been doing .5 mg of propecia a day

[barf]

and having results. I've been doing it since May. I used to do a full mg daily from feb through april, but the sides were killing me. my libido is still not all that great, but it's much better than before. anyone else on the same program?

 

[coolerking]

about to start it (waiting for finasteride to arrive), can't comment on the sides yet but financially its good for me

 

[bigd]

I was doing .5mg but wasnt sure what it was doing, but no sides really so I bumped it up to .75 then to the full MG and will hold here for 12 months and let you know what happens.

 

[CCS]

http://www.minoxidil.com/Propecia.htm

At the 1995 American Association of Dermatology Meeting in New Orleans, results from a one year, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study with finasteride in the treatment of male pattern baldness were presented. Men taking oral finasteride (5 mg/day) had significantly increased hair counts and significantly improved clinical change from baseline as assessed by multiple parameters including patient self evaluation. There were few drug related side effects reported, with similar numbers in both finasteride and placebo groups.

At the same meeting, results from a dose-range-finding study were presented, evaluating finasteride at doses of 0.01, 0.05, 0.2, 1 and 5 mg/day. A six week trial measured concentrations of scalp skin and serum dihydrotestosterone. Surprisingly, other than the group taking 0.01 mg/day, no significant differences between the doses were seen. However, significant differences were documented between the groups that received finasteride (excluding those receiving 0.01 mg/day) and the group that received placebo. It was determined that a low dose of oral finasteride will be used for further studies in the treatment of male pattern baldness.

 

[CCS]

just shows how little dr lee knows. he says propecia is not as affective as it could be because it affects type 2 instead of type 1 5ar. Merk made a drug that only inhibits type 1, and found it did not affect hairloss.

 

[Hawaii male]

Im thinking on cutting down from 1 MG to .5 MG. Im worried though it may induce a shed. Thats the only thing that keeps me from doing it.

 

[Guest]

just shows how little dr lee knows. he says propecia is not as affective as it could be because it affects type 2 instead of type 1 5ar. Merk made a drug that only inhibits type 1, and found it did not affect hairloss.

then why is dutasteride better than finasteride? simply because it inhibits more of type II? are u saying type I hasnothing to do with hair loss so ther's no reason to inhibit it? what was the name of the type I drug that merck made?

and dr lee knows quite a lot. he's been working on hair restoration for longer than you've been alive.