Asking for Advice on RU-58841

[monoid]

22yo male, NW1.5~2, crown thinning.

Tried propecia 0.5mg/day for 24 days, resulted in bad neurological sides. Extreme fatigue, bad sleep and somewhat lowered libido. stopped. After about a week I got much better.

Then tried RU-58841 35mg/day for about 2 weeks now. Vehicle is 70%Eth + 30%PG. No side effects till now except a very gentle testicular tenderness. (Libido may be even a little higher). Hair loss decreased a lot (but seems not as effective as finasteride 0.5mg/day, which nearly completely stopped hair loss).

I'm consulting people on this site for advice on next steps:

i. Increase my daily take of RU to 50mg/day or even 70mg/day gradually.

ii. Add back finasteride, probably starting at 0.25mg E3D?

I'd like to hear your advice. Thank you.

 

[Swoop]

Perhaps a higher RU dosage will bring you even better results. What concentration are you using? 5%?

 

[SniperWolfMR]

Perhaps a higher RU dosage will bring you even better results. What concentration are you using? 5%?

Swoop, are you purchasing your RU from Kane/Anagen Inc?

 

[buckthorn]

22yo male, NW1.5~2, crown thinning.

Tried propecia 0.5mg/day for 24 days, resulted in bad neurological sides. Extreme fatigue, bad sleep and somewhat lowered libido. stopped. After about a week I got much better.

Then tried RU-58841 30mg/day for about 2 weeks now. Vehicle is 70%Eth + 30%PG. No side effects till now except a very gentle testicular tenderness. (Libido may be even a little higher). Hair loss decreased a lot (but seems not as effective as finasteride 0.5mg/day, which nearly completely stopped hair loss).

I'm consulting people on this site for advice on next steps:

i. Increase my daily take of RU to 50mg/day or even 70mg/day gradually.

ii. Add back finasteride, probably starting at 0.25mg E3D?

I'd like to hear your advice. Thank you.

if you're using 5%, then try 7%. idk how people keep talking about a treatment reducing hair loss in TWO weeks. This is physiologically impossible.

 

[Swoop]

Swoop, are you purchasing your RU from Kane/Anagen Inc?

Yeah used from T&W in the past and now from anageninc/kane since a pretty long time.

 

[buckthorn]

Yeah used from T&W in the past and now from anageninc/kane since a pretty long time.

How long have you used his stuff? How's it going for you? Do you feel like it's the ru that's working or the finasteride that's doing most of the heavy lifting?

 

[monoid]

if you're using 5%, then try 7%. idk how people keep talking about a treatment reducing hair loss in TWO weeks. This is physiologically impossible.

I'm currently using 3.5% to avoid side effects. I'll gradually increase it to 5% or 7%.

The reduction in shedding is fairly obvious (by counting the hair loss in each shower). No regrowth yet.

 

[Swoop]

How long have you used his stuff? How's it going for you? Do you feel like it's the ru that's working or the finasteride that's doing most of the heavy lifting?

I don't keep track anymore. Longer than 2 years I guess. I'm doing fine now. I have had a hair transplant. My philosophy of treating my hair changed. I opt for a minimum maintenance treatment now. I don't use RU + finasteride together but cycle them separately with a complete off period of using nothing for my hair. The only thing that is my concern now is maintenance (staying above baseline, I don't need any regrowth anymore) and both RU and finasteride do a fine job for me. I have pretty aggressive Androgenetic Alopecia but luckily I react pretty good to the androgen/AR angle.

I have been on a pretty extensive hardcore regimen in the past and I know if I would use that now my hair quality would improve even more. However I don't think it's worth it. Although I do miss the diameter change that my regimen in the past gave me.

 

[afferd]

@Swoop - I'm thinking of starting RU.

Do you have a website for A & W ?

And are anageninc.com and thekaneshop.com the same company ?
(their websites are almost identical)

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

@Swoop - I'm thinking of starting RU.

Do you have a website for A & W ?

And are anageninc.com and thekaneshop.com the same company ?
(their websites are almost identical)

Same company.

 

[afferd]

Same company.

Do you have a website for A & W ?

I couldn't find one selling RU...

 

[Swoop]

@Swoop - I'm thinking of starting RU.

Do you have a website for A & W ?

And are anageninc.com and thekaneshop.com the same company ?
(their websites are almost identical)

What's A & W?

 

[mustafasoud]

I was going to try then i get scared of those heart sides that were mentioned on other forum could it be true or what do you guys think ?

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

What's A & W?

They sell root beer and hamburgers here in the USA.

I'm not sure if that's what's being discussed

 

[afferd]

@David_MPN beat me to my burger related error - I must have been hungry

What's A & W?

Sorry I meant, do you have a website for T & W where you got your RU?​

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

@David_MPN beat me to my burger related error - I must have been hungry

Sorry I meant, do you have a website for T & W where you got your RU?​

I don't know what that is.

I get my RU from thekaneshop.

 

[Swoop]

@David_MPN beat me to my burger related error - I must have been hungry

Sorry I meant, do you have a website for T & W where you got your RU?​

They don't have a website anymore AFAIK. That was like 3-4 years ago and it was in a groupbuy.

 

[kj6723]

They sell root beer and hamburgers here in the USA.

I'm not sure if that's what's being discussed

I want to devour that immediately