Recent content by BusterBluth

The body will adapt to DHT blocking (well, mine did, anyway...) After reviewing the "Propecia - serum DHT" figure, I decided not to take 1 mg Propecia, and instead try a lower dose. So, I was taking 0.25 mg Propecia for about 8 months, and it was working fine -- I was noticing more hairs at...

Just curious - to what end have you been dissolving 5 mg in 5 mL? Curious to know what dose you are after. Also, how are you measuring your volume? If you're not consuming the full 5 mL at once, you must be dosing it somehow; dropper? Micropipette?

I saw it yesterday at Target. A 3-pack was $37, compared to $39 for Rogaine. Since I had the $10 off coupon (and $20 rebate), I went with the Rogaine instead...

I appreciate this post, but it leaves some unanswered questions: * Can you provide some additional information on the solubility of finasteride in ethanol? You say that it's not completely soluble, but then leave it at that. Is this based on your own efforts to dissolve finasteride in ethanol? What...

You could cut back dose even further. Merck's own dosing study data show scalp DHT reduction at 0.05 mg. That's 1/20th of a tablet. See: http://www.physics.upenn.edu/facultyinf ... peciafda2/ To achieve such a low dose, you would probably need to dissolve the tablets in ethanol and consume...

I'm encouraged by the posts so far... I was concerned that all I'd get was shrill defenses of Merck and their omniscience. Having very successfully micro-dosed melatonin for several years (taking 0.1 mg, compared to some people taking 5 mg or more), I do believe that less is more, in some...

A 1998 Freedom of Information Request with the FDA led to the release of Merck's finasteride dosing study. The information that was obtained show that a dose of 0.05 mg had nearly identical results to 1.0 mg at reducing DHT in scalp skin (about 60% reduction), and a similar effect at reducing...

Got my 4rx.com order today. It took about 3 weeks from payment until delivery to USA. Funny thing: the manufacturer-printed medicine package (Genpharma) has printed that the M.R.P. Rs. (price in Indian Rupees) is 52.00. The postage on the envelope was 101.00 Indian Rupees. Converting 152.00...

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Problems: *Too many topical treatments, not enough time to apply them all. *Tricomin applicator (spray bottle) not particularly effective at getting product to scalp. *spironolactone cream good for hairline, not as good for crown... getting through existing hair to scalp is problematic with a cream...

Hi- I am just getting started with trying to fight my hair loss. I'm 33 years old, and have had a slowly receding hairline for about 10 years, but when I recently noticed thinning at the vertex, decided to take action. I would like to solicit suggestions on my treatment plan. I got a big box...