Hi people,
Bit of a background: Been on finasteride for around 8 years. Slowly lost ground and thought of moving to Dutasteride.
Started with Dr.Reddy's Dutas in June last year. Been using it everyday since.
Wanted to monitor how it would work out so had a blood test done around 2 weeks after starting on Dutas. (June 2016)
The results were :
FREE TESTOSTERONE, Serum = 0.5 (0.198-0.619 nmol/l )
Bioavailable Testosterone, Serum = 14.60 (4.36-14.3 nmol/l )
TESTOSTERONE, Serum = 722.6 (249-836 ng/dl )
SHBG, Serum = 30.0 (16.5-55.9 nmol/l )
DHT = 919 (250-990 pg/mL)
Recently had another test done ( two days ago) just to check if the Dutas were working.
FREE TESTOSTERONE, Serum = 0.9 (0.198-0.619 nmol/l )
Bioavailable Testosterone = 25.30 (4.36-14.3 nmol/l )
TESTOSTERONE, Serum = 1055.0 (249-836 ng/dl )
SHBG, Serum = 23.4 (16.5-55.9 nmol/l )
DHT = 961 (250-990 pg/mL)
Shockingly there is an increase in testosterone and no effect (slight increase) on DHT.
Not sure what to think of this. It seems that Dutas is not suppressing DHT at all .
Any possible explanations?
Bit of a background: Been on finasteride for around 8 years. Slowly lost ground and thought of moving to Dutasteride.
Started with Dr.Reddy's Dutas in June last year. Been using it everyday since.
Wanted to monitor how it would work out so had a blood test done around 2 weeks after starting on Dutas. (June 2016)
The results were :
FREE TESTOSTERONE, Serum = 0.5 (0.198-0.619 nmol/l )
Bioavailable Testosterone, Serum = 14.60 (4.36-14.3 nmol/l )
TESTOSTERONE, Serum = 722.6 (249-836 ng/dl )
SHBG, Serum = 30.0 (16.5-55.9 nmol/l )
DHT = 919 (250-990 pg/mL)
Recently had another test done ( two days ago) just to check if the Dutas were working.
FREE TESTOSTERONE, Serum = 0.9 (0.198-0.619 nmol/l )
Bioavailable Testosterone = 25.30 (4.36-14.3 nmol/l )
TESTOSTERONE, Serum = 1055.0 (249-836 ng/dl )
SHBG, Serum = 23.4 (16.5-55.9 nmol/l )
DHT = 961 (250-990 pg/mL)
Shockingly there is an increase in testosterone and no effect (slight increase) on DHT.
Not sure what to think of this. It seems that Dutas is not suppressing DHT at all .
Any possible explanations?
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