I have septal scarring, and I think it was caused by finasteride and ketoconazole shampoo.
I've been taking 4000mg of
pentoxifylline daily.
Other things I've been taking daily to fight this conditon are
montelukast,
GSE,
ellagic acid,
citrulline malate,
propolis,
magnesium,
taurine and
burdock root. Burdock root is to shut down elastase while not affecting collagenase.
I am not seeing results and running out of hope.
Recently I did some bloodwork. I found out I have very high total T, above 900, and very low free T because of high SHBG.
So about a month back I added 450mg
DHEA daily, plus 25mg
enclomiphene, 20mg
tamoxifen, 2.5mg
letrozole. I still haven't found the time to investigate them properly and see if I should cycle them.
Also one month back I started applying the very expensive
H-100 topical and bought a traction device, the lingam
extender. I am afraid the vacuum of that device is expanding my glans too much and may be doing some damage though.
I want to also get some
topical DHT gel (any good source for that that you can recommend?). I'd probably jump on CB to safely spare my hair from all the DHT that might go systemic.
Then I want to procure and start taking oral
pirfenidone 1200mg/day. There's evidence that pirfenidone reverses Dupuytren's, which is extremely similar to Peyronie's.
Another thing I want to look into are Ganoderma lingzhi and adlay seeds as
RhoA kinase-inhibitors:
milenkovic2018.pdf
I see in this thread you've looked into Fasudil as a
Rho-kinase inhibitor. I am under the impression that Rho
A and Rho kinases may be similar but different, so using inhibitors for both may be a good idea?
I've also seen some posts within this thread that I interpret as saying that
IGF-1 would be very beneficial. Do you think if I got my hands on some
ibutamoren/MK-677 it would help with IGF-1 production and reversing of the scarring? Maybe
niacin would help too with growth hormone release?
Very useful could also be
Tgf-beta-1 receptor (ALK-5) kinase inhibitors. See here:
Activin Receptor-Like Kinase 5 Inhibitor Attenuates Fibrosis in Fibroblasts Derived from Peyronie's Plaque
Another thing I am considering is ordering some peptides off research chemical websites. I am thinking of human
relaxin-2,
Ac-EEED,
TB-500,
E4,
M10,
FS2,
decorin,
AD-114,
ghrp6,
cjc,
ventfort. If I can find them, that is...
The senolytic agent
Navitoclax (ABT-263) causes targeted apoptosis (self-destruction) of myofibroblasts, reducing the spread of fibrosis:
Drug found that induces apoptosis in myofibroblasts reducing fibrosis in scleroderma
lagares2017.pdf
I might also consider applying topically a
GSK3 inhibitor like Lithium Chloride:
chung2014.pdf
jeon2017.pdf
WO2011031977A1 - Intermittent and pulse lithium treatments for scar revision and wound healing - Google Patents
leavitt2016.pdf as PDF or
Scarless Wound Healing: Finding the Right Cells and Signals as html with pictures.
Also promising yet risky are
bromelain injections:
download-fullpapers-06 08006 MagdaE FMI edit.pdf
Mediwound MWPC003 for peyronies! - Peyronies Society Forums
Improvement following bromelain injections - Peyronies Society Forums
I still need to dig through these, but here are a couple of papers on
off-label use of certain drugs as anti-fibrotics:
nanthakumar2015.pdf
fphar-08-00855.pdf as PDF or
Drugs and Targets in Fibrosis as html with pictures.
I'm planning to
eradicate mold and mildew from my place. In this page
Lab Tests for Mold Illness - Secrets of Surviving Mold I see they recommend testing for a bunch of things, amongst which TGF-beta1, VEGF, MMP9... a bunch of a peyronie's sufferer worst enemies.
I haven't had time to investigate everything that is mentioned in this very long thread and won't be able to for over a month. Life is unbelievably busy for me these days to be able to read 12 pages carefully and try to understand everything that is being discussed. It would be awesome if we could a good single-post summary of things to buy and use, maybe with links to their sources.
So far I've noted down the following from this thread:
- acetazolamide
- escin cream
- horse chestnut
- horse chestnut flower tea
- vitamin D3 + vitamin K2-MK7
- GHB
- Italian drug for alcoholics that goes by the name of «Alcover»
- L-Lysine, I'm guessing far away from Argininine (or maybe ok if one takes citrulline malate which should not compete for absorption but would stimulate arginine synthesis)
- evening primrose oil (why/what for?)
- L-Proline (why/what for?)
- cysteine
- histamine (L-histidine + folic acid)
Sorry for such a dense post filled with so many questions... I've tried to share as much as possible of the good stuff I have found in over a year of research. I don't wanna be a leecher but I would appreciate some spoonfeeding given how time consuming researching this stuff can be...
thank you!