Propecia And Hormone Therapy Study Related To Propecia?
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Taking propecia/dutasteride is practically the same thing as ADT. Your removing DHT so I kind of fail to see how this study does not relate to taking you know anti-androgens for male pattern baldness. I mean propecia was originally a prostate drug for god sakes how much more a connection could we get? This study absolutely applies to propecia/dutasteride too. Its just prostate cancer they probably take stronger drugs that inhibit T and other androgens along with DHT.
A lot of the men were very old though so some, of course, would get dementia regardless hard to say how strong the link is.
A lot of the men were very old though so some, of course, would get dementia regardless hard to say how strong the link is.
5AR inhibitors were used for benign prostate hyperplasia, which is enlargement of the prostate. It was in attempt to mimic the body of someone who has 5ARD, in which they have naturally smaller prostates. Those who have 5ARD do not have a greater chance to develop Alzheimer’s or dementia.
On the other hand, treatments used for prostate cancer are having an overall effect on androgens; they are aiming to reduce the amount of testosterone since prostate cancer cells essentially feed on male hormones. They use treatments which have an overall effect on testosterone such as: cyproterone acetate, flutamide, bicalutamide, enzalutamide, GnRH agonists, an orchiectomy.
You can not compare the two treatments and make such an assumption. 5AR inhibitors are not making you deficient in the male sex hormone; your body still has androgens to run on.
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