finasteride

Taking finasteride means higher œstrogen levels, and reduced androgenic activity.

They found different results in male and female rats: depending on the exact mechanism, finasteride might specifically affect this.

Minoxidil was created to treat blood pressure issues and Finasteride was created for prostate issues.

Just keep your mental health in mind - there's growing concern that the link between finasteride and depression has been underestimated [0].

Many people have success regrowing hair on bald spots with minoxidil and/or finasteride.

Topical minoxidil / finasteride has roughly zero side effects (due to the limited systemic exposure) and has something like a 90% efficacy rate.

Wish I had started taking Finasteride years ago when I decided the risks weren't worth it.

It was caused by a minoxidil+finasteride spray I was applying to my head for a year.

While a single case doesn't say much, I do think these arguments against finasteride are overblown.

That said, I saw a friend who went bald at 28 get all of his hair back from Minoxidil + finasteride.

There are definitely less risks in not taking finasteride and minoxidil.

Well, you could try anti-androgens like finasteride or spironolactone.

(We could ask them to re-run the experiment with a "male taking finasteride" group, and see what happens?

There is a popular subreddit for people with hair loss ("tressless" with almost 500k members) and anyone who recommends the drug Finasteride (banned in Sweden and full of bad side effects e.g.

The current label for Finasteride [1] includes depression only as a "postmarketing experience", which is based on the same data you're reading here (self reports), and is not reliable for determining causality.

If you can find someone who experienced these effects from taking finasteride, which persisted when they stopped taking it, despite them not ever really minding the symptoms at all, then that'd be evidence that my "it's trauma-related" theory is wrong.

Finasteride, in the US at least, has only a 30 day refractory period.

Finasteride, from what I've read, can have side effects that are worse than the hairloss.

Finasteride messes with the testosterone hormonal balance.