.5mg finasteride

[guy83]

i have a question i asked sometime before but no one answered me so here giving it another shot...

i split up the proscar into 4 usually thats what i do but sometimes the splitting isnt perfect and i end up with 5-7 pieces... is it ok if that happens then i'd take 1.25 one day and then the next day do .70....etc just based on what cuts i end up with??? or is that gonna screw me big time??

how do u guys cut your pill??? i use a pill cutter but its not that great, maybe i need a different one.

 

[hairhoper]

I use a pill cutter and it quarters it easily.

Mine looks exactly like this one:

 

[multispeed27]

Been on finasteride for 2.5 years

Everything went well the first year or so then sides started and got more extreme after the 2 year mark. Until then I have never even read on propeciahelp or the likes so it certainly wasn't a placebo effect. In fact I attributed it to stress. Now that I am off finasteride I can safely say: man was I wrong.

I have no doubt that finasteride may work for some people but given that even I had sides who never thought I could be one of the unlucky few (?) - I NEVER EVER had any sides from ANY drugs before!!

Try it but be careful. And keep it mind that it does affect processes in the brain and is, in the long-term, likely to affect speech and attention span. There are some very interesting researches on that topic which is often forgotten with all the sexual sides people talk about. No matter whether you can tolerate it well, in no case do I consider finasteride a long-term solution.

 

[Rocky V]

where can I get those pill cutters?

and will finasteride really affect performance at the gym? I know there's exceptions to both sides of the argument, but generally will guys who take finasteride lose muscle mass?

 

[Rawtashk]

If you're in the states, then you can pick one up at WalMart, Target, ot somesuch place. If not, then search Amazon for "Pill Cutter". You should be able to find something there.

As for loosing muscle mass...I'm no Peapoddy, but this is what I've done WHILE ON finasteride

Now, perhaps I could have been bigger if I wasn't on finasteride, but we'll never know. However, I'm pretty happy with what I've done with my body in the last year and a half, and I don't feel like finasteride has made it hard to build muscle.

 

[Rocky V]

thats good stuff. is it true that .5mg of finasteride inhibits the same amount of dht with LESS side effects?

 

[Wuffer]

thats good stuff. is it true that .5mg of finasteride inhibits the same amount of dht with LESS side effects?

Yes it inhibits as much DHT as 1mg, and no it doesn't cause less side effects. People that believe this are experiencing the nocebo effect, because it doesn't make sense. Both doses do the exact same thing to your body (inhibit roughly 65% DHT) yet one causes side effects and the other doesn't? How does that at all make sense?

It's a great example of how the mind can play tricks on you. In fact, this more or less proves to people that fall into this category that all their side effects are in their minds.

 

[Rocky V]

thats what I was thinking. It didnt make sense but many people say different things. then theres no point of going from 1mg to .5mg

 

[Wuffer]

I personally don't see any reason a lower dose would change anything. In fact, extremely small doses (I recall 0.05mg, but I could be wrong) actually inhibited almost as much DHT as the full dose. The medication has a flat-dose response, as in regardless of how much you take, you will still see the same benefit.

That being said, there COULD be some unknown mechanism at play that is affected by dose. For example, Finasteride may inhibit the creation of some other hormone or molecule that is important, and dosage may affect this type of inhibition. However, this is extremely unlikely because this medication has been studied for 20 years and no effects like this have been discovered. But it's interesting to note, nobody really knows why Finasteride causes side effects. It's clear that it isn't the DHT hormone itself, because people who take Dutasteride inhibit 95% of it and the side effect profile is almost the same as Finasteride.

The only benefit I can see of lowering ones dose is to save a little bit of coin. But at less than $100/year, I dont mind taking 1mg a day!

 

[Rocky V]

thats some good info wuffer,

you make a good point on the cost efficiency, for some people even 100 dollars a year is too much, especially with the current economy


I think the reason why finasteride causes sides is because it lowers overall dht in the body which might lead towards low libido and other sexual disfunctions.

i never, till this day, understand entirely what the function of dht is in the body

the way I see dht is that it causes male pattern baldness and makes some men more hairier on the body, which in western culture absolutely sucks!

no woman wants a guy who's hairy everywhere besides the head!

 

[Rocky V]

what are good aromatase inhibitors and how effective are zinc supplements while taking with finasteride?

 

[Rawtashk]

Grape seed extract.

I take zinc daily, and i have no sides. I have no idea if that is why, but I figure that ilt can't hurt!

 

[Rocky V]

is zinc an aromatase inhibitor also? and what is the ultimate function of aromatase inhibitors

 

[Rawtashk]

Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are a class of drugs used in the treatment of breast cancer and ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women. AIs may also be used off-label to treat or prevent gynaecomastia in men.
Aromatase is the enzyme which synthesizes estrogen. As breast and ovarian cancers require estrogen to grow, AIs are taken to either block the production of estrogen or block the action of estrogen on receptors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatase_inhibitor

 

[Rocky V]

good stuff. so it would be a good idea if one were to take aromatase inhibitors because it would lower the risk for sides right?

so where does zinc come to play in all of this?

 

[Rocky V]

alright guys i'm ready to take the plunge. where is the cheapest place to get finasteride from?

 

[Rocky V]

anyone?

 

[Paulgreer]

Hey guys I have recently undergone a pretty big shed and am thinking about starting proscar I might order online. I am a little worried about sides, but honestly right now i just want this shed to end.
Also what is a reasonable expectation in regards to shedding. That is my main concern right now.
I hear people say their shedding stopped, others say it goes up...


Should I start at .5 daily? I saw the picture of the pill cutter and i have one like it. It appears proscar comes in 5mg?

 

[maradona]

hey rocky what's up,...i tried finasteride with .5mg for 3 weeks then 1mg for 1 week....got sides from .5mg and worse with 1mg. Really not worth it, especially for me who needs a 100% functioning brain: this is what i got from finasteride.

Anxiety
Heart palpitations
No morning wood
Weak Erection
Then REALLY weakest erection I have seen in my entire LIFE
loss of LIBIDO
No spontaneous erection
Brain fog (the first day i took the pill - couldn't solve some hw problems at school).

Anyways Some of them might be psycological but imo its not worth it...at least for me...i'll try RUM if that don't work then ill cry like a lil b1tch and shave it.

Really tough to see a THICK HEADER NORWOOD 2 like me going into NORWOOD 3 AND 4 ....with rogaine alone.

Watch out for side effects rocky, and IF I were you I'd try finasteride after april...see the outcomes of replicel first.

 

[Lead Farmer]

i tried finasteride with .5mg for 3 weeks then 1mg for 1 week....got sides from .5mg and worse with 1mg.

Why would you double the dosage after having side effects? That makes no logical sense.

Your regime says you planned to start propecia as of this month, that would mean you've only used it for 2 and a half weeks at most.