Hi,
I have been on finasteride for hair loss for about 3 years. In the last 18 months I have had thyroiditis and low thyroid function and am now on 100mg of thyroid drug. Did anyone ever find a link between finisteride and thyroid function ???
Thanks
James.
As an experiment should I stop the finisteride for a while ?
I have been using Proscar and Avodart, finasteride, duosteride for close to 4 years.
Do not use it now for over two years.
From my experience the Avodart dose (1pill/day) was reducing my DHT way too much. I was on Androgel while taking Avodart.
You are taking finasteride for a hair loss.
This is on assumption that you have a high DHT and finasteride will get it down.
I suggest that you measure your DHT level and possibly reduce finasteride dose.
From my experience one pill of Avodart a week should do the job.
But I was on Androgel, that raises DHT a lot.
If you do not use testosterone or use T-shots they do not raise DHT. You may need even less than once a week.
Avodart have very long half life (months), so it would be ok to use it sparringly.
You can figure out how much to take by doing this test at Quest Diagnostics:
Dihydrotestosterone (204X)
Males 25-75 ng/dL
You want to be in upper range or slightly over.
Good range (75-90)
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You are taking
"100mg of thyroid drug"
This is most likely pure T4.
Many people have T4--->T3 conversion problem.
They feel much better on Armour Thyroid.
Armour have T4 & T3
pmgamer18 (Phil) have given you good advice on thyroid.
When you want to do good testing, do these tests:
7 • Iodine Panel - (2503)
8 Selenium
9 Copper, serum
10 Zinc
27 T3 Free
28 T4,Free
29 reverse T3 (rT3)
30 Ultrasensitive TSH
31 Thyroid Peroxidase and Thyroglobulin Antibodies (7260X)
17 • Iron and Iron Binding Capacity (7573X) - (356N)
18 • Iron, Total (571X) - (24984P)
19 • Ferritin (457X) - (22764P)
20 • Transferrin (891X) - (30346P)
21 • Folate, RBC & Hematocrit - (1768N)
22 • Hemoglobin A1c (496X) - (45484P)
23 • Hemoglobin, Plasma (514X) - (7211P)