Dutasteride at 24 years old?

[Macmunch]

Hi there, I'm about to start on dutasteride, I've heard about all the possible side effects and I also heard it might not be such a good idea at my age. Has anyone heard of any really long term side effects, if the drug is originally engineered to reduced an enlarged prostate, does that mean it could make mine shrink, and therefore cause damage?

cheers for any advice

 

[MPBWarrior]

no one knows long term side effects from dutasteride cause it hasnt been out for long... take it once every 3 days IF u havent tried finasteride before.

 

[MPBWarrior]

sorry, IF u HAVE tried finasteride before and it stopped being effective.

 

[Felk]

Definately try finasteride first.

It only inhibits type 2 5AR, unlike dutasteride which inhibits type 1 as well. There are people in the world born without the type 2 enzyme, but no similar "biological model" exists for dutasteride.

Finasteride has been around much longer, and there's lots of studies on it. At huge doses on monkeys, varying doses on people for different purposes, people of a variety of different ages...

Dutasteride has only one study i believe on people, and it wasn't 18-to-something hair loss sufferers like the propecia trials, the people were all middle aged or elderly, and BPH sufferers.

Also, as i said, finasteride has been around longer, and when faced with a choice between two similar drugs, opting for the one that has been around the longest is always a good idea.