Does Finasteride hurt gains????

[tommboy]

How many of you are takeing/have taken finasteride to subside MPB???? Has it hurt your gains at all, are there any side effects?? What is the best dosage?? I will be ordering some very soon and needed some help. Should I continue to take it while off?

 

[fergie]

The best dosage is 1mg anything more is overkill, it is good over long periods of time so if you dont want to loose anymore hair keep taking it. As far as hurting your gains.... thats a tough one, it does block DHT so it might hinder your gains slightly but I doubt you'd notice the difference.

 

[krishna]

I've been doing a lot of research on this because I take Saw Palmetto extract which works like finasteride. Fergie is right, it does stop test from converting to DHT. Test can convert to estrogen, but DHT can't, so I can see how theoretically it could hinder your gains. Theory being that all the excess test will convert to estrogen and not DHT. I think if you take an anti aromatase with your cycle, you'd be just fine. As for me, I'm finishing up my first cycle with low doses of sust, and I've gained just about 25 pounds now. I am not taking a-dex or anything either. Admittedly, I do get bloated sometimes (estrogen I assume), but haven't lost any hair, and am pleased with my gains.

 

[tommboy]

hmmm cool hair is def a worth a few pounds

I've been doing a lot of research on this because I take Saw Palmetto extract which works like finasteride. Fergie is right, it does stop test from converting to DHT. Test can convert to estrogen, but DHT can't, so I can see how theoretically it could hinder your gains. Theory being that all the excess test will convert to estrogen and not DHT. I think if you take an anti aromatase with your cycle, you'd be just fine. As for me, I'm finishing up my first cycle with low doses of sust, and I've gained just about 25 pounds now. I am not taking a-dex or anything either. Admittedly, I do get bloated sometimes (estrogen I assume), but haven't lost any hair, and am pleased with my gains.

 

[LoneTree]

No.
It works only on scalp, skin, and prostate.

 

[tommboy]

how so on skin bro?

No.
It works only on scalp, skin, and prostate.

 

[krishna]

hmmm cool hair is def a worth a few pounds

DHT isn't really that helpful anyway. It's actually what makes your hair fall out. And it's highly androgenic, and not much at all for anabolic. Tends to harden muscles a bit, but that's about it. I think keeping the test pure is your best bet anyway. If you take a-dex and finasteride, it may even help your gains.

 

[cryptkeeper]

from my exprience of running it with sust and GH for 12 weeks, it didnt hinder gains at all and kept hair loss, new bodyhair, and back pimples to a minimum. i gained 22lbs and was definitely holding alot of water, but once i added adex midcycle, i dried up very nicely and looked hard and vascular.IT IS SO WORTH TAKING JUST TO PROTECT YOUR PROSTATE AND HAIR. i highly recommend it only while youre on test, but discontinue it once the test has left your system at the end of your cycle. good luck!

 

[krishna]

from my exprience of running it with sust and GH for 12 weeks, it didnt hinder gains at all and kept hair loss, new bodyhair, and back pimples to a minimum. i gained 22lbs and was definitely holding alot of water, but once i added adex midcycle, i dried up very nicely and looked hard and vascular.IT IS SO WORTH TAKING JUST TO PROTECT YOUR PROSTATE AND HAIR. i highly recommend it only while youre on test, but discontinue it once the test has left your system at the end of your cycle. good luck!

Glad to hear about a-dex helping your bloating while on finasteride. That was my theory, I'll do that next time for sure.

 

[mammalspod]

How many of you are takeing/have taken finasteride to subside MPB???? Has it hurt your gains at all, are there any side effects?? What is the best dosage?? I will be ordering some very soon and needed some help. Should I continue to take it while off?

Raises interesting question over using aas that works less through DHT might be better.

 

[tommboy]

so 1mg ed? or eod?

Raises interesting question over using aas that works less through DHT might be better.

 

[mrplunkey]

so 1mg ed? or eod?

I do 1 mg/day in the form of "Propecia".