Dutas or finasteride for Newbie

[busipaln]

HI all,

Great forum. I have been gathering info from the forum, and trying to make my mind up about using wither finasteride or dutas from Dr Reddys.

I've been reading various stories, both good and bad, so its left me heavily confused.

My hair is currently thinning and the hair line is slowly receding.

Any advice appreciated. I'm thinking of going the dutas route, buying from Inhouse P.... taking 1 tab a day and seeing how i do for about 3 to 4 months.

I know one of the sides is decreased libido, and i was thinking of maybe using tribulus with this as i do quite a bit of weight training and have found Tribulus works well to increase libido.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Finasteride. Everyone should give finasteride. a fair shot before progressing to Avodart.

Decreased libido is only a possible side-effect, I've taken finasteride. & then dutasteride. without any such decline....

 

[busipaln]

Am i correct in saying the dosage of fina (proscar) is 1/4 or 1/2 tab per day.

If i use that for lets say 6 months to see what results i get? Do i need to taking anything with this to combat any possible side effects?

 

[Slartibartfast]

Yeah, one quarter of a Proscar tablet gives you 1.25 mg of Finasteride, which is a pretty common amount to take. Oh and don't worry about not being able to split the tablets into four perfectly equal pieces, it truly doesn't matter.

As far as judging results goes: I'd say six months is on the early side - though you may notice some sort of 'hair action' within that timeframe; but think more in terms of a year or longer before you can really assess finasteride's effectiveness.

Lastly... wait and see whether you get any side effects first. The odds are pretty good that you won't.

Slarti

 

[busipaln]

Thanks for your help.

Just ordered some Fincar and will see how that goes.