Does taking propicia reduce muscle mass building chems?

[cramlow]

I am researching a hairloss regimen and need to know if taking Propecia will reduce my muscle mass? I have been lifting for 3.5 years now and don't want to loose the results by taking Propecia.

Please advise.


Thanks in advance!

 

[Guest]

I am researching a hairloss regimen and need to know if taking Propecia will reduce my muscle mass? I have been lifting for 3.5 years now and don't want to loose the results by taking Propecia.

Please advise.


Thanks in advance!

Do a search on the topic. The bottom line is that no one knows for certain and speculation runs rampant.

 

[DonLapre]

The AST website (http://www.ast-ss.com) states that the drug will propbabley not interfer with building muscle....plus if it did mess things but a little, which is more important? I think the everyone will agree hair is the most important.

 

[WRX_STi_Driver]

Actually, taking propecia probably helps in building muscle. It prohibits DHT.

Think of it this way: Freeing DHT from tissues allows for better recovery. When you workout you are tearing that muscle so it grows as it rebuilds...removing DHT allows faster healing.

The only thing I don't like about Propecia...is I feel that it is harder to fight off gaining weight. I still workout the same...run the same...eat the same (actually started the South Beach Diet to see if I can shed this stuff around my belly)...but no matter what it seems like I am gaining weight in the mid section. I now have Love Handles... :-x

 

[scottie311]

Actually, taking propecia probably helps in building muscle. It prohibits DHT.

Think of it this way: Freeing DHT from tissues allows for better recovery. When you workout you are tearing that muscle so it grows as it rebuilds...removing DHT allows faster healing.

The only thing I don't like about Propecia...is I feel that it is harder to fight off gaining weight. I still workout the same...run the same...eat the same (actually started the South Beach Diet to see if I can shed this stuff around my belly)...but no matter what it seems like I am gaining weight in the mid section. I now have Love Handles... :-x

Where exactly do you get this information that removing dht would speed up the healing process?

 

[Guest]

Actually, taking propecia probably helps in building muscle. It prohibits DHT.

Think of it this way: Freeing DHT from tissues allows for better recovery. When you workout you are tearing that muscle so it grows as it rebuilds...removing DHT allows faster healing.

The only thing I don't like about Propecia...is I feel that it is harder to fight off gaining weight. I still workout the same...run the same...eat the same (actually started the South Beach Diet to see if I can shed this stuff around my belly)...but no matter what it seems like I am gaining weight in the mid section. I now have Love Handles... :-x

I did a search once on this topic and found nothing to support this theory. However, I would say that most propecia users here report a great difficulty in maintaining good resting tonus while using finasteride.

That was my experience.

 

[meltwater]

Hi Bruce,
>However, I would say that most propecia users here report a great
> difficulty in maintaining good resting tonus while using finasteride.

Sorry I am not a native english speaker. can you elaborate on what is "good resting tonus "


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meltwater

 

[Guest]

Hi Bruce,
>However, I would say that most propecia users here report a great
> difficulty in maintaining good resting tonus while using finasteride.

Sorry I am not a native english speaker. can you elaborate on what is "good resting tonus "


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meltwater

The state of contraction of your muscles when at rest. In other words, on propecia, some report that they look "smoother" and less cut up then before they started the drug.

 

[Jack_the_Lad]

Obviously Finasteride doesn't help to lose fat. DHT however is not an anabolic hormone so I'd say that it doesn't effect mussle mass. Inhibiting DHT frees up more testosterone for a while, but this eventually subsides. Testosterone is an anabolic hormone needed to rebuild and recover the mussle.

 

[skullet]

I am researching a hairloss regimen and need to know if taking Propecia will reduce my muscle mass? I have been lifting for 3.5 years now and don't want to loose the results by taking Propecia.

Please advise.


Thanks in advance!

I have been using for over 2 yrs, and still am making gains in the gym! No reduction in muscle, in fact my arms and chest are even bigger -- that's my diet and regieme -- Props isn't roids! lol.