Does Ru Actually Work?

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Been looking into it and I can't really say I've found great evidence it works.

I can't take finasteride anymore due to seriously bad ED.

Anyone know if it really works? Swoop or shook maybe?
 
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Swoop says it works for a lot of people, i think he ranks it lower than finasteride though, and says it eventually stops working.

There are studies on RU working.

How's your recovery from finasteride sides going?
 
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Currently tapering off and down to .5mg eod. No improvement in sides yet.

I'm guessing I won't improve until I down to like 0.25 eod or off completely.

This is my third time taking finasteride, the last two times I fully recovered within a month. Hopefully that's the case this time.
 
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Swoop said:
Yes,it does for many people. For some it doesn't. Then again you could say the same for finasteride.

You don't have a guarantee of having no side effects on RU though. After all it's quite a potent anti-androgen.
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I got really good results on finasteride, but about 7 months into it I started getting seriously bad testicular and pelvic pain. I've had 3 ultrasounds, a round of doxycycline and cipro and an MRI. They can't find anything. Also 0 morning or spontaneous erections. I wish I could stay on finasteride but it seems like my body is crying for me to stop.

I use minoxidil, Nizoral and Tricomin but I know it's a pointless battle without lowering DHT. If RU would even just help slow it down and give me another year or two of decent hair I'd feel it's worth the price.
 
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RhinestoneHLT said:
Currently tapering off and down to .5mg eod. No improvement in sides yet.

I'm guessing I won't improve until I down to like 0.25 eod or off completely.

This is my third time taking finasteride, the last two times I fully recovered within a month. Hopefully that's the case this time.
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Finasteride has a logarithmic response curve. Don't expect the sides to reduce until you're averaging 0.10 mg/day or less.
 
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I got really good results on finasteride, but about 7 months into it I started getting seriously bad testicular and pelvic pain. I've had 3 ultrasounds, a round of doxycycline and cipro and an MRI. They can't find anything. Also 0 morning or spontaneous erections. I wish I could stay on finasteride but it seems like my body is crying for me to stop.

I use minoxidil, Nizoral and Tricomin but I know it's a pointless battle without lowering DHT. If RU would even just help slow it down and give me another year or two of decent hair I'd feel it's worth the price.
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Damn that sucks. I have never head of epididymitis but if your body is telling you too stop, it's a very wise decision to stop. You'll recover, just give it some time.

You can use other treatments too imo that will at least slow your Androgenetic Alopecia progression. I'll make a post about it soon. Not giving a guarantee that it will keep you above baseline though.
 
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Swoop said:
Damn that sucks. I have never head of epididymitis but if your body is telling you too stop, it's a very wise decision to stop. You'll recover, just give it some time.

You can use other treatments too imo that will at least slow your Androgenetic Alopecia progression. I'll make a post about it soon. Not giving a guarantee that it will keep you above baseline though.
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Can you do ne a favour and PM me the link to that post when you do it? Thanks
 
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Yep RU works. I've been using it for nearly 2 years. I'm on CB-03-01 now too which also works. I was going to switch over. But I've just been using both together!
 
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Then you wonder why some people (me) dont want to try finasteride or even attempt to treat male pattern baldness at all. The treatments are just flat out risky for a cosmetic condition. Hair IMO isnt worth losing your health especially when your talking about a drug you could theoretically be using for 30 years
I see both points of view honestly, but not treating male pattern baldness is not a wrong choice until safer options exist.

"I got really good results on finasteride, but about 7 months into it I started getting seriously bad testicular and pelvic pain. I've had 3 ultrasounds, a round of doxycycline and cipro and an MRI. They can't find anything. Also 0 morning or spontaneous erections. I wish I could stay on finasteride but it seems like my body is crying for me to stop."
 
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Man I'm so depressed about this. I'm back to a solid nw2 from finasteride and min. But this severe testicle and pelvic pain makes it impossible for me to have an orgasm. And when I try and fail, the blue balls make the pain even worse.

My plan is to ween off the finasteride over the next month then substitute it for RU 50mg a day. I just have to find out if it's the finasteride causing the chronic epididymitis you know?

Do you guys think I will lose much ground swapping a few months of finasteride to RU while I figure out what's happening to my body?

Edit: since finasteride is giving me trouble I've also upped my minoxidil application to a full capful or more twice a day to buy time. And added Tricomin.
 
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Man I'm so depressed about this. I'm back to a solid nw2 from finasteride and min. But this severe testicle and pelvic pain makes it impossible for me to have an orgasm. And when I try and fail, the blue balls make the pain even worse.

My plan is to ween off the finasteride over the next month then substitute it for RU 50mg a day. I just have to find out if it's the finasteride causing the chronic epididymitis you know?

Do you guys think I will lose much ground swapping a few months of finasteride to RU while I figure out what's happening to my body?
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The poster @Sonicblu650 had pelvic pain on finasteride, you should get in touch with him.

I use 15 mg a day as I have ED issues. I would start at a lower dose than 50mg/day, in fact I did ...
 
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My wife keeps telling me she doesn't care about my hair because I have a great body and really handsome face but I do care. Losing hair makes me feel like who I identify as is forcefully being changed.

f*** this disfiguring condition.
 
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