1 - Prior to Dutasteride, for how many years did you use Finasteride?
About 13 I think.
2 - What were your results with Finasteride?
Hard to tell. I still continued to recede but very gradually. Maybe it would've been much worse without the drug. I'd never know.
3 - Why did you made the switch?
Last September 2017, I started noticing a lot more hairs in the shower. This shedding continued to persist (although it did coincide with my mum being ill and a very stressful point in my life). However, the shedding continued and, fearing that finasteride had lost its efficacy, I switched to Dutasteride in March/April 2018,
4 - Do you take Dutasteride everyday?
0.5mg every day
5 - Comment your results using Dutasteride (shedding, maintenance, regrowth, side-effects);
At the 6 month mark, all I've noticed to date is very heavy shedding. Possibly as many as 200 hairs when I wash my hair in the shower every 2-3 days. I've been trying very hard not to freak out, but obviously it's scary! Think my hair has thinned a little - maybe - it's very hard to tell. Actually I compared my hair in photos to 3 years ago and it doesn't look any worse although I did have a hair transplant in the meantine to bulk the hairline.
Sides? Hard to tell. As with finasteride, my libido could be up and down. One month I could be randy and have normal orgasms, other times, my libido might be low, my orgasms weak and sperm watery. It's no different on Dutasteride. Hard to say if the meds is even repsonsible. Generally, I'd say I've not had any sides.
6 - For how long have you been using Dutasteride?
Just reached the 6 month mark. Universal consensus is that I need to give these drugs at least a year. 6 months is still too early, even with all the shedding. Some people even say that the shedding is a sign that the drug is working.
