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I have red hair. I was losing hair and went on finasteride, which saved my hair but now I have been going steadily grayer each day. I literally just thought about your correlation of graying hair to more hair today. I was analyzing those with grey hair and everyone one had a near-full head of...

ceruloplasmin: 0.19 g/l (range: 0.2-0.6 g/l). copper: 87 ug/dl (range: 70–140 ug/dl). urine copper: 7.5 ug/l (<60). The reason I got these tests was for fear of Wilson's disease. I had all the symptoms. My skin is anemic and my hair is turning gray, and I have had some vision issues. However...

my urine copper is LOW. I am currently taking finasteride. My symptoms are illustrative of either copper excess or deficiency, I don't know which. Would low urine copper be a sign of copper TOXICITY (I am retaining too much––maybe due to the finasteride?) or DEFICIENCY ?

I was diagnosed with Gilbert's. Been on finasteride for 2 years now. I'm guessing it's probably the case that my diagnosis was wrong?

On Finasteride right now, I have had some sides and am wondering whether to taper or what to do. worried about PFS. I was thinking of switching to dutasteride as maybe that would somehow be safer. Can someone help me understand the relationship between Dutasteride and Finasteride when it comes...

I'm trying to figure this out, but I am confused, what do you mean by finasteride "puts pressure on cortisol?" Do you mean, on finasteride cortisol is too low (due to fin not converting) so the enzyme 5-beta reductase is reduced to prevent further cortisol break down?