Hi guys, I have just started taking finasteride after scaring my self off it twice after only taking for very brief periods of time. I have now been on 0.5mg per day for 2 weeks with no noticeable sides other than a possible slight decrease in ejaculate but there's still plenty and that might just be in my mind, anyway I've heard for most people that that resolves itself fairly quickly. I've also just upped the dose to 0.75mg per day and hopefully there will still be no sides. I would like to take the full dose just to be sure that I'm getting the full effect so i will gradually work up to that providing I'm ok with 0.75mg ED.
I also use minoxidil at least once per day and have been a little inconsistent with it but I have just got my hair cut quite short so applying twice per day will not be as inconvenient as before so I will try for two applications per day.
During my indecision over finasteride I decided to order some RU from Faith Eagle as I needed something to deal with DHT. I have read a few times that in theory finasteride can lose its effectiveness because the androgen receptors become more sensitive to androgens when they are deprived, or something to that effect please correct me if I am wrong. As I understand it RU works by binding to the androgen receptor therefore preventing androgens from doing so. Basically I am worried that if I use this batch of RU in conjunction with finasteride then when the batch runs out my androgen receptors will be more sensitive to androgens than they would have have been sticking purely to finasteride and therefore long term I will actually be hindering the effects of finasteride. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
As a potential solution I was thinking of possibly cycling application of the RU instead, so say one month on one month off or three months three off etc. Does anyone think this would be more effective theoretically?
As a side note has there been any research/experimentation done on cycling finasteride i.e. 11 months on 1 month off to allow the androgen receptors to become less sensitive again?
One final question, what do you guys think of mixing RU with minoxidil in the same solution, anyone tried this, any studies etc. This would make application much more convenient.
Any advice/information is much appreciated, thanks in advance.
I also use minoxidil at least once per day and have been a little inconsistent with it but I have just got my hair cut quite short so applying twice per day will not be as inconvenient as before so I will try for two applications per day.
During my indecision over finasteride I decided to order some RU from Faith Eagle as I needed something to deal with DHT. I have read a few times that in theory finasteride can lose its effectiveness because the androgen receptors become more sensitive to androgens when they are deprived, or something to that effect please correct me if I am wrong. As I understand it RU works by binding to the androgen receptor therefore preventing androgens from doing so. Basically I am worried that if I use this batch of RU in conjunction with finasteride then when the batch runs out my androgen receptors will be more sensitive to androgens than they would have have been sticking purely to finasteride and therefore long term I will actually be hindering the effects of finasteride. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
As a potential solution I was thinking of possibly cycling application of the RU instead, so say one month on one month off or three months three off etc. Does anyone think this would be more effective theoretically?
As a side note has there been any research/experimentation done on cycling finasteride i.e. 11 months on 1 month off to allow the androgen receptors to become less sensitive again?
One final question, what do you guys think of mixing RU with minoxidil in the same solution, anyone tried this, any studies etc. This would make application much more convenient.
Any advice/information is much appreciated, thanks in advance.
