el_duterino said:
RU will work well to stop further hairloss provided your hair can react well to a lack of androgens.
If you are having some positive results on finasteride then RU will work very well - and without the side effects.
Ideally, you need hair that is still healthy and capable of producing normal length hair shafts - that is why starting RU ASAP is a must
I see your point, but I'm not sure about comparing RU with finasteride or dutasteride.
Basically, because RU is an anti-androgen, and finasteride and dutasteride, aren't.
finasteride and dutasteride, are 5-a reductase inhibitors, which has nothing to do with the anti-androgens.
An anti-androgen blocks the effect of the androgen, an inhibitor inhibits the conversion of a prohormone into the active hormone... but doesn't stop the action of T or DHT on the follicle.
So, with dutasteride we are avoiding the 96% of conversion (after 0.5 mg during 5 years according with the studies) on blood, and about a 78% in the follicle, but T and free-T still "attacking" our follicles.
If RU it's a REAL antiandrogen, we are avoiding the effect of T and DHT (it doesn't matter if T is converted in DHT or not) on our follicles, in a high %.
So RU should be much more effective than dutasteride or finasteride.
PS: sorry if my English is not clear enough.