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Disclaimer: I am not 100% sure if whatever I experienced was caused by RU58841, but I want to report my experience here nonetheless and am wondering if anyone else experienced the same.
I am a male in my early twenties who's been using several hair loss medications since 2019. Prior to starting RU58841 (5%), I was already using oral finasteride (0.5mg daily), topical minoxidil/finasteride (+/- 1ml daily) and some vitamin supplements and derma rolling. About 1 month before starting RU58841 I also started with dutasteride 0.5mg, once a week.
After having read multiple (largely positive) experiences about RU58841, I decided to give it a go as it appears to work especially well in combination with dutasteride.
I first started using it +/- halfway through November (2020). My daily dosage amounts to a little less than 1ml daily, about 30 minutes after showering in the morning. Didn't experience any side effects whatsoever in the first couple of weeks. Then, the following happened:
- During Christmas, I suddenly experienced some degree of shortness of breath. I didn't think too much of it, but decided to take a short break from RU (couple of days). Then I continued using it again afterward at a lower dosage (<0.5ml daily) and didn't experience side effects anymore.
- About 10 days ago, stuff quickly and suddenly went downhill for me. I experienced the following things: shortness of breath, sharp pains in the left part of my chest and rib area, pain while trying to take deeper breaths, and consequently not being able to breathe satisfyingly. Moreover, I had the feeling that my left lung went numb. In other words, I felt like little to no air would get into my left lung.
All this lasted for multiple days. The pains in my chest and rib area subsided after a couple of days, but I still wasn't able to breathe normally. Finally, after +/- 8-9 days, things have gone almost completely back to normal. The pains are gone, I can take satisfying breaths, and my left lung feels normal again. Sometimes (very rarely) I experience some minor pains, but this seems to improve by the day.
Needless to say, this whole situation scared the f*** out of me. I quit using RU immediately and was looking online to find similar experiences of other people. In hindsight, this made me even more scared. But one thing I found online interested me. The symptoms experienced by this guy almost perfectly overlap with the things I experienced, see here:
Highlights of his post:
Sadly he never reported if his symptoms subsided, but I hope they did.
Anyway, I went to the GP a couple of days ago (was already recovering well at this point) and explained my situation and told her about the medications I'm using. My blood pressure, heartbeat, etc. were all fine. Based on the sudden onset of the symptoms and the fact that my situation was improving, she said I may have had a collapsed lung (not sure about the correct English syntax here, but I think it's called pneumothorax). This really struck me by surprise to be honest. I was convinced that everything I went through was caused by the RU58841 and nothing else. But it got me thinking; pneumothorax gives almost the exact same symptoms.
Getting a collapsed lung out of the blue is pretty rare I think, but tall and slim/slender men like me tend to be more prone to experiencing this.
Still, I'm not 100% convinced and would really like to know the opinion of you guys. Also want to know if anyone ever experienced similar things and if/how you recovered. I would ideally like to start using RU again but then at a lower dosage (e.g. 2%). The RU I used prior to this experience is from Actifolic and it's a premade solution (see here: https://actifolic.com/product/actifolic-ru58841-solution/)
It contains RU58841, alcohol, propylene glycol, piroctone olamine, natural linalool, biotin, ginseng extract and aqua.
Many thanks in advance.
I am a male in my early twenties who's been using several hair loss medications since 2019. Prior to starting RU58841 (5%), I was already using oral finasteride (0.5mg daily), topical minoxidil/finasteride (+/- 1ml daily) and some vitamin supplements and derma rolling. About 1 month before starting RU58841 I also started with dutasteride 0.5mg, once a week.
After having read multiple (largely positive) experiences about RU58841, I decided to give it a go as it appears to work especially well in combination with dutasteride.
I first started using it +/- halfway through November (2020). My daily dosage amounts to a little less than 1ml daily, about 30 minutes after showering in the morning. Didn't experience any side effects whatsoever in the first couple of weeks. Then, the following happened:
- During Christmas, I suddenly experienced some degree of shortness of breath. I didn't think too much of it, but decided to take a short break from RU (couple of days). Then I continued using it again afterward at a lower dosage (<0.5ml daily) and didn't experience side effects anymore.
- About 10 days ago, stuff quickly and suddenly went downhill for me. I experienced the following things: shortness of breath, sharp pains in the left part of my chest and rib area, pain while trying to take deeper breaths, and consequently not being able to breathe satisfyingly. Moreover, I had the feeling that my left lung went numb. In other words, I felt like little to no air would get into my left lung.
All this lasted for multiple days. The pains in my chest and rib area subsided after a couple of days, but I still wasn't able to breathe normally. Finally, after +/- 8-9 days, things have gone almost completely back to normal. The pains are gone, I can take satisfying breaths, and my left lung feels normal again. Sometimes (very rarely) I experience some minor pains, but this seems to improve by the day.
Needless to say, this whole situation scared the f*** out of me. I quit using RU immediately and was looking online to find similar experiences of other people. In hindsight, this made me even more scared. But one thing I found online interested me. The symptoms experienced by this guy almost perfectly overlap with the things I experienced, see here:
Highlights of his post:
Sadly he never reported if his symptoms subsided, but I hope they did.
Anyway, I went to the GP a couple of days ago (was already recovering well at this point) and explained my situation and told her about the medications I'm using. My blood pressure, heartbeat, etc. were all fine. Based on the sudden onset of the symptoms and the fact that my situation was improving, she said I may have had a collapsed lung (not sure about the correct English syntax here, but I think it's called pneumothorax). This really struck me by surprise to be honest. I was convinced that everything I went through was caused by the RU58841 and nothing else. But it got me thinking; pneumothorax gives almost the exact same symptoms.
Getting a collapsed lung out of the blue is pretty rare I think, but tall and slim/slender men like me tend to be more prone to experiencing this.
Still, I'm not 100% convinced and would really like to know the opinion of you guys. Also want to know if anyone ever experienced similar things and if/how you recovered. I would ideally like to start using RU again but then at a lower dosage (e.g. 2%). The RU I used prior to this experience is from Actifolic and it's a premade solution (see here: https://actifolic.com/product/actifolic-ru58841-solution/)
It contains RU58841, alcohol, propylene glycol, piroctone olamine, natural linalool, biotin, ginseng extract and aqua.
Many thanks in advance.
