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Response to eb - 2nd Time! (Propecia, Finasteride for Women)

posted by Fashiongal, 06.11.2007, 18:17

» I took spiro starting at 12.5mg and worked up to 150mg over 2-3 months. I
» was doing ok until the third month, I had massive bleeding so quit for a
» week, and some time after that I began to take it rather erratically so as
» to prevent nonstop periods, i.e. only when not having a period, which
» turned out to be less and less often, spiro bringing them very close
» together. All hell broke loose in October. I somehow overlooked this on my
» labs, I had quite a few of them done, but my DHEA during this mess was
» quite high, top of the range. Thanks for the fibroids idea, but the
» erratic bleeding quit when I quit spiro, I'm quite certain it was spiro as
» I looked at my out of range high E which partially explains the whole
» mess.
»
» Sorry gals, I may have to recant on the whole 5AR-1 v. 5AR-2 deal I
» thought I'd sort of figured out, due to a recent study by Merck brought to
» my attention on the acne forum that a 5AR-1 inhibitor had no effect on acne
» after 2 months. A copy of that study is en route to my mailbox. Also,
» studies show that people with acne have LOWER levels of 5AR-1 than do
» normal controls. Both of you are probably thinking, who cares?, I don't
» have acne? but let me explain. I thought what caused acne and sebum is
» also what causes hair loss, i.e. secretions of the oil glands, but it
» seems I'm wrong or only partly right. It's all a lot more involved than I
» thought (duh) and there's something called 17-beta-hydroxy-blahblahblah
» involved.
»
» Don't believe everything you read, and that includes stuff I write too.
»
» I am still traveling to another doc to ask for Avodart but I'm admittedly
» feeling much less hopeful about it (and I wasn't even that hopeful to
» begin with, due to the possibility of dreaded RH/upregulation). I'll keep
» you posted.
»
» I'm definitely not a doctor or in the medical field, I'm so far from it,
» but I take that as a compliment and say thanks!
»
» Good luck gals and if you are interested in the studies let me know.
»
Hi again eb....Thanks so much for your posts; I am always interested in studies (as you can probably tell) and so please post them whenever you feel inclined. Maybe put it in a new post so it's on the first page and others can benefit from it as well. It is a compliment that I thought you may be in the medical field because you do really exhaustive research and seem to always be honestly informed versus randomly pinning hopes on a pie in the sky. Like I said, we are all our own guinea pigs here but it truly helps to share experiences and discoveries. Take care....FG


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Complete thread:

• Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 20.10.2007, 07:48
  • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 20.10.2007, 11:12
    • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - V, 20.10.2007, 13:11
      • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 20.10.2007, 13:33
        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - V, 20.10.2007, 15:42
          • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 20.10.2007, 20:02
            • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 21.10.2007, 13:30
              • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 21.10.2007, 15:06
              • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - Holly, 21.10.2007, 15:39
                • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 22.10.2007, 00:13
                  • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - V, 22.10.2007, 09:35
                    • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 22.10.2007, 10:34
                    • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - Sadie, 22.10.2007, 13:24
                      • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 22.10.2007, 13:51
                        • Cyproterone Acetate is an antiandrogen - Fashiongal, 22.10.2007, 13:55
                        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - Sadie, 22.10.2007, 13:56
                        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - lina, 22.10.2007, 15:25
                    • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - Holly, 22.10.2007, 15:04
                      • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 22.10.2007, 15:23
                        • julie1977 - eb, 22.10.2007, 17:10
                        • Response to Julie....long post warning! - Fashiongal, 23.10.2007, 15:34
                          • Response to Julie....long post warning! - eb, 25.10.2007, 12:37
                            • Response to Julie....long post warning! - Holly, 25.10.2007, 23:11
                              • Thanks, Holly! - Fashiongal, 26.10.2007, 17:50
                            • Response to eb - Fashiongal, 26.10.2007, 17:52
                      • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - V, 22.10.2007, 15:40
                        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 22.10.2007, 17:33
                        • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - delilah, 22.10.2007, 17:34
                          • Propecia or Spiro - which do you think is more effective? - julie1977, 24.10.2007, 11:46
                            • Better to break it up into two even doses - Fashiongal, 24.10.2007, 22:51
                              • Better to break it up into two even doses - julie1977, 25.10.2007, 11:45
                                • Response to Julie - Fashiongal, 28.10.2007, 23:49
                                  • FG - eb, 29.10.2007, 10:11
                                    • FG - LisaS, 30.10.2007, 00:19
                                      • Response to LisaS from FG - Fashiongal, 30.10.2007, 17:51
                                        • Response to LisaS from FG - LisaS, 31.10.2007, 01:27
                                          • I meant to say response to FG from LisaS - LisaS, 31.10.2007, 01:28
                                          • Response to LisaS from FG - 2nd Time! - Fashiongal, 06.11.2007, 18:09
                                      • FG and Lisa S - eb, 01.11.2007, 16:18
                                        • Response to eb - 2nd Time! - Fashiongal, 06.11.2007, 18:17
                                    • FG - Fashiongal, 30.10.2007, 17:40
                                      • Oops!! Above post should read: Response to eb! - Fashiongal, 30.10.2007, 17:54