ProscarRules
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My post was interrupted by another patient's concern about mood and depression resulting from finasteride.
I want to get some opinions about smaller and lesser frequent does of finasteride to reduce the chance of undesirable side effects (such as gyne) and shedding.
What would be the good methods you can try? I read some claims that finasteride 1mg can still work if taken every 3 days. To be as economic as posssible, I am gonna have to go with quartered Proscar or Fincar, but can 1.25mg be taken every 2 days or every 3 days to reduce the chance for side effects and this "initial shedding"? Or can finasteride be taken at smaller than 1mg dose?
I am troubled because doctors that I met with don't even mention the possibility of initial shedding, and they talk as if propecia will work for life if it works whereas it's more realistic for propecia or finasteride to work for about 15 yrs, give or take based on the testimonies from this forum at HairLossTalk.com and other websites.
Now could the reason that doctors don't mention initial shedding and talking as if propecia and/or Rogaine can work for life is because that initial shedding is very rare, and propecia and/or Rogaine will work for life? That would be what my common sense dictiates if I were to have some faith in those doctors....???
I am confused and troubled by contradictions between the doctors I met with and the testimonies on this forum.
I want to get some opinions about smaller and lesser frequent does of finasteride to reduce the chance of undesirable side effects (such as gyne) and shedding.
What would be the good methods you can try? I read some claims that finasteride 1mg can still work if taken every 3 days. To be as economic as posssible, I am gonna have to go with quartered Proscar or Fincar, but can 1.25mg be taken every 2 days or every 3 days to reduce the chance for side effects and this "initial shedding"? Or can finasteride be taken at smaller than 1mg dose?
I am troubled because doctors that I met with don't even mention the possibility of initial shedding, and they talk as if propecia will work for life if it works whereas it's more realistic for propecia or finasteride to work for about 15 yrs, give or take based on the testimonies from this forum at HairLossTalk.com and other websites.
Now could the reason that doctors don't mention initial shedding and talking as if propecia and/or Rogaine can work for life is because that initial shedding is very rare, and propecia and/or Rogaine will work for life? That would be what my common sense dictiates if I were to have some faith in those doctors....???
I am confused and troubled by contradictions between the doctors I met with and the testimonies on this forum.