Hi @badnewsbearer ,so your claim is that both CB and pyrilutamide have sexual side effects associated with them? I mean with pyrilutamide I am inclined to believe you because there is no proper mechanism that would prevent this form happening. with CB I am not sure, the molecules properties are so that once it hits the bloodstream it gets converted to a cortisol like molecule that itself has no anti androgenic properties. that is why it was hyped and the only reason it wasn't at some point is because it was not that effective against hair loss after 12 months. basically this would mean all the studies are inherently untrustworthy and fake and the design of the molecule is flawed.
on a different note, if you got sides on pyr after 5 weeks the only way I can explain this is that there was some accumulation. because otherwise you'd probably get them almost immediately because the anti androgen acts within hours. it makes no sense to have libido on a fixed concentration of the drug and 5 weeks later no libido on the same concentration. normally even for finasteride side appear within the first 3-4 weeks.
so if there was accumulation it can be of the metabolite only because pyrilutamide itself has a short half life and saturation would have happened much faster. if it is the metabolite I suppose you can either reduce the dose or use it for 4 weeks, then stop 3-4 days. this will not ruin your hair but it will give your body enough time to clear out the metabolite enough so that further accumulation should not cause any problems. maybe using 2.5% alternating once and twice a day. that would yield a 2/3rd reduction in pyrilutamide and metabolites in the blood. at a certain dose accumulation to the extent where it becomes a problem will not be possible because the body also gets rid of the drug and an equliibrium is reached.
I think the difference between anti androgens and finasteride really is that lowered dosing actually makes a difference. with finasteride if you use 1/4th you still get basically the same effect. with pyrilutamide you get probably 1/4th of the effect but also probably far less side effects. studies have shown that 2.5% does at least something so it might be worth trying. maybe combined with an equally low dose of CB because they do work different not in terms of action but in terms of metabolism and side effects and so they might not add up side wise but efficacy wise they might.
so to sum up id try low dose CB and low dose pyrilutamide because I think it makes sense playing with dosing as opposed to finasteride dosing which always nukes DHT by at least 30-40% no matter the dose
I know well what the CB study states: it says that it regenerates the hair very well during the first year and then it stops working, and that it does not produce side effects because as you say, CB disintegrates quickly in the blood.
And I tell you that if that were true, everyone could stop taking the terrible poison that is finasteride FOR 1 YEAR, recover their erections and their hair, no? But the truth is that I don't know any story, neither here nor in the Spanish forum https://foro.recuperarelpelo.com
I'm not saying the study is wrong, I'm saying what I see.
Changing the subject, you say I could leave Pyri 4 days every 4 weeks, but the study says it takes 19 days for the metabolism to clear. Pyri works great for hair, I'm going to use less and give it a try.
Are you trying Pyri or CB? Or are you going to start testing? What do you plan to do?
Regards
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