Recent content by karalabe

Actually, no. The argument was/is that there is zero good evidence that 5AR inhibition will "alter your brain". Yes, you can find all kinds of garbage published and this study is a good example. Interviews of people who experienced side effects?! Not the whole population who took the medication...

I meant the study in Journal of Sexual Medicine. The reference above is absolutely irrelevant to the argument whether steroids 'alter your brain' or not. It only shows that finasteride alters steroid metabolism- duh. That's why people take it. Frankly, if I remember correctly finasteride had no...

The study didn't look at 0.5 mg AFAIK. However, it is probably more appropriate to compare dutasteride 0.5 mg to finasteride 5 mg as those are the approved full-strength dosages for BPH. Is is just me or the forum subscription feature doesn't work?

I'll be the first to retract my statement if proven otherwise. Can you send me the reference? Neurosteroids as such are a very vague idea and not a proven undeniable concept as traditional transmitters.

Dutasteride is 18% better than finasteride- 19/107.9- slice it or dice it anyway you want. Not a trivial difference.

I have to strongly disagree. 20% in medical science is HUGE. A lot of medications and other treatment modalities could only dream to make 20% difference. Just saying... I have been taking finasteride 0.5 for years and I am happy with it. I also find this widespread talk about side effects baseless...