I Had finasteride 1 mg for 4 days and I’m suffering with erectile dysfunction. I stopped taking fin. I’m hoping that I will recover soon as it was a small dose. can any one please provide me some suggestions on how to recover soon and how long it might take to recover
Read through the QUESTIONS section as this type of question has been answered many times before.
The vast majority of men who quit recover from their side effects within weeks or months. Since you only took it 4 days and recently quit, the odds are likely in your favor that things will return to normal in time.
If things do not get better in next few months, then consider visiting this forum, reading FAQ at top of site, getting bloodtests listed, and evaluate next steps.
I had 4 pills and got completely screwed anyway.
In order to avoid the trauma caused by interrupting fin (which is independent of the number of pills you took) I would suggest you to take 100mg zinc + 4mg copper a day for 2 weeks. This will keep your DHT and estrogen low, making the transition easier.
If you are fine in 2 weeks, then switch to 50mg zinc + 2 mg copper
Where did you get this information, or what did you base this information on?
I have read Zinc dosages should generally not be above 40-50mg for an extended period of time if you are supplementing, due to potential for toxicity and leeching of copper from the body.
Not to mention, Zinc also operates as a 5AR inhibitor at higher dosages (unknown at exactly what point that may be).
Yes, zinc acts also as a 5AR inhibitor (prevents T->DHT). My personal opinion is that my endocrine system (and others’ too) shut down after stopping propecia because of a too sudden increase of DHT and because of high estrogen (due to propecia use). In order to increase DHT more smoothly, you could get zinc, which is definitely not as powerful as an inhibitor as propecia.
Since also Dr Shippen suggests it at 50 to 100 mg a day (see link at the end of this post), I thought it is a good and not dangerous suggestion.
maxmuscle.com/article/360/:
“Zinc is easily taken; Shippen suggests 50 to 100 mg per day, in 2 doses”
You can google eugene shippen 100 mg zinc to have more sources. Furthermore, I believe that some user went to Shippen and was suggested to take 100mg for some time and then take 50mg, but I can’t find the post.