I have not read the study and only know what you guys are saying about it. So I am not agreeing or disagreeing with the conspiracy theory stuff or getting involved in the never ending debate over home brew VS giving money to the foundation. Arguing about this is a complete waste of time.
But what I do know is that the following statement is not accurate as far as the majority of “PFS Victims” go.
“but had normal objectively-assessed cognitive function Testosterone, DHT, 5α-androstane-3α,17|gb-diol glucuronide, testosterone-to-DHT and androsterone glucuronide-to-etiocholanolone glucuronide ratios, and markers of peripheral androgen action, and expression levels of AR-dependent genes in skin did not differ among groups”
Clearly a majority of people who complain of these symptoms after taking a 5AR inhibitor do not have normal total, free or bio available testosterone levels. We know this because of the blood work results that we have collected on this website over the years. Also correct me if I’m wrong but did the study choose to not even mention the higher than normal estrogen levels in guys who complain of these symptoms? It seems as if the results are being written in a way to not mention the obvious altered levels of hormones we see by not addressing free testosterone, bio available testosterone or estrogen levels. It’s simply touching on testosterone levels really briefly in the above statement. I’m forced to be curious about why there is such a brief mentioning for such a significant point/factor.
It’s difficult to believe that the Harvard study ended up entirely with the small percentage of PFS guys who do not have altered hormone levels on the basic level such as total testosterone levels. Assuming that this did happen we still know that this statement does not apply to the majority of PFS suffers.
There is nothing wrong with the labs that our doctors have used to do our blood work. Our results are accurate.