even at a low dosage? 2.5mg/nightly?
I'm pretty sure I'm on everything (minus "tranny drugs" and minoxidil liquid or oral)
growing impatient over here
You might ask your doctor about adenosine. It might be safer for you. That is what they use in Japan instead of minoxidil. It has similar efficacy, and it's believed minoxidl may actually work, in part, through adenosine receptors in the DP. Another growth stimulator that doesn't affect the heart is redensyl. Stemoxydine is another one.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...ashi/ea7c6a5efc4247e90ba9521acd6cd3a011e53200
Looking at your regimen you really don't need to be on dutasteride
and finasteride. Dutasteride .5mg reduces your serum DHT by over 90%. Adding finasteride to that isn't going to do anything else.
You can try taurine supplements and copper peptides to reverse fibrosis. Folic acid and MSM are good for hair. Some more expensive supplements that might help are resveratrol, nicotamide riboside, and glisodin.
A lot of people are using CB-03-01 now which is very effective at first. I'm wary of that and other AR blockers because of the trial data showing CB's effectiveness dropping off a cliff between months 6 and 12. That has me concerned that it increases AR sensitivity thus making the situation worse in the long run.
There is also the prostglandin approach to try. PGE2 is expensive, but it should work for you, along with prostglandin analogues bimataprost and latanoprost. Blocking PGD2 with setipiprant is popular, but seti is a rather weak PGD2 inhibitor. Ramatroban is much stronger, and TM30089 virtually eliminates it. I noticed a marked decrease in shedding when I tried ramatroban.
There's the WNT agonists, SM04554 and WAY-316606. SM was moderately effective in phase 2 trials. WAY only has a six day trial, but should be more potent. I'll be adding it to my regimen next week. A few others have reported success with it. If I have any I'll report it on here.
You have lots of options besides minoxidil. There are many more.
