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richlocks I don't think an overdose of finasteride can be compared to an overdose of aspirin. Finasteride is a much "cleaner" drug. Again, men taking twenty times the recommended dose of finasteride had, on average, ten percent less DHT than those taking twice the recommended dose (for benign...

SGL Hey, SGL, I'm not sure what the mg/kg conversion for humans and other animals is, so I can't say whether or not the amounts in the studies I cited would be considered hugely excessive, comparatively speaking, in humans. However, I think one can approach the question of dose this way...

Re: Still Good Looking I hate to say it, but it gets worse. There's another neurosteroid that is affected by finasteride. It's called allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone (long name...call it THDOC for short). It is a metabolite of deoxycorticosterone (Doctor), an adrenal stress hormone. Part...

Blues... I've often seen that posted. I understand the logic, but, as I alluded to above, I think it's too simplistic. It's true that testoserone levels increase because of lowered conversion of testosterone to DHT. The thing is, it's really correct to think of DHT as highly potent...

Finasteride and your brain Conn. and Webbie, My guess is that, if anything, finasteride may have more of an impact on anxiety and the response to anxiogenic stimuli than depression per se. However, anxiety and depression apparently often go hand in hand, so maybe it's hard to tease the two...

Concerned about finasteride...side effects :( I've been using finasteride (proscar cut into roughtly 1.25mg quarters) now for about four to five months. I can't tell yet if it is helping my hair, which is not suprising given this short duration. I have experienced few if any sexual side...