A Proscar A Day?

Diet and Nutrition
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so in his article (yes, i know this is supposed to be in Article Discussions, but i can’t create a new thread there since im not T-Nation) “clean livin’”
http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=459929
TC recomended taking proscar, but this is an androgen inhibitor. So i’ve got to ask, what am i missing here? The way im thinking about it now is “grow some hair back and further lose T”, but i may be wrong, thats why im asking you people.

heres his actual wording;
"Some Proscar a Day Keeps the Butt Doctor Away

While it seems that estrogen might play an accessory role in enlargement of the prostate, possibly leading to prostate cancer, it’s fairly certain that DHT plays a leading role, too.

As such, it might behoove any man over the age of 35 to start taking 1 mg. of Proscar, or finasteride, daily, as a preventative. As an added bonus, it’ll possibly help grow back some scalp hair, or at least prevent you from losing any more.

(While Propecia is the finasteride-based FDA-approved drug for hair loss, it’s five times more expensive than Proscar, the prostate drug, even though it’s one-fifth the dosage. Odd, huh? Guess it shows how drug companies take advantage of our vanity. Most T-men end up buying Proscar through the Internet in its 5-mg size and then either grind it up or cut it into five roughly 1-mg pieces to save some money.)

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Finasteride and dutasteride inhibit the converstion of testosterone to DHT. Testosterone levels per se tend to actually go up in proportion with the reduction in DHT.

Finasteride and dutasteride are inhibitors of the 5a-reductase but are not androgen inhibitors per se.

Some people developped side effects resulting from a reduction in DHT which is quite androgenic (libido, erectile dysfunction, gynecomastia and so one) but these cases represent a relatively small proportion of people.

Hope this helps,
AlexH.