lowering doses

[dietcola]

has anyone had any luck ridding themselves of finasteride side effects by lowering their dose? i'm currently takeing 1.25mg a day and i think it's causing my water retention and back acne. thinking i'm gonna start cutting my proscar into 8ths...any thoughts?

 

[Lorenzo_91]

Go for it. Remember it's a lifetime commitment so you want to do what will make your body adapt so you can keep taking it.

One thing is that once you go down I think people find it tough to go back up without the sides being exacerbated on the next go around.

 

[roki]

i wouldnt drop it to less then 1 mg
it might be causing the back acne but the wter retention is from the minoxidil
for sure
if i was you i would give my body a month or two more to adjust and then see what to do
about the water retention from the minoxidil:what i understan is that it builds up at night so i also try to lower my night application dose and take it as early as possible .you could also try to increase the mornning one to compnesate if nothing works you could go down to 1 time only in the mornning
we have to try some thing and see what works ,my puffiness is almost gone now but if i pout too much at the night then in the mornning i have puffy eyes again

 

[dietcola]

sounds good roki, my water retention can be practically nothing at times, and then be absolutely terrible at other times. i was quite sure it was aggrivated by minoxidil as well but i have been reading people saying they got fat face from finasteride. so i was going to start lowering doses and what not to see for an effect...

i'm skipping my morning application of minoxidil today, we'll see how i look for the rest of the day. then i'll try missing an evening dose tomrrow or something...see what works best.

 

[Nick4441]

Keep on the recommended dose as long as you can and your body may get used to it. Mine didn't after 2 months of extreme tiredness, libido up and down a bit and minor back achne. So I reduced to 0.5mb for 3 wks and it improved but still not good enough so in last 2 weeks reduced to 0.25mg.

It's not good to reduce it but if sides are too much then its better to take reduced dose than nothing especially as studies show even 0.25mg is 70% as effective as 1Mg.

Best to do finasteride and minoxidil early evening which is what I do although should do minoxidil twice a day but then again better once a day than none, resuts may just take a bit longer.

 

[roki]

sounds good roki, my water retention can be practically nothing at times, and then be absolutely terrible at other times. i was quite sure it was aggrivated by minoxidil as well but i have been reading people saying they got fat face from finasteride. so i was going to start lowering doses and what not to see for an effect...

i'm skipping my morning application of minoxidil today, we'll see how i look for the rest of the day. then i'll try missing an evening dose tomrrow or something...see what works best.

by what i read it builds up at night because you lie down so missing a night application would be a better choice,about gettting a fat face from finasteride :maybe it can happen but its really not one of the listed side effects and its proboably not related

 

[dietcola]

well the reason people get it from finasteride is because of the high levels of estrogen which can cause the body to retain fat and water. but i'm most certain it's minoxidil, i'll post back in a few days and see how skipping applications helps