Just Started finasteride And Have Some Questions About Sides...

[Scalpo]

So I started taking .5mg finasteride daily about two weeks ago. Here what I’ve noticed so far:

- my hair has stopped itching. Yay!
- i get testicle pain. It really hurts sometimes and even makes me a little sick to my stomach
- my chest is tender - its worse after a workout
- my workouts impact me more and it may be harder to recover.

My question is whether or not these sides are transient? Will the nut pain go away? What happens if I start an AI? Will it help with the sides?

 

[-G-]

I was recently watching a video (which I need to confirm) but they said that finasteride stays in the system for around 30 days. Which is why she people experience sides many weeks after.

They suggested either dropping the dose and or the frequency.

Btw this was to doctors on the video. They also said, which should be noted, the drug had been around for 20 years and that most possible sides and percentages are already known.

My advice, lower the frequency at .5 to like 3 days.

Here is the video, I liked the guys and the straight forward data.

 

[Scalpo]

I was recently watching a video (which I need to confirm) but they said that finasteride stays in the system for around 30 days. Which is why she people experience sides many weeks after.

They suggested either dropping the dose and or the frequency.

Btw this was to doctors on the video. They also said, which should be noted, the drug had been around for 20 years and that most possible sides and percentages are already known.

My advice, lower the frequency at .5 to like 3 days.

Here is the video, I liked the guys and the straight forward data.

Thanks for posting! I actually just watched these videos earlier today. I’m going to try doing what you/they suggested and move to 3x per week.

 

[Btg]

afaik finasteride as a substance is out of your system within a day (half life of 5-6 hrs )
however dht inhibition will take ~ a week to recover

 

[Ollie]

You should ideally have gotten bloods done to see exactly where your baseline is or its gonna be very difficult to know when you should be potentially using something like an AI. Example here being my E on finasteride is upper middle range which in a Dr's eyes is completely normal - however my bloods before starting finasteride showed that my natural E is bottom lower range. I actually have a 65% increase in E when on finasteride which is the reason i get ED and low libido.

 

[-G-]

You should ideally have gotten bloods done to see exactly where your baseline is or its gonna be very difficult to know when you should be potentially using something like an AI. Example here being my E on finasteride is upper middle range which in a Dr's eyes is completely normal - however my bloods before starting finasteride showed that my natural E is bottom lower range. I actually have a 65% increase in E when on finasteride which is the reason i get ED and low libido.

Interesting. Yeah I am going to be starting finasteride soon and ordered some blood work prior to starting it so I have some point if reference.

 

[Scalpo]

You should ideally have gotten bloods done to see exactly where your baseline is or its gonna be very difficult to know when you should be potentially using something like an AI. Example here being my E on finasteride is upper middle range which in a Dr's eyes is completely normal - however my bloods before starting finasteride showed that my natural E is bottom lower range. I actually have a 65% increase in E when on finasteride which is the reason i get ED and low libido.

i did get my bloods done first. My Test is 715 total (range 300-890), Estrogen was so low that it didn’t register and DHT was just over 400 total.

 

[Ollie]

i did get my bloods done first. My Test is 715 total (range 300-890), Estrogen was so low that it didn’t register and DHT was just over 400 total.

Your E was that low whilst not taking anything at all ?

 

[Scalpo]

Your E was that low whilst not taking anything at all ?

Yes, naturally I don’t produce much estrogen. I think its party because I have a lowish (10%) bodyfat.

 

[Ollie]

Yes, naturally I don’t produce much estrogen. I think its party because I have a lowish (10%) bodyfat.

Only a small % of aromatase is produced from body fat so it’s probably you’re just low estrogen . I’m the same which is why funnily before finasteride I used to have really bad joints lol . Anyway ... you may also find yourself being very sensitive to E changes so just keep an eye on that .

 

[bluecyclone]

I was recently watching a video (which I need to confirm) but they said that finasteride stays in the system for around 30 days. Which is why she people experience sides many weeks after.

They suggested either dropping the dose and or the frequency.

Btw this was to doctors on the video. They also said, which should be noted, the drug had been around for 20 years and that most possible sides and percentages are already known.

My advice, lower the frequency at .5 to like 3 days.

Here is the video, I liked the guys and the straight forward data.

These Doctors are great. These first 6 videos would have saved me 15k and three years of confusion as my Dr. insisted that I have a chronic Telogen Effluvium.