Finasteride and Digestion

WillNotLetItHappen · Aug 22, 2011

Hello,
I've been using finasteride for two months now (Propecia and Finpecia). Starting from week two I have experienced sides, namely problems with digestion i.e diarrhea.

I have decreased the dose to 0.5mg which works much better. It seems to also work better with Propecia than Finpecia although they should be very similar. I have lactose intolerance but this is not what is seems to be as I can take care of that with lactase tablets.

My question: is there any way I can make the tablets easier to digest? Crushing them and dissolving them in something? Any way to trick my body? Anybody else has similar issues?

Thank you

vanleurth · Aug 22, 2011

- You might have to take digestive enzymes to help with the digestion of the pills. Sometimes our stomach doesn't generate enough hydrochroric acid to complete digestion. Go to pharmaca.com or a natural pharmacy and ask what do they recommend to improve digestion.

V.

WillNotLetItHappen · Aug 23, 2011

Thanks for the advice.

I'll try to find something natural to enhance digestion. I think it is more a problem of the intestines than the stomach though. Hopefully I'll find something that works.

I thought there maybe was a trick like people used to say antibiotics are better digested when taken with yogurt etc.

Maybe there is a finasteride trick