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    Question finasteride/proscar question

    should proscar be ran before a cycle (and during) or will starting it at the same time as the cycle be sufficiant to reduse MPB ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AVAGO
    should proscar be ran before a cycle (and during) or will starting it at the same time as the cycle be sufficiant to reduse MPB ?
    finasteride usually takes so time to get working....imo take 2-3 months in advance for dht blocking properties to kick in
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    The actual medical data shows it reaches maximum dht supression in 14 days. If you know you are prone to male pattern baldness take a mg per day starting now until they come out with something better. There are long term studies on it up to 10 years of use showing it's safety and effectiveness at reducing dht.

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    http://www.propecia.com/finasteride/...umer/index.jsp
    propecia's website says 3-12 months
    ofcourse, they are trying to sell a product....
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    Quote Originally Posted by asymmetrical1
    http://www.propecia.com/finasteride/...umer/index.jsp
    propecia's website says 3-12 months
    ofcourse, they are trying to sell a product....

    Yeah posssibly true like loading up on creatine, BS.

    Thanks for posts.

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    Yeah its 3-12 to see results in your hair...meaning as its growing out of your skin but the dht suppression takes place in your body in 14 days. :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by sp9
    Yeah its 3-12 to see results in your hair...meaning as its growing out of your skin but the dht suppression takes place in your body in 14 days. :-)
    thought it was a bit longer...bro can u post a link to this....thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by asymmetrical1
    thought it was a bit longer...bro can u post a link to this....thanks

    Yeah would be nice.

    I ask because i am adding dbol at the begining of my course and my hair line is going to pack its bags and leave me soon

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    I know I have seen more studies, this is just one I found real quick via a google search.

    The part 2 is for doses that are normally used and it was a 14 day study of reduction of dht in the body, all supression then reversed by another 14 days after:

    http://www.regrowth.com/hairloss-rem...ropecia_11.cfm

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    Quote Originally Posted by sp9
    I know I have seen more studies, this is just one I found real quick via a google search.

    The part 2 is for doses that are normally used and it was a 14 day study of reduction of dht in the body, all supression then reversed by another 14 days after:

    http://www.regrowth.com/hairloss-rem...ropecia_11.cfm
    thanks bro

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    Dutasteride is 10x better than finasteride, IMO. I've tried both. I'll never cycle without duta again. In fact its opened up some doors that have been closed due to hair loss.

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    Interesting. I used proscar (1.25mg) daily from Aug 1998 to Dec 11, 2002. From Dec 12th 2002 until today I have used .5mg avodart (dutaseride). I did not see much improvement in hair loss over proscar. I usually would recommend people start with proscar because its cheaper and does a good job for most.

    Proscar is 70% dht suppression (type 2)
    Avodart is 90-94% supression (type1 and type 2)

    I saw a big improvement when I added minoxidil 5% and Nizoral. They seemed to all help each other do a better overall job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sp9
    Interesting. I used proscar (1.25mg) daily from Aug 1998 to Dec 11, 2002. From Dec 12th 2002 until today I have used .5mg avodart (dutaseride). I did not see much improvement in hair loss over proscar. I usually would recommend people start with proscar because its cheaper and does a good job for most.

    Proscar is 70% dht suppression (type 2)
    Avodart is 90-94% supression (type1 and type 2)

    I saw a big improvement when I added minoxidil 5% and Nizoral. They seemed to all help each other do a better overall job.


    Nice post cheers blu

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