@The 7TH Sense are you thinking in jumping on this train if brotzu fails?
I don't love to share my thoughts in public threads if I don't have enough elements to judge this argument, but I'll try to elaborate an opinion.
I don't know what you mean exactly for "hype train"; if you are asking if I will jump on this gun and buy the molecule from the black market, I say "no" for sure. What the OP is doing is very fascinating and interesting, and is bringing a lot of information to the forum: kudos to him. But I personally don't see myself buying questionable stuff from unknown foreign chemists/vendors, without studies on it and a safety profile well documented. I also would never give a shot of 2000€ to my university's funds even though the compound could last long, and since OP did a lot of useful maths, I don't want either to spend like 2€ per day, since I do not work and do not have any personal incomes aside from scolarships, and the amount of time and money for even a month of treatment does not fit in my possibilities, also given the unknown costs/benefits ratio. I say also that I would probably figure a way to overcome my economic limits in some ways if I really had to, but surely not for an unknown molecule which can cause potentially serious damage to my body. If it was a drug already marketed, I could have thought of. Then again, all we know are the first reasonings about the efficacy and the first data emerged from the little pivotal trials who are not even directed to Androgenetic Alopecia. Also, I don't want to spend those 2000 to get the molecule, prepare the solution, having sides and be forced to quit, wasting a good percentage of the money I spent.
Otherwise, if you intend that I should be ecstatic and in trepidation for when the molecule gets officially released, I would say "no" again, because even if the molecule will be considered effective by the pharma company, it won't be documented for alopecia and its use for that will be discouraged and nebulous again. I don't see myself in checking everyday the hairs to see improvements and report obsessively in the forum, as well as constantly checking my body's functions to be sure that I'm not experiencing sides. I'm not that type of guy, I was already getting crazy checking for gyno and sexual function while on finasteride (even though it made me forget about my hairs), but at least I knew what I could expect for my hairs and what symptoms I should search. I just don't want to spend other years of my life being paranoid for this sh*t. Also, the drug's trials and tests require a lot of time before marketing/commercialization. I don't need a product in 5-10 years, I need a treatment NOW (and I'm not buying anything obscure and putting myself in trouble with the laws of import/export of my country) which can be effective, accessible and economic. That's why, for this conditions I just mentioned, aside from Brotzu, I wait and I'm hyped only for Polichem and curiously follow this new South Korean research.
I read however this thread because I enjoy when people test new therapies, because our hairs grow only if you get on a proper treatment, not if you study or read the new useless publications and proto-discoveries (which I read, but for other purposes) or listen the new speeches of the same 4-5 clowns that are called "experts" or "researchers" but who knows what the f*** have they done in their last 10 years of "research" aside from making bizarre claims to raise money to carry on with their shitty startups and constantly delaying their trials. I am thankful to OP and I really enjoy his new regimen and the data and impressions that he is giving us.
And who knows, if his results will be so impressive I might even change my mind! This is in fact one of the few threads for which I have set ON the notifications
