quick nolva question

[MuGGsy]

I tried finding this via search, no results -

If somebody had gyno naturally would nolva help them? If the case had already developed etc, or would it be a surgery only scenario - any feedback would be appreciated.

[Stonecold54]

Re: quick nolva question

Originally posted by MuGGsy
I tried finding this via search, no results -

If somebody had gyno naturally would nolva help them? If the case had already developed etc, or would it be a surgery only scenario - any feedback would be appreciated.

If you have real gyno which is an actual tissue lump then I would say no. HOWEVER!!!! I have had lumps in both my nips and they have gone away eventually, so I don't know if mine wasn't full blown or not but novaldex combined with ldex seemed to reduce them. I still have a slight point in both my nips but that could just be an increased bodyfat%. so its hard to tell. Can't hurt to try though.

[MuGGsy]

my buddy who I lift has a real lump.. just on his right nipple, it's pretty decent size too. Ohwell -- I was wondering if their was anyhting short of surgery for him but looks like that's not the case, thanks for the response stone.

[Stonecold54]

Originally posted by MuGGsy
my buddy who I lift has a real lump.. just on his right nipple, it's pretty decent size too. Ohwell -- I was wondering if their was anyhting short of surgery for him but looks like that's not the case, thanks for the response stone.

well try a small cycle of novaldex and an anti-aromotase. it might work, can't hurt to try.

[joe bigboy]

yea it would be worth trying...

[GunzInCali]

When I was in my early teens, I had the lump in my left nip. It just went away but I did see a doctor about it. They prescribed nothing and it went away. Nolva is cheap so it's worth the experiment! What do you have to lose except the gyno

[Matt76]

Yeah I plan on giving it a try I have a lump in my left nipple. Anybody want to prescribe a gyno undoing cycle??

[Cmsmallzz]

I have known several people that have had success using nolvadex for pre-existing gyno...might go away on its own if its not too far developed.

[house1]

i would deffinitley have him try it!!

cant hurt

[Sootybaby]

Check this reference from PubMed website as it is a very recent study.

Breast. 2004 Feb;13(1):61-5.


Management of physiological gynaecomastia with tamoxifen.

Khan HN, Rampaul R, Blamey RW

Here is the abstract from the paper.

Abstract
Aims: We aimed to confirm suggestions that tamoxifen therapy alone may resolve physiological gynaecomastia.

Methods: A prospective audit of the outcome of tamoxifen routinely given to men with physiological gynaecomastia was carried out at Nottingham. Men referred with gynaecomastia had clinical signs recorded, e.g., type (diffuse ‘fatty’ or retro-areolar ‘lump’), size and possible aetiology. They were offered oral tamoxifen 20 mg once daily for 6–12 weeks. On follow-up patients were assessed for complete resolution (CR), partial resolution where patient is satisfied with outcome (PR) or no resolution (NR). Success was either CR or PR.

Results: Thirty-six men accepted tamoxifen for physiological gynaecomastia. Median age was 31 (range 18–64). Tenderness was present in 25 (71%) cases. Sixteen men (45%) had ‘fatty’ gynaecomastia and 20 had ‘lump’ gynaecomastia. Tamoxifen resolved the mass in 30 patients (83.3%; CR=22, PR=8) and tenderness in 21 cases (84%; CR=21, PR=0). Lump gynaecomastia was more responsive to tamoxifen than the fatty type (100% vs. 62.5%; P=0.0041).

Conclusions: Oral tamoxifen is an effective treatment for physiological gynaecomastia, especially for the lump type.


That should give your friend some hope!
It also seems that lump is better resolved than fatty mass in this study. Check out the rest of the paper for dosage and time course.