Ive been on it for 5 months. Started noticing sides at week two. Low libido, couldnt get proper erections etc. Now im really concerned about the future. Should i just quit right away, or slowly cut down on dosage? I use 1mg Propecia from Merck ed. Thanks for answers, and excuse my bad language!
How to quit Propecia?
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When I first noticed side effects of finasteride, I reduced the dosage simply to see if the problems would go away. I started having 0.5 mg/day instead of 1 mg. However, I ended up still not liking its effects, and then I simply quit cold turkey, with no problems. I only used it for about a month and half though. As far as I know, there are no problems with quitting Propecia cold turkey.
I assume you recovered 100%. How long did it take?
Yes, I haven't noticed any lingering effects, and I stopped about a year ago. Side effects disappeared instantly, maybe within the next day or so. However, by that time, I had reduced my dosage to 0.5 mg/day, so maybe it was less noticeable. Overall, I had no problems and was back to normal immediately after quitting.
myhairbegone
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It was probably nocebo then. DHT levels in your blood one day after quitting were about the same.
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I quit three days ago and got morning wood last night for the first time in a while. Still not 100% but will improve as the days pass. I'm working out and taking extra zinc just to boost my test levels.
Maybe, but remember, I also reduced my dosage before quitting, so the changes would be less sudden and less noticeable anyway. Also, the side effects when I was on the full dose of finasteride was NOT a loss of libido or ED - it was just generally feeling "crappy" combined with an INCREASE in libido. So it was contrary to what I might have "expected" to take place. Thus, I am skeptical that it was a nocebo, though I'm open to the possibility.
Is the difference that big? I tought 1mg reduced almost the same amount of dht in the blood as 0,5.
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Hey,
I also used finasteride, and you know its just like an umbrella, its effective when you take it, Once you stop its not effective.
But what I did is, I used to take it like for 6 months everyday 1 mg after breakfast. and then for next 2 month ı started taking finasteride 1 pill in 2 days. for the next month 1 pill for 3 days. and then I finally stopped.
Hey,
I also used finasteride, and you know its just like an umbrella, its effective when you take it, Once you stop its not effective.
But what I did is, I used to take it like for 6 months everyday 1 mg after breakfast. and then for next 2 month ı started taking finasteride 1 pill in 2 days. for the next month 1 pill for 3 days. and then I finally stopped.
You might be correct. I haven't seen any studies on humans comparing a 0.5 mg dose of finasteride with a 1 mg dose, but one study was done on monkeys showing that a 0.5 mg/day dosage lowers serum DHT levels pretty much as effectively as a 2 mg/day dosage (http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/jcem.74.2.1309834). A study on humans that looked at various doses showed that even a 0.2 mg/day dosage was effective, though the authors conclude that 1 mg/day is the "optimal dose" (http://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(99)80052-8/abstract?cc=y=). I personally did feel the side effects were somewhat less for me when I took 0.5 mg/day vs. 1 mg/day, but I didn't really thoroughly "test" that theory over a long period of time, so take it for what it's worth.