Posted by Unique on March 08, 1997 at 15:50:50:
In Reply to: I have a prostate the size of Texas. Please help. posted by BIG MAC on March 08, 1997 at 13:50:23:
: Hi, I have been doing a lot of test and my prostate is really annoying me. I have BPH.
: I wanted to do some Proscar to alleviate this problem. But, I am scared that by stoping the conversion of test into dht that I'd somehow slow muscle growth, since DHT plays a role in making some androgens more effective.
: Does DHT play a role in muscle growth, and will inhibiting test to DHT converstion slow muscle growht? Or does all the positive benefits of DHT as far as secondary male sexual characteristics cease after puberty?
: In short, if I take Proscar, will I slow muslce growth at all?
: Thankyou for any responses!
: BIG MAC
: p.s. PLease dont say that I should use prscar whether or not it will slow muscle growth because worrying about muscle when you can't piss is crazy. That is purely a value judgement.
:
Yeah, if you greatly inhibit DHT you will have some problems esp. with vasularity. However, with a lot of exogenous test floating
around I believe that even with finasteride which only inhibits type 2 isozyme there
will still be enough DHT. You don't need total elimination of DHT anyhow just a reduction. I would
take saw palmetto, lycopene, pumpkin seed oil, and maybe a quarter to a half of proscar a day. You can
decrease/increase the dosage of finasteride as you see fit.
Keep up the fight
Unique