare cases, gyno (man-tits).
But again, this is very very rare. If you're that concerned over it look into a herb called Saw Palmetto. Saw Palmetto is
not a substitute for Finasteride nor will it stop hairloss in the vast majority of people. However, Saw Palmetto may help to block (not inhibit) estrogen as well as DHT from binding to receptor sites (this is how hormones exert their influence). If interested, take 85-95% standardized extract. Take 320mg - 640mg with food daily (break it up into two doses: one in the AM and one in thee PM). This may help off-set any increase in estradiol from the Finasteride.
Anyhow, dont worry so much man. Finasteride is safe. I've been on it for almost 2yrs and I never had one negative side-effect.