cycling finasteride ? finasteride and muscle development.....

[sun123]

Hi not been on here for a while.

I am just wonder if there is any information on coming on and off finasteride. I have been taking fin 1.25mg (quarter 5mg) since November 2011 and have had some good results in the hair department.

In the past year I have became quite involved with body building and have come across some research that could suggest due to the affect fin has on testosterone levels this can impinge muscle development and growth and also strength.

This is interesting as I know that a lot of anabolic steroid users take fin to counter the hair loss on steroids (not that I take them !!)

For a brief period I took an off the shelf product by a well known brand not realising this boosted your testerone levels by 40% within 2 weeks, I came off it as I felt I was shedding alot .

So, you may have guessed I am tempted to come off the fin for a short period to see if I notice a differnce...it is well documented that other drugs we put into our bodys can benefit fron an on and off period ..any opinions on this ? thanks

 

[RJPH]

I'd think asking this question on a fitness or body building site would help answer, might be a few people on there who have thought the same and gone on to find out the result!

Also. I have seen you other post in this forum detailing your progress with regaine and fin, was wondeing how has it progressed since sepember? I'm thinking about going onto regain soon but i'm not THAT bad but under harsh light it can be very noticeable.

 

[sun123]

Hi , i will most likely post some pics this weekend.
I dont think there has been much change since last pics so I my have hit the limit to regrowth.

As said I know I had shed for a couple of weeks when on a training product.

I stopped finasteride yesterday. I am now worried about some of sides people are reporting when coming off, scary stuff. the amount of lawsuits been taken out is unreal against finasrteride /propecia. Saying that in the 14 months I been on fin only side I really noticed was decreased libido and somnetimes tiredness, however, I can not totally put the tiredness down to the drug. Going to try a bit of time off fin and see how it affects me, however, I will be using regaine foam twice a day

 

[folliclediabolical]

sun123 wrote:

Hi , i will most likely post some pics this weekend.
I dont think there has been much change since last pics so I my have hit the limit to regrowth.

As said I know I had shed for a couple of weeks when on a training product.

I stopped finasteride yesterday. I am now worried about some of sides people are reporting when coming off, scary stuff. the amount of lawsuits been taken out is unreal against finasrteride /propecia. Saying that in the 14 months I been on fin only side I really noticed was decreased libido and somnetimes tiredness, however, I can not totally put the tiredness down to the drug. Going to try a bit of time off fin and see how it affects me, however, I will be using regaine foam twice a day

Hi,

Just wonderig how you got on with coming off fin? as im doing the same at the moment.

Ive also read about it having an effect on muscle growth.ive been working out for the past 6 months and have always wondered if its holding me back.

 

[sun123]

I only came off for a month , figured keeping my hair was more important than muscle growth ha.

Back on the fin now. I have made gains whilst on the stuff and I know lots of bodybuiders take fin to counter the increase in testosterone . There is a lot of negative stuff about fin floating about

 

[ziggs11]

I'm not a super serious lifter or anything but I try to do moderate to intermediate level weights at least twice a week. When work isn't as busy and I have more time to lift I have not experienced any difficulty in gaining some muscle mass, and there are stretches where I don't get to lift as often but I still retain most of my shape and stuff. I've been on propecia for about five years now so I can't say I've ever experienced getting flabby or unable to increase muscle tone, but everyone is different.