Bryan: Estrogen- Friend or Foe?

[Jake_89]

...so having high estrogen due to finasteride floating in your blood but not being able to bind wont that trick the brain into not producing MORE Test?

How would it do THAT? It seems to me that taking an estrogen receptor blocker would make the available estrogen "invisible", so-to-speak, increasing the production of testosterone.

Thanks Bryan I have tried to read a lot of your posts regarding Estrogen and Anti E's you are pretty much against it but I would like to take this opportunity to ask you what suggestions you have to people (like me) who are very sensitive to estrogen?

I began having side effects of Gyno within the first week for me there is no option to quit finasteride because that was the only side effect I was getting (No other side effect AT ALL) so I really don't want to stop Propecia. ANYWAY I got Aromasin prescribed and I've taken 12mgs and it completley took away the effects I was feeling in my breast area within the first day. I just took my second dose @ 6mg.

Can someone like me maintain hair with Propecia (@ 12mg ED) and lower Estrogen to pre-propecia levels with AI's such as Aromasin? If so what would you recommend dosing?

Thanks Bryan

 

[Bryan]

Hang on a minute what about AI's like Aromasin they don't reduce Estrogen in the blood nor do they stop production of Estrogen they simply prevent it from binding at receptors...

Aromasin is definitely an aromatase inhibitor, so it does reduce estrogen in the blood by reducing its production.

 

[Bryan]

I began having side effects of Gyno within the first week for me there is no option to quit finasteride because that was the only side effect I was getting (No other side effect AT ALL) so I really don't want to stop Propecia. ANYWAY I got Aromasin prescribed and I've taken 12mgs and it completley took away the effects I was feeling in my breast area within the first day. I just took my second dose @ 6mg.

Can someone like me maintain hair with Propecia (@ 12mg ED) and lower Estrogen to pre-propecia levels with AI's such as Aromasin? If so what would you recommend dosing?

People keep worrying about increased estrogen while taking finasteride, despite the fact that some finasteride studies found no apparent increase in estrogen while using that drug. But if you got a doctor to prescribe you Aromasin and you feel better while taking it, I'd say go ahead and keep using it (under medical supervision, of course, and at reduced dosages). I wouldn't worry about any negative effect on hair. I highly doubt that that would be significant.

 

[Jake_89]

Thanks Bryan