Baseline Bloodwork Before Starting Finastaride

[frenske]

I would like some feedback on the bloodwork I am gonna get before starting finastaride 1mg to help combat hairloss

I have heard about the side effects of crushing your DHT levels and want to have a before and after bloodwork panel to see the changes that introducing finastaride causes. Also so I can narrow down any side effects I have to the root cause

I am thinking of getting the following Blood tests:

Name of test - Quest Diagnostic Code:

Dihydrotestosterone, Free, Serum - 36168
Testosterone, Free (Dialysis), Total (MS) and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin - 37073
Estradiol, Ultrasensitive, LC/MS - 30289
FSH and LH - 7137
Prolactin - 746
Progesterone, LC/MS - 17183
DHEA, (Dehydroepiandrosterone), Unconjugated - 19894
Pregnenolone, LC/MS - 31493

Other test's I want to check even though they are not related to my finastaride usage:

Cortisol, Total, LC/MS - 11281
Cardio IQ® Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy - 91735
Advanced Lipid Panel, Cardio IQ® - 92145

Any suggestions on other tests, any that are a redundant? Also is Cardio IQ a waste, it looks like just a fancy report but nothing more than that

 

[xrayphoton13]

I would like some feedback on the bloodwork I am gonna get before starting finastaride 1mg to help combat hairloss

I have heard about the side effects of crushing your DHT levels and want to have a before and after bloodwork panel to see the changes that introducing finastaride causes. Also so I can narrow down any side effects I have to the root cause

I am thinking of getting the following Blood tests:

Name of test - Quest Diagnostic Code:

Dihydrotestosterone, Free, Serum - 36168
Testosterone, Free (Dialysis), Total (MS) and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin - 37073
Estradiol, Ultrasensitive, LC/MS - 30289
FSH and LH - 7137
Prolactin - 746
Progesterone, LC/MS - 17183
DHEA, (Dehydroepiandrosterone), Unconjugated - 19894
Pregnenolone, LC/MS - 31493

Other test's I want to check even though they are not related to my finastaride usage:

Cortisol, Total, LC/MS - 11281
Cardio IQ® Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy - 91735
Advanced Lipid Panel, Cardio IQ® - 92145

Any suggestions on other tests, any that are a redundant? Also is Cardio IQ a waste, it looks like just a fancy report but nothing more than that

I didn't do any labs. Just take the bare minimum and go from there. When I started finasteride I did 0.25mg daily. That's a quarter of a tablet. Then I switched to dutasteride since it's better for hairloss and I take 0.25mg once every 5 days. That's half a tablet. No hair loss. Nothing noticeable. No effect to libido. Good to go

For labs you could always do a consult with type-IIx. He'll make sure you only get what you need. He also has a discount with fitomics if you want to sign up for labs through them. They are the cheapest I've found

 

[Ghoul]

Thyroid panel. TSH, Free T4, T3 is all you need.