LawOfThelema
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dutasteride side effects (gyno) what would you do in this case?
Been using dutasteride for 2 months or so at 0.5 mg every third day. A few weeks ago I started noticing aberrant sensations from breast tissue. Little sharp pains here and there etc, but I just ignored it. Then when I changed dose to 0.5 mg every other day, I concluded I was getting beginning stage gyno/pseudogyno. It was to the point falling asleep was a pain as the way I normally sleep puts pressure on breast tissue which would cause aching and annoyance. Also even when pain subsided chest felt more tight or puffy, my shirt touching my chest is more perceptable than it would normally be. A few of the days I used aspirin to help blunt the pain. Nips are more puffy and not as soft feeling as normal. It's not quite hard lump but somewhere in between. I have since ceased using dutasteride. Been about 6 days as of today since taking a dutasteride capsule. Breast issues have seemed to taper a lot, tho there is still occasional mild pain.
I wondered what would happen if I'd use once every 5 days or once a week when my dutasteride level would reach a new steady state. But at that point dutasteride probably provides little value over just using 1 mg finasteride or proscar.
What would you do in this situation?
Try finasteride at 1mg dose or so? Continue on dutasteride with lower dose? In a fit of panic I ordered letrozole and raloxifine to use until the breast issue resolved compltely then I'd taper off them.
I have some RU on it's way (10 g).
My main worry was trying to maintain with RU alone. I figured having dutasteride gives good redundancy and should have basically insured my hair loss would not progress any further.
Been using dutasteride for 2 months or so at 0.5 mg every third day. A few weeks ago I started noticing aberrant sensations from breast tissue. Little sharp pains here and there etc, but I just ignored it. Then when I changed dose to 0.5 mg every other day, I concluded I was getting beginning stage gyno/pseudogyno. It was to the point falling asleep was a pain as the way I normally sleep puts pressure on breast tissue which would cause aching and annoyance. Also even when pain subsided chest felt more tight or puffy, my shirt touching my chest is more perceptable than it would normally be. A few of the days I used aspirin to help blunt the pain. Nips are more puffy and not as soft feeling as normal. It's not quite hard lump but somewhere in between. I have since ceased using dutasteride. Been about 6 days as of today since taking a dutasteride capsule. Breast issues have seemed to taper a lot, tho there is still occasional mild pain.
I wondered what would happen if I'd use once every 5 days or once a week when my dutasteride level would reach a new steady state. But at that point dutasteride probably provides little value over just using 1 mg finasteride or proscar.
What would you do in this situation?
Try finasteride at 1mg dose or so? Continue on dutasteride with lower dose? In a fit of panic I ordered letrozole and raloxifine to use until the breast issue resolved compltely then I'd taper off them.
I have some RU on it's way (10 g).
My main worry was trying to maintain with RU alone. I figured having dutasteride gives good redundancy and should have basically insured my hair loss would not progress any further.
