Doctor added a second antiandrogen.....OMG

[mako9802]

My doctor just recently added on dutasteride to my regimen on wow it's like I'm going through this for the first time.  I was getting decent progress before but now its like a I have this dull ache  in my boob area and near constant itching.....I more just had sporadic itching before the dutasteride.  I have been doing this for a month so only time will tell.

[Northern Star Girl]

My doctor just recently added on dutasteride to my regimen on wow it's like I'm going through this for the first time.  I was getting decent progress before but now its like a I have this dull ache  in my boob area and near constant itching.....I more just had sporadic itching before the dutasteride.  I have been doing this for a month so only time will tell.

@ mako: Gotta get rid of that nasty T in your system.   Things will start happening for you in a little more significant way when the T level is where it should be.... very LOW.

Yep, a dull ache and itching in your boob area is what happened to me along with almost alway erect nipples that would stick out of my shirts while I was still trying to present as a male early in my transition...  extra layers of shirts in the summer time was not a good experience!!!    Ahhh, the price of beauty!
By the way, I love your Avatar/Profile picture. 

Hugs, Danielle
Danielle

[Allison S]

I don't take that but it happened to me when adding progesterone. My spiro dose was upped for the time ever after 6 months but I've yet to notice lower T effecting my breasts. It's a mental relief to know that my T is being nuked!! I'm not at max dose yet but honestly this dosage increase was for good measures if anything else.
Estrogen increase hasn't effect my nipples much each either yet..

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[AnneK]

My doctor just recently added on dutasteride to my regimen

I've been on it for a year, for BPH.  It appears to be helping my breasts grow, as I mentioned in other threads.  Apparently, gynecomastia is one of it's benefits.   

[Northern Star Girl]

I've been on it for a year, for BPH.  It appears to be helping my breasts grow, as I mentioned in other threads.  Apparently, gynecomastia is one of it's benefits.   

@AnneK:   YES indeed, many middle age and older men have prostate problems and BPH and T blockers are very frequently prescribed by physicians for that malady.

As you pointed out, the side effect of male breast growth is a welcomed side-effect for MTF transitioners, it gives a good head start to things.
Danielle

[mako9802]

@ mako: Gotta get rid of that nasty T in your system.   Things will start happening for you in a little more significant way when the T level is where it should be.... very LOW.

Yep, a dull ache and itching in your boob area is what happened to me along with almost alway erect nipples that would stick out of my shirts while I was still trying to present as a male early in my transition...  extra layers of shirts in the summer time was not a good experience!!!    Ahhh, the price of beauty!
By the way, I love your Avatar/Profile picture. 

Hugs, Danielle
Danielle

Thank you

[Dani]

I've been on it for a year, for BPH.  It appears to be helping my breasts grow, as I mentioned in other threads.  Apparently, gynecomastia is one of it's benefits.   

According to medical literature the rate of gynecomastia is 1 or 2 % for Finasteride, which I was taking and I developed significant breasts with just the Finasteride. There seems to be many more people with breast growth than 2 %, given the number of people who report breast growth on this forum. Makes me wonder about the accuracy of reported medical data.

[AnneK]

According to medical literature the rate of gynecomastia is 1 or 2 % for Finasteride, which I was taking and I developed significant breasts with just the Finasteride. There seems to be many more people with breast growth than 2 %, given the number of people who report breast growth on this forum. Makes me wonder about the accuracy of reported medical data.

I can't speak about Finasteride, but dutasteride is often prescribed with estrogen, for MtF.  There must be a reason for that.  Also, I wonder if they differentiate between significant growth and some.  Where would they draw the line?

Once curious thing.  When I first started wearing a bra daily, almost 2.5 years ago, my right breast was slightly larger than left.  That now appears to have reversed.