the primary use for spironolactone is as an antihypertensive as it gets rid of excess fluid from the body by acting as a diuretic(it makes you pee loads).it is also useful for cardiac conditions for the same reasons.it is mainly used in genetic females rather than genetic males because of it's feminising effects.
i was put on this drug because i have raised blood pressure and it was felt this would be better than cyproterone acetate for contolling my b.p.
i have read the information for this drug for side effects and there is no mention of baldness/hair loss.
i have been a registered nurse for 14 years and although i'm not an expert i do have a reasonable knowledge of what i'm talking about.
it's important to get your bloods checked with this drug as it can effect electrolyte levels in the blood.e.g potassium,sodium.
as for everything else if people are worried about the effects of there medication then they should speak to their g.p. or specialist.
rachel.

I get muscle pain from last week and brest pain is well...not really nice:/ but well...need to survive this:) I read about it but Im quiet worry about my brests coz...Its hard to tell is it actually brest pain or chest pain with is not good.

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you should really go to your doctors if you are having any kind of pain.it may just be pain from breast formation but you should get the g.p. to check it out.
rachel

Yup. Down to the doctor's with you. We're not qualified to give a diagnosis.

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poke yourself in the nipple. if that hurts it's breast pain. if the pain is coming from further inside your chest then, well....... go to your doctor.

you may be losing weight because you're losing water. i lost a stone in a month when i first went on spiro, and i was only taking 25mg to start with.

if you're not under a doctors supervision then starting on 200mg is going to be quite a shock to your body as well. you should have started on less.

cramps can be related to loss of water. are you keeping your fluids up? avoiding potassium salts?

hair falling out? i've heard of some people reacting badly to spiro, and i think hair loss is one possible side effect. go to your doctor.


if you're unsure then STOP. don't just 'ride it out'. if you stop for a bit then you can always restart if you feel you have to later on. transition is hard enough, without you endangering your health anymore than you have to. what's the point in getting to the other side if you're a wreck?


as for efficiency, your milage may vary. i initially transitioned on 50mg spiro daily, and no estrogen, over about fifteen months. if gave me the edge i needed to go for it. still, i know other people who are on the dose you're on and it did nothing for them. you just can't tell. just keep an eye on your health. go to your doctor.




b&p: androcur and spiro are two totally different drugs. androcur is a more powerful anti-A, which is why you need less mg. it's like the difference between ethynil estradiol and estradiol valerate. one you take in micrograms, one you take in milligrams, respectively. somebody correct me if i'm wrong, but i think 50mg androcur is ~roughly~ comparable to 200mg spiro.

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I can understand if people choose to take spiro, and that's fine by me if people cannot cope with the androcur, not that I'm saying it's bad for you or anything but like I said I've started out at about 23 which my old endo perscribed me the androcur I don't see any side effect except of the oestregean effect which dose the depression on me.

And that of course people who take the androcur at a older age might feel the side effects more but I really dout it, my housemate who is 50 didn't get the effects she wanted from Aldactone or Spiro (Both are the same medication) and had very little breast growth and loss of hair on the body which wasn't enough for her to get were she wanted, she changed to androcur and of course it made her face and body change much more to what she wanted.

She's taking 100mg of androcur and I never seen her with depression from it at all.

but it's a choice for the person who takes what type of anti-androgen that they use.

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Also because spiro has other compounds with it, it reduces the effect more than the Androcur can provide, too much spiro can cause blood pressure levels to go too far down below the normal level which is not good.

And the Androcur dose lower the sex drive alot but if people are really desperate to transtion that's a sacrifice that has to happen until the SRS is done then the blockers are no longer needed and the sex drive will recover again.

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Just little update... I had done all my check's up Everything is fine. Im healthy and doing well:) Pain was cause by breast formation:) Hair loss... to much stress. Im 48 days now on spiro (200mg p/d and progynova 4mg p/d) and Im really shock how its wrk on me lol.

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No problem I'm glad it's all doing well for you.

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Just a theory but maybe it's to do with female baldness, not male..?

When a womans hormonal levels change through pregnancy or mid-life as I understand it, she can lose or experience thinning hair.

Perhaps, if a male were to change his hormonal levels by using spiro.. then suddenly 'stop' taking spiro..it would cause a similar effect?

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