August 18 2009, 8:35 am PT | Posted in: Drugs
I’ve been on finasteride for about 18 months–great results!During this time, I’ve been loosely weight training, but mostly doing cardio and aerobic, which I know to be good for reducing stress and keeping testosterone levels steady, but this is my question:
If a person started training more vigorously with weights, would the consequent spike in testosterone levels impact the effectivness of finasteride? Or put another way, would the rise in testosterone translate into a rise in DHT, thereby overwhelming the capacity of the finasteride already working in one’s system?
Thanks Dr’s
Vigorous weight training will not have an impact on your balding. Your body will take care of itself. I think you are over-analyzing the issue. The workout will not make finasteride less effective, as many people seem to believe.
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I’m glad the doctor answered this question. I disagree, however, that the questioner is “overanalyzing.” Questions on this blog are usually scientific (or amenable to the scientific method), and there are no scientific questions that are excessively analytical—it’s the very nature of science to overanalyze. Just a minor point; the blog is excellent.