L-ARGININE, ..Does it work at all???

[HairRebirth]

guys, after 2 years on finasteride I realize I have serious erectile dysfunction problem. Very weak erection that lasts only some minutes. I stopped finasteride 50 days ago. No hairloss so far but no improvement in the erections. I tried L-arginine.
I took a dosage of 1000mg L-arginine each day for about 20 days. No improvement. Now I am taking L-Arginine/L-Ornithine 500mg/250mg, three capsules a day...I doubt I will see improvement. Am I doing something wrong with the dosages.
UK does not sell yohimbe and I am afraid to try v**** etc. Maybe I have to see a doctor, and maybe he will tell me to stop finasteride forever, which I am afraid to do. I am quite desperated..in the meanwhile I lost two different girls because of bad sexual performance...

 

[47thin]

Dude, you need to google L-Argnine. There have been fatalities from that. If your having ED problems, what's the use of a nice head of hair. You'd be better off getting plugs or anything. Death and Impotence- not a good combo IMHO. Good luck!

 

[Sean68]

horny goat weed maybe? its the most common one i know of. theyre must quite a few threads on this if you have a look round mate.

 

[Guest]

I am taking L-Arginine as well but it hasn´t done anything for me so far. I am mostly taking it for muscle growth at the moment.

 

[Beethoven]

I stopped fluridil due to sides (very weak erection) about a month ago. I tried Arginine+Maca+Horney goat weed+Korean ginseng, but I'm not sure if they done anything(maybe maybe a slight improvment.. can't be sure maybe its just placebo effect).
Right now I'm trying to get prescription to arimidex (strong estrogen inhibitor drug). But I warn you that it is a very strong drug to be taken only with Doctor supervision.

Still you guys can try those herbals, maybe it will work for you.

HairRebirth, two things:
1. Are you taking arginine after meal or on empty stomach? It should be on empty. also I think that 1000-1500 mg is too low, I tried about 2000-3000 mg per day.
2. More important: ask the Doctor for hormonal blood tests (Estrogen, Progesterone, Prolactin, Total and free testostereone, DHT, DHEA, Albumin, SHBG), It will give you the information to deal with your situation.

Good luck!

 

[HairRebirth]

...I am really dissapointed..

I dont understand why the side effects of finasteride do not go away...?? I am not taking it for about two months now..!

When I was taking l-arginine previous month (for about 20 days), I was taking it after food. Now, I am taking a dosage of 1500mg L-Arginine plus 500mg L-Ornithine each day on empty stomach..

...but anyway after so long time without finasteride, I shouldnt have soooooooo weak erections...with so weak erection it is impossible to have sex, believe me. Before finasteride I didnt have a problem at all!!! I believe that finasteride can cause long-term side effects after a long time use (i.e two years in my case).

Thanks everybody for advices...I am not prepared to spend more money to herbs..maybe I have to see a doctor, but I am sure that every doctor in my country (greece) will advice me to stop finasteride forever and in this case I am teriffied from what to expect..

 

[Beethoven]

This is what jakeb wrote in another thread:

I've been reading more about side effects of finasteride over on propeciahelp.com... and the leading theory about why finasteride messes ssome people up goes like this:

[*] Finasteride blocks conversion of testosterone to DHT
[*] This causes a rise in overall testosterone in the body
[*] Elevated levels of testosterone for extended periods of time can cause the HPTA (hypothalamus pituitary testes axis) to shut down (this is what happens to many bodybuilders who supplement testoterone) because the body doesn't feel like it needs to produce testosterone anymore since levels are too high
[*] Estrogen levels then rise and cause the hormonal feedback loop to stay depressed


So, if this has happened to you... your ability to produce the right hormone balance is really really comprised and until things get back to normal (which may take awhile). It's weak and it doesn't take much to kick it back to the curb.

So previously innocent things like Fluridil and Green Tea are now enough to cause bad things to happen.

This is why you need blood tests, to see what's going on and what is the best way to treat it.

 

[HairRebirth]

Beethoven you are absolutely right from the first instance..I agree and I appreciate your advice a lot.

 

[Pondle]

The Proscar product monograph states that "the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis was not affected" by finasteride. Remember the increase in T is within the normal range.