Can I crush Finasteride in my Nizoral shampoo?

$tackz

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Can I crush Finasteride in my Nizoral shampoo? If so... how much?

I have about 30 tablets of "Fincar" that I do not EVER intend on taking orally, so the question is can I crush them in a bottle of 100mL Nizoral 2%? How much dosage would be sufficient?

Thank you veteran hairloss sufferers. You guys are so good at losing your hair.
 

gjp2222

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$tackz said:
Can I crush Finasteride in my Nizoral shampoo? If so... how much?

I have about 30 tablets of "Fincar" that I do not EVER intend on taking orally, so the question is can I crush them in a bottle of 100mL Nizoral 2%? How much dosage would be sufficient?

Thank you veteran hairloss sufferers. You guys are so good at losing your hair.


You can do anything you want, but it would be a waste of time IMO. If any of it gets absorbed then you would have the same systematic side effects as taking it orally.
 

$tackz

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gjp2222 said:
$tackz said:
Can I crush Finasteride in my Nizoral shampoo? If so... how much?

I have about 30 tablets of "Fincar" that I do not EVER intend on taking orally, so the question is can I crush them in a bottle of 100mL Nizoral 2%? How much dosage would be sufficient?

Thank you veteran hairloss sufferers. You guys are so good at losing your hair.


You can do anything you want, but it would be a waste of time IMO. If any of it gets absorbed then you would have the same systematic side effects as taking it orally.
Yeah I guess this is true, even if only a little gets absorbed... I think it's said 0.25mg can still inhibit as much DHT systematically as 5mg?
 

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$tackz said:
Yeah I guess this is true, even if only a little gets absorbed... I think it's said 0.25mg can still inhibit as much DHT systematically as 5mg?

I'm pretty sure that's not accurate at all.
 

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$tackz said:
I think it's said 0.25mg can still inhibit as much DHT systematically as 5mg?

5mg inhibits about 90-92%
1mg inhibits about 82-86%
0.25mg around 55-60% (this one can be debated though)

The take home message is that finasteride effectiveness increases w/ increased concentration but not linearly.
 
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