Finasteride - lower dosage - 0.5mg

[bg1]

I have heard that propecia sold in Japan is sold at a lower dosage than 1mg sold in many countries - This is probably because the Japanese are relatively smaller race so they need a lower dosage compared to the average american who is relatively larger.

So if a person has a smaller body then they should consider lowering their dosage to reduce side effects - also where is evidence that 0.2mg propecia is better than 1mg??

 

[biff]

I'm not sure if it is just based on size. I reckon it might also be to do with hormone levels. I'm an average size caucasian (6ft) and I got pretty bad libido issues on just 0.5mg of finasteride. I couldn't handle it so tried 0.25mg instead (1/4 Propecia) which has been okay. I still have watery seman but my libido is fine. I'm not sure if 0.25mg it is doing much for my hair though as it has got slightly worse and I haven't had any regrowth. It has now been almost a year on 0.25mg.

 

[bubka]

http://www.physics.upenn.edu/facultyinf ... index.html

there are just DHT levels (not hair count) and all within the margin of error. I believe that when the actual hair count is used, 1mg to 5mg was statistically significant than .2mg

 

[nativeremedies]

I stopped taking 1.25mg Proscar once a day because of terrible sides. Previously I was taking 1mg once a day and the three month mark I got sides.

It's been three weeks and everything is back to normal. I was considering starting over again, on a different dose.

Maybe .5 every other day. Curious if anybody has sucuess on there own dose / days and what is it?

 

[Rage]

I dissolved 10mg of finasteride into my minoxidil - and I still got sides after a month The finasteride dosage works out to be 0.333mg / day.

Dropping down to 7.5mg to see what happens. But I now know that topical finasteride does go systematic!

 

[nativeremedies]

"But I now know that topical finasteride does go systematic"

That is cool, and crazy you got sides through the scalp.

How much minoxidil did you use? Was it 2% or 5%
How long did you wait before you restarted finasteride?