Berberine for enhanced erections?

[jacknap]

so I'm still on cdnuts protocol. while I think using a higher percentage of icariin should be fine I'm a bit gun shy on adding berberine for the enhanced erections that @Area-1255 was talking about.

any reason to not add this? Don't want to overcomplicate stuff but also don't wanna miss out on the boner gainzzz

 

[Niles]

It's a 5ARI, so it should definitely be used with caution:

Berberine Improves Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia via Suppression of 5 Alpha Reductase and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase in Vivo and in Vitro. - PubMed - NCBI

 

[Troy]

so I'm still on cdnuts protocol. while I think using a higher percentage of icariin should be fine I'm a bit gun shy on adding berberine for the enhanced erections that @Area-1255 was talking about.

any reason to not add this? Don't want to overcomplicate stuff but also don't wanna miss out on the boner gainzzz

It made me worse. Didn’t know it was a 5ar. That explains it though. Don’t touch it.

 

[jacknap]

It made me worse. Didn’t know it was a 5ar. That explains it though. Don’t touch it.

thanks bro this is the kinda stuff i'm talking about lol.

icariin should be good to go though right

 

[tanedout]

Anyone else have any experience with Berberine? I know it's supposed to have mild anti-androgen effects, but there seem to be a lot of potential benefits.

Gut health and fatty liver seem to be conditions that probably affect most people with PAS/PFS etc, and Berberine seems quite powerful at tacking both;

Has been shown to increase dopamine concentration in some areas of the brain following oral administration

Appears to preserve fatty acid and cholesterol metabolism of the liver during states of inflammation and diabetes

In regards to Fibrosis specifically, Berberine has fairly potent anti-fibrotic effects comparable to both Milk Thistle and TUDCA, which is fairly remarkable since those two are highly regarded liver health supplements

One clinical trial in humans with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease showed that adding berberine to lifestyle interventions decreased fat content of the liver significantly, to an extent similar to the drug pioglitazone at its lowest usual dose.

Repeated rat studies on Colitis, which suggest that Berberine has remarkable protective effects at fairly low oral doses (as the low absorption rate of Berberine requiring higher doses is no longer required as Berberine does not need absorption to reach the colon)

Appears to have pro-erectile effects, which appear to be nitric oxide mediated and long lasting; no studies in living systems that use oral administration (only a direct injection) and practical relevance of the above is unknown

Berberine: Proven Health Benefits, Dosage, and more