Docj077 - internal regimen question

[Jacobo]

Hi, Docj077. I would like to start an internal regimen like yours. I take proscar with no sides (for aprox 8 years). I don't want to stop proscar. Do you think adding vit E, curcumin and GTE will be pointless in my situation?

You take GTE 630mg 2xday or 315mg 2xday?, curcumin 2x300 or 2x150?

Also, the minimum vit E per tablet I can find is 250 IU. To get closer to the amount you take, can I take 1 e.o.d.? - I guess that it will work fine like that, because it is soluble in fat, but I want to hear your opinion. I could cut them, but I have enough quarters of proscar leftovers all over the house already!!!

Would you recommend those amounts as sensible for most people or you decided them due to your personal circumstances?

Much appreciated your answer

 

[Guest]

just take the 250 iu per day of vit e dude

 

[Jacobo]

Thanks, Jayman. I've been reading these forums for a while, I always check your posts. I am trying to start a strong regimen (new year's day=day 1). I opened a topic in "hairloss products" forum asking Bryan about proxiphen (att bryan, proxiphen and something else - name of topic). Of course this topic is open to everybody, sp for "veterans" I asked Bryan because I think he knows Proctor's stuff more than anybody else.

Also I am thinking on changing from 1/2 proscar (2.5mg finasteride) day, to dutasteride, prob. 2-3 times a week. I've read several posts of yours where you recommend 1 per day. I haven't made up my mind yet. My main worry is that 50% inhibition 5ar1, and possible side effects in the brain. Why do you think that this inhib should not be an issue?

Antic. thanks for your answers.

 

[Guest]

Also I am thinking on changing from 1/2 proscar (2.5mg finasteride) day, to dutasteride, prob. 2-3 times a week. I've read several posts of yours where you recommend 1 per day. I haven't made up my mind yet. My main worry is that 50% inhibition 5ar1, and possible side effects in the brain. Why do you think that this inhib should not be an issue?

Antic. thanks for your answers.

i don't know if it should be an issue or not. i know that this same dose was approved by the fda to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia. surely the fda would have realized the 50% type I inhibiition and if they deemed it unsafe they would have blocked the drug, I'd think? but they didn't, so i am not too concerned. and i don't know more than the fda. so that's my reasoning.

 

[Jacobo]

Thanks, Jayman.

I will go for 2 or 3 p/week. I am going to use Proxiphen and spironolactone as well, I think will be enough for me. FDA knows more than us, sure. But I suppose the balance side effects - effectivity would be different regarding BPH or male pattern baldness. The population segment is different as well. To the extreme: Morphine is FDA approved for terminal patients.

Anyway, I am sure you thought carefully about the issue and you are taking the right decision, not just based on FDA. Life is about decissions, isn't it?