DUTASTERIDE: Pros and Cons

[Guest]

In trying to decide from what I gather, Dutasteride has the following:

PROS:
1. Results in hair thickening and regrowth of scalp hair
2. Decrease in body hair (as DHT promotes body hair)
3. Feminisation of skin
4. Reduction of acne (Due to blockage of Type 1 DHT which promotes the seb gland)
5. Can be taken 2x week for great results
6. May help promote muscle growth, as there will be a direct rise of Test which TEST not DHT promotes muscle growth

CONS:
1. Sexual dysfunction
2. Gynaecomastia (Can be prevented with Anti-Estrogen med)
3. Possible weight gain
4. May affect brain as it has type 1 and other parts of body (unknown so far)

Looking at this.. I don't know.. Im leaning towards the Pro's..

What do people have to say about this?

 

[arya]

personally, I don’t like to play with my hormone level, there could be so many known and unknown side effects. Its like choosing hair over life.

 

[$tackz]

personally, I don’t like to play with my hormone level, there could be so many known and unknown side effects. Its like choosing hair over life.

this is true and something i always think about. but doesnt hair loss start to hinder everybody's quality of life anyway, sooner or later?

as far as hairchase, i don't think those pros and cons are entirely accurate. dutas wouldn't promote muscle because the increase in test is so insignificant it wouldn't outweigh the big drop in DHT which IS beneficial for muscles contrary to what that says. even still the cons outweigh the pros, but that is a subjective opinion that you must decide on your own!

 

[Cassin]

I would never touch dutasteride without a Dr giving me the green light.

 

[Guest]

I would never touch dutasteride without a Dr giving me the green light.

Cassin.. What would be the requirments for your Green light?

 

[el_duterino]

Hey, I have been taking dutasteride for almost 5 years orally, mostly everyday, started EOD recently as i have a new gilfriend and need a bit more DHT.

HairChase, you are right on spot for most of the things in your list of pros & cons.

BUT
2 times a week is not strong enough compared to finasteride..maybe on paper but in reality for hairloss you should consider 0.5 mg a day, or at least EOD if you take other anti-androgen topicals. The best results were achieved on 2.5mg a day.

I switched from finasteride and tried different dosage but on its own, under 0.5mg a day the results will not be that significantly better than finasteride.

When finasteride "stopps working", you are in a stage where the body is a lot more sensitive to DHT so you need a lot more DHT inhibition to even be able to maintain similar results to being on finasteride at first.

Things get harder and harder as you age, and after a while even dutasteride 0.5 mg a day will not be sufficient anymore.

However, dutasteride is a very safe drug, I don't see what people are afraid of.

If you cannot handle the side effects that you might or not get, you can simply stop or reduce the amount. No side effects are permanent.
Apart from some minor brain damages..of course (..just kidding)

 

[Guest]

Hey, I have been taking dutasteride for almost 5 years orally, mostly everyday, started EOD recently as i have a new gilfriend and need a bit more DHT.

HairChase, you are right on spot for most of the things in your list of pros & cons.

BUT
2 times a week is not strong enough compared to finasteride..maybe on paper but in reality for hairloss you should consider 0.5 mg a day, or at least EOD if you take other anti-androgen topicals. The best results were achieved on 2.5mg a day.

I switched from finasteride and tried different dosage but on its own, under 0.5mg a day the results will not be that significantly better than finasteride.

When finasteride "stopps working", you are in a stage where the body is a lot more sensitive to DHT so you need a lot more DHT inhibition to even be able to maintain similar results to being on finasteride at first.

Things get harder and harder as you age, and after a while even dutasteride 0.5 mg a day will not be sufficient anymore.

However, dutasteride is a very safe drug, I don't see what people are afraid of.

If you cannot handle the side effects that you might or not get, you can simply stop or reduce the amount. No side effects are permanent.
Apart from some minor brain damages..of course (..just kidding)

Good attitude, but I hear success stories from people taking 2 duts per week, so it must work.

Also I'm young, early 20's.. so I should be able to handle it now and perhaps take more later down the track.

Btw, how long till you saw results with dutasteride?

 

[el_duterino]

it took me about 2 weeks to start seeing improvements of base shaft thickness and decrease in daily hair sheds.

Are you on finasteride ? I did great on finasteride during the first 7 years, worked great too.

 

[Guest]

it took me about 2 weeks to start seeing improvements of base shaft thickness and decrease in daily hair sheds.

Are you on finasteride ? I did great on finasteride during the first 7 years, worked great too.

I have aggressive hairloss. I thought f*** it, lets just go dutasteride and don't look back.

But I'm also thinkin about using a estrogen blocker

 

[FreeloaderUK]

dutasteride is powerful stuff- still if propecia fails I guess dutasteride is a last resort.

 

[Lordutasteride]

Be patient and you will see result. Propecia didn't really worked for me and side effects were terrible (pain). With duta hair scalp and temples have improved so well with no pain. I wish i took duta earlier!

 

[FreeloaderUK]

interesting- while it is widely acknowledged that dutasteride tends to be more effective than finasteride-its also widely believed that the side effects are rather more prominent aswell.

 

[Guest]

Interestingly enough im reading alot of ppl who got more sides on finasteride than dutasteride... maybe from the Type 1 rise and imbalance perhaps?

Im planning on using 1 dutasteride every 5 days... is this still as powerful?

Is this still more powerful than 1mg finasteride every day?

 

[Cassin]

I would never touch dutasteride without a Dr giving me the green light.

Cassin.. What would be the requirments for your Green light?

Blood work and my Dr fully understanding whats going on and a lot of follow ups.

Interestingly enough im reading alot of ppl who got more sides on finasteride than dutasteride...

There are far more people on finasteride and I suspect people on dutasteride do a lot more research so they aren't as prone to the mental freak out factor.

 

[Guest]

I would never touch dutasteride without a Dr giving me the green light.

Cassin.. What would be the requirments for your Green light?

Blood work and my Dr fully understanding whats going on and a lot of follow ups.

Interestingly enough im reading alot of ppl who got more sides on finasteride than dutasteride...

There are far more people on finasteride and I suspect people on dutasteride do a lot more research so they aren't as prone to the mental freak out factor.

Id personally rather do finasteride... but i tried it once for a couple of months many years back.. lets just say my body had a hell of a time turning into a pimple fest. I looked like a walking pizza.

 

[Cassin]

hahah...

 

[Slartibartfast]

Interestingly enough im reading alot of ppl who got more sides on finasteride than dutasteride... maybe from the Type 1 rise and imbalance perhaps?

Im planning on using 1 dutasteride every 5 days... is this still as powerful?

Is this still more powerful than 1mg finasteride every day?

This has been discussed before so a well aimed search should get you a definitive answer, but my (fuzzy) recollection is that the two - dutasteride. every 5 days & Proscar daily - are broadly comparable.

Okay, did a search for you and found this little snippet posted by some guy calling himself 'Bryan': "Taking 0.1 mg/day of dutasteride gives you very similar levels of inhibition as taking a Proscar every day. On average, of course."

 

[Guest]

Interestingly enough im reading alot of ppl who got more sides on finasteride than dutasteride... maybe from the Type 1 rise and imbalance perhaps?

Im planning on using 1 dutasteride every 5 days... is this still as powerful?

Is this still more powerful than 1mg finasteride every day?

This has been discussed before so a well aimed search should get you a definitive answer, but my (fuzzy) recollection is that the two - dutasteride. every 5 days & Proscar daily - are broadly comparable.

Okay, did a search for you and found this little snippet posted by some guy calling himself 'Bryan': "Taking 0.1 mg/day of dutasteride gives you very similar levels of inhibition as taking a Proscar every day. On average, of course."

f*** me.. So then 1 dutasteride per month is technically still ok

 

[Bryan]

f*ck me.. So then 1 dutasteride per month is technically still ok

I'm not sure what you mean by "ok", but only 1 dutasteride a month won't do very much good for you...

 

[Slartibartfast]

Not sure where the "1 dutasteride per month" bit comes from, that Bryan chap said 0.1 mg/day (i.e. 1 capsule every 5 days) of Dutasteride is comparable to Proscar daily.

Edit: I see what you must have done: reasoned that because people quarter Proscar to get 1.25 mg/day of Finasteride, you could apply the same division to the 0.1 mg/day dose of dutasteride. You can't.