blood test - thyroid and pituitary issue found

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#1

Here’s my recent blood work result which is interesting. Doc ordered another test since he suspected I might have hyperthyroidism and pituitary issue. I stopped taking propecia Nov 2007.

TSH 1.1 (Oct 2007)
0.8 (Mar 2008)
0.21 (Oct 2008)
0.18 (Oct 2008 2nd) [0.45 - 4.5]

IGF-1 288 [109 - 284]

I was on and off with propecia 3 times during last year and I stopped taking it on last Nov due to the following symtoms. It didn’t really help thickening my hair and instead I started having this side effects which made me still sufferring since then.

  • acne breakout on my face, excessive facial oil
  • unwanted facial hair on my cheek, jaw line
  • hair all over body started growing,
  • underarm sweat which I never had before, my body got much more sweaty

I strongly believe that propecia made some permanent change on my hormone system and it caused TSH and IGF-1 level changed on top of side effects. Is there anyone who has abnormal result of TSH and IGF-1 after taking propecia? And also anybody made a success on recovery for these symtoms?

#2

According to my blood tests, I am now hypothyroid. But I am going to be tested again in January to see if there is any “spontaneous improvement”, as my doctor said.

#3

That’s interesting as most guys with Thyroid issues after Fin have ended up HYPOthyroid (elevated TSH), not HYPERthyroid (low TSH):

propeciahelp.com/forum/viewt … =9144#9144

However, judging from your list of symptoms, seems your body has swung the other way to a hyperthyroid state. Did you get any other bloodwork? Testosterone, Estradiol, DHT, LH/FSH etc?

What is the “pituitary issue” your doc is concerned about? I’m assuming it has to do with your IGF-1… labtestsonline.org/understan … /test.html

Perhaps with thyroid treatment your symptoms may resolve, but I’d be asking for additional tests to see what else may have been impacted by the drug.