Finasteride 1 Week.. Just Hear Me Out.

[Guglielmo123]

So far, No real side effects.. Im going to cut back even more though, maybe a .25 mgs a week and stay away from all types of p**rn/visual stimuli. and see how it goes.. Im going to continue this journey an try to be less focused on How I react sexually.

 

[Guglielmo123]

If anything finasteride would make it easier to evacuate your bladder.

As I said. Im going to continue this journey. No real side effects. Gonna cut the dose back even more though for the first couple weeks.

 

[Here For the Lulz]

ROFL! May as well get that propeciahelp membership while you’re at it.

 

[baba_yaga]

Been on 1.25 mg finasteride for a month now. No sides.

0.25 mg inhibits nearly the same % of DHT as 1 mg. And taking it once a week = fluctuating hormone levels = higher chance of Telogen Effluvium. Better to take it daily.

 

[Northface32]

You might as well not even bother If your only taking .25 a week. It's just going to keep your hormones in limbo. Also it's not going to help your situation at all with that dose. You need the full dose looking at your pics to have a chance at stabilizing.... goodluck with whatever you decide.

 

[Northface32]

.25 daily will block about 50-60% dht and 1mg will block around 80. So yes there is a difference contrary to what others have said...

 

[INT]

So far, No real side effects.. Im going to cut back even more though, maybe a .25 mgs a week and stay away from all types of p**rn/visual stimuli. and see how it goes.. Im going to continue this journey an try to be less focused on How I react sexually.

0.25 once a week I would advice against. Better to do 0.125 twice a week.

 

[INT]

Anyway 0.25mg as week is placebo.

Depends on how you spread it out over the week obviously.

 

[INT]

Not really. Spreading it out is better since finasteride has a short half-life,

Half-life is quite irrelevant since DHT stays lowered for a few days (after a while).

but. 035mg/day is under 50% DHT inhibition, and probably next to zero in the scalp.

Nope

BACKGROUND:
Data suggest that androgenetic alopecia is a process dependent on dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and type 2 5alpha-reductase. Finasteride is a type 2 5alpha-reductase inhibitor that has been shown to slow further hair loss and improve hair growth in men with androgenetic alopecia.

OBJECTIVE:
We attempted to determine the effect of finasteride on scalp skin and serum androgens.

METHODS:
Men with androgenetic alopecia (N = 249) underwent scalp biopsies before and after receiving 0.01, 0.05, 0.2, 1, or 5 mg daily of finasteride or placebo for 42 days.

RESULTS:
Scalp skin DHT levels declined significantly by 13.0% with placebo and by 14.9%, 61.6%, 56. 5%, 64.1%, and 69.4% with 0.01, 0.05, 0.2, 1, and 5 mg doses of finasteride, respectively. Serum DHT levels declined significantly (P <.001) by 49.5%, 68.6%, 71.4%, and 72.2% in the 0.05, 0.2, 1, and 5 mg finasteride treatment groups, respectively.

CONCLUSION:
In this study, doses of finasteride as low as 0.2 mg per day maximally decreased both scalp skin and serum DHT levels. These data support the rationale used to conduct clinical trials in men with male pattern hair loss at doses of finasteride between 0.2 and 5 mg.

 

[Guglielmo123]

do you have side effects pegasus?

 

[Guglielmo123]

Your basically saying the only way to know if the drugs working is if you have side effects

 

[Guglielmo123]

Be cautious, that hormonal poison can and will fck you up sooner or later.

how did you react pigeon?? Im trying to be cautious.. im still a nw1. and will most likely have my hair my whole life.. But I dont wanna lose my baseline.. Dads a Norwood 2.4 at 60.. moms dad has all his hair at 80 but thinning.. Norwood 2

 

[Migraine]

I was thinking of taking 1.5mg finasteride (been on 1.25mg for exactly 6 months with some results). Generally speaking how much DHT does 1.5mg inhibit versus say 1mg. I know this question have been put out there a thousand times, but anyway.

 

[baba_yaga]

Having a bit ugly tits and some skin fat is infinitely better than being bald. That is assuming everyone gets gyno, which is not the case. Fear mongering.

 

[INT]

Half-life definitely matters when serum levels are low.

Why would it? It is about its effect. Half-life time does not have an effect in this case

That study concluded that 0.2mg/day is the minimum effective dose.

No, 0.05mg/day

Anyways, trying to avoid sexual sides while maintaining efficacy is pointless. The sexual sides are caused by the exact same thing that causes the hair growth.

That is an oversimplification. It is likely that a lot of the side effects happen because of neurological processes that are disrupted. Hair loss is not a neurological process. It is much more complicated than that.

If you're truly balding then suck it up and take the full dose

There is concensus about 1 mg/day being redundant.

 

[baba_yaga]

Everyone does. It’s not a matter for debate. It is literally as certain as the fact that finasteride will go for the 5ar enzyme. Remember, it’s irreversible as well. It will reverse if a user quits immediately but it won’t reverse if he keeps taking the pill. Show me one person on it who doesn’t have areola puffiness & enlargement. Show me one.

Studies show that gyno occurrence % is low. Not everyone will have gyno on finasteride. It is a weak anti-androgen in terms of potency. It will not give gyno as a certain side effect.