Cycling Finasteride and Andractim ??

Hey Everyone,

I have been thinking of doing some cycling of Finasteride and Andractim but would like some other people thoughts on this. The idea is basically to take Finasteride during the off Andractim cycle to make the receptors in the penis more sensitive to DHT again. I have already gained 1/4” on my first cycle of Andractim so it does work for me.

My plan was to do 3 week cycles on and 3 weeks off. This is my current thoughts for the cycle.

3 weeks on DHT gel 1.5g 2x per day
3 weeks off using D aspartic acid to boost T back up, Dim to lower E, and 1mg Finasteride daily or every other day to up regulate the DHT receptors for the last 2 weeks of the cycle.

Let me know what you think. I have herd some horror stories from Finasteride shutting down peoples hormone systems for years so I’m a little worried. However some of the stories seem like they are from hypercondriacs. One guy had blood work done and all his hormone levels where in the normal range yet he still was convinced his hormones where shut down.

After looking into it a little more it looks like Saw Palmetto may be an effective and safer way to lower DHT levels. Any thoughts on this?

Tissue effects of saw palmetto and finasteride: use of biopsy cores for in situ quantification of prostatic androgens

Saw Palmetto dht - Search Results - PubMed

One more thought on the subject. I have been using Emu oil almost daily for a couple years on my penis for post workouts. Emu oil is supposed to be a DHT blocker. I’m curious if this has made me more sensitive to Andractim without ever realizing it.

Finasteride is evil. Stay far away from it.

I got a prescription from my doc for Propecia in an attempt to grow some hair. I was on it for 3 months. It did help with some hair regrowth but the side effects are not worth it.

It killed my energy level and libido. Other sides that I experienced were facial hair loss in circular patterns and lack of night/morning wood.

As we all know, morning wood is very important to growth and healing of the penis. I didn’t want to take the chance of regressing just to grow a little head head.

I’d rather go bald and have a hard functioning dick than to be a man with hair and the libido and energy level of a 50 year old woman.

No offense to any 50 year old women on the boards :)

Yeah it looks like the Finasteride has some BAD side effects. I decided to use Saw Palmetto. There are lots of mixed reports on what it will and won’t do but at least it’s thought to be safe. I plan on doing a low dose internally and apply it topically to the penis for the off cycles.

This is what I ended up getting Jarrow FORMULAS Saw Palmetto soft gel caps. So they are easy to open up and use topically.

“Sabalselect Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) berry extract is standardized to contain 85-95% of the active fatty acids and sterols; including beta-sitosterol. Jarrow FORMULAS Saw Palmetto is a supercritical CO2 extract.The bark of Pygeum (Prunus africana) is standardized to 12% sterols; including beta-sitosterol; beta-sistosterone and n-docosanol. Saw Palmetto and Pygeum support prostate health.* Jarrow FORMULAS Saw Palmetto Extract+Pygeum is in a base of Pumpkin Seed Oil and enriched with phytosterols.

During this off cycle I plan on continuing PE. Using a ADS and Jelquing with a cock ring. If I get results I will stop the DHT gel and none of this will be necessary.

What does saw palmetto used topically do?

Saw Palmetto will hopefully down regulate the DHT receptors in the penis. When the saw palmetto is stopped and DHT is applied it should jump start the growth process.

Basically it should do the same thing as Finasteride (block DHT) but without going through your entire system and screwing up your hormone balance.

How much did you gain?