Hi I am a new user of Finasteride just bought a 30 pack of proscar today. I live in Canada. We can get both Propecia and Proscar here.
I called the top Hair Transplant Clinic in my city and talked with someone there. They actually recommended I get Proscar and split it.
I then went to my GP and he had no problem giving me a perscription for Proscar and he said it was easier to cut it into 1/4's. So the 2 qualified experts I talked to had no problem with splitting Proscar. My Perscription actually says 1 tablet / 4 daily.
It took me less then 45 minutes to do all this.
I asked my doctor about testosterone levels etc. and he just about laughed and said at this low dose forget about it.
You have to think about what the drug IS. A DHT blocker. The more you take the more DHT is blocked. At 5mg the entire Proscar pill is taken to reduce the size of the prostate. This is taken every day and is totally safe. At lower doses (.2 -1mg) it does not effect the size of the prostate but blocks DHT in hair follicles to some degree - thus the improved effects on balding.
So when we split we are getting from .8 - 1.25 approimately in each dose. This small amount of difference is insignifant. I was also told that it was OK if I missed a day it was not a big deal. Well thats going from a 1mg to 0 with no effect. The goal of the drug is to reduce the DHT and any amount will to some degree. 1mg is the "optimal" level to reduce balding yet have minimal effect anywhere else. 1.25 is not going to do anything different. The begin with everyone has differnt levels of Testosterone and DHT so everyone will have a different level of DHT blocking. Then consider that not every pill is absorbed by your bloodstream at 100%. So even if you ARE taking 1mg pills , 1mg is not necessarily hitting your blood. This can be effected by food intake, hydration levels etc.
Then we come to all the talk about it going bad in light, not working right, and all that crap. Well they said the same thing about v**** when it came out. You buy the 100mg and split into 4 25mg doses. The "a***" doctors were against it, so was Pfizer of course. Well I have been hacking up Vigra in ALL sorts of ways and it ALWAYS works just fine. I have even bitten a piece off v**** with my mouth and left the remaining moistened piece on a shelf in no container for 3 weeks - when I took it, it had just as much effect as the original piece. All the BS about the coating and it getting degraded was just that BS.
In Canada a box of Proscar is $60 for 30 - thats 120 - 150 days worth.
Or its $60 for 30 Propecia - 1 months worth.
Identical drugs, MERC can split it for you and sell you 1mg. Or you can do it yourself and save $40 a month.
At first reading all these posts I nearly panicked. But after study I realised there are a lot of balding guys that NOTHING will help that are posting useless panick posts and blaming the treatment they are using.
Finasteride is not a miracle drug, at best you can hope for it to slow down or halt the balding. If your already bald don't expect anything and you won't be dissapointed.
There is no point in UPPING your dose of Finasteride. If 1mg (+ or - .5 ) or so is not working for you then upping it will not help. The more you take the more it effects your prostate/side effects and we do not want that.
Side effects are always WAY over blown. The side effects for v**** include:
Headache 16% vs 4%
Flushing 10% vs 1%
Dyspepsia 7% vs 2%
Nasal Congestion 4% vs 2%
Urinary Tract Infection 3% vs 2%
Abnormal Vision* 3% vs 0%
Diarrhea 3% vs 1%
Dizziness 2% vs 1%
Rash 2% vs 1%
Well out of all of these the only one I have ever had is Nasal Congestionm and its minor. I get a lot more "side effects" from a McDonalds meal then most drugs.
I am typically an ANTI drug person. I plan on taking finasteride for a few years ( I am 32 now ) untill I get married, then its BUZZZZZZZZZ goodbye hair. I only see one good reason for hair - women. And once that is taken care of, I could care less. I feel I need hair to optimize my chances but all my GF's have said they would not care if I was bald or crippeld, they love me and would stay forever.
Anyways my 2 cents on taking a designer drug for Vanity's sake.
Will see how it goes.
Good luck fellas!
I called the top Hair Transplant Clinic in my city and talked with someone there. They actually recommended I get Proscar and split it.
I then went to my GP and he had no problem giving me a perscription for Proscar and he said it was easier to cut it into 1/4's. So the 2 qualified experts I talked to had no problem with splitting Proscar. My Perscription actually says 1 tablet / 4 daily.
It took me less then 45 minutes to do all this.
I asked my doctor about testosterone levels etc. and he just about laughed and said at this low dose forget about it.
You have to think about what the drug IS. A DHT blocker. The more you take the more DHT is blocked. At 5mg the entire Proscar pill is taken to reduce the size of the prostate. This is taken every day and is totally safe. At lower doses (.2 -1mg) it does not effect the size of the prostate but blocks DHT in hair follicles to some degree - thus the improved effects on balding.
So when we split we are getting from .8 - 1.25 approimately in each dose. This small amount of difference is insignifant. I was also told that it was OK if I missed a day it was not a big deal. Well thats going from a 1mg to 0 with no effect. The goal of the drug is to reduce the DHT and any amount will to some degree. 1mg is the "optimal" level to reduce balding yet have minimal effect anywhere else. 1.25 is not going to do anything different. The begin with everyone has differnt levels of Testosterone and DHT so everyone will have a different level of DHT blocking. Then consider that not every pill is absorbed by your bloodstream at 100%. So even if you ARE taking 1mg pills , 1mg is not necessarily hitting your blood. This can be effected by food intake, hydration levels etc.
Then we come to all the talk about it going bad in light, not working right, and all that crap. Well they said the same thing about v**** when it came out. You buy the 100mg and split into 4 25mg doses. The "a***" doctors were against it, so was Pfizer of course. Well I have been hacking up Vigra in ALL sorts of ways and it ALWAYS works just fine. I have even bitten a piece off v**** with my mouth and left the remaining moistened piece on a shelf in no container for 3 weeks - when I took it, it had just as much effect as the original piece. All the BS about the coating and it getting degraded was just that BS.
In Canada a box of Proscar is $60 for 30 - thats 120 - 150 days worth.
Or its $60 for 30 Propecia - 1 months worth.
Identical drugs, MERC can split it for you and sell you 1mg. Or you can do it yourself and save $40 a month.
At first reading all these posts I nearly panicked. But after study I realised there are a lot of balding guys that NOTHING will help that are posting useless panick posts and blaming the treatment they are using.
Finasteride is not a miracle drug, at best you can hope for it to slow down or halt the balding. If your already bald don't expect anything and you won't be dissapointed.
There is no point in UPPING your dose of Finasteride. If 1mg (+ or - .5 ) or so is not working for you then upping it will not help. The more you take the more it effects your prostate/side effects and we do not want that.
Side effects are always WAY over blown. The side effects for v**** include:
Headache 16% vs 4%
Flushing 10% vs 1%
Dyspepsia 7% vs 2%
Nasal Congestion 4% vs 2%
Urinary Tract Infection 3% vs 2%
Abnormal Vision* 3% vs 0%
Diarrhea 3% vs 1%
Dizziness 2% vs 1%
Rash 2% vs 1%
Well out of all of these the only one I have ever had is Nasal Congestionm and its minor. I get a lot more "side effects" from a McDonalds meal then most drugs.
I am typically an ANTI drug person. I plan on taking finasteride for a few years ( I am 32 now ) untill I get married, then its BUZZZZZZZZZ goodbye hair. I only see one good reason for hair - women. And once that is taken care of, I could care less. I feel I need hair to optimize my chances but all my GF's have said they would not care if I was bald or crippeld, they love me and would stay forever.
Anyways my 2 cents on taking a designer drug for Vanity's sake.
Will see how it goes.
Good luck fellas!
