Today i went to see my doctor to switch from finasteride to dutasteride. I have been in finasteride for 15 years i started when i was around 23 or so and am now 38 and never had any sides. I have lost ground over the years on finasteride but am still a nw2 to heading to nw2.5 i have never had any problems with my crown. I have tried minoxidil but have shed some temple hairs and scared me so i stoped just cant afford to loose any more temple hairs. I have bought revivogen wich i have never used because it contains niacin and i am scared it will raise pgd2. i take fish oil vitamin e containing tacopherols beta delta and gamma,evening primroseoil to help with inflamation and pgd2. Just bought and waiting for ahk 2% copper peptides. Any way i asked my doctor if i could try .5 mg of dutasteride on Mon Wed Fri. and 1.25 mg of proscar on days not using dutasteride. She said she would Prescribe .5mg avodart for me to take on Mondays Wed Friday for 3 months but wont Prescribe me proscar alond side of Avodart she said she was getting out of her comfort zone. She said she would up my dosage of proscar to 2.5 mg also for 3 months. I would appreciate any advice at all what to do i am so confused. Thanks fellas.
Went to doctor to switch from finasteride to dutasteride
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rwGourmetStyleWellness
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Sorry no advice but regarding this "i take fish oil vitamin e containing tacopherols beta delta and gamma,evening primroseoil " did you actually see a reduction in shedding or regrowth from adding any of this?
I would not take Proscar and Avodart at the same time. From http://www.hairsite2.com/library/article226.htm#standarddose: "it appears that for treating hair loss, a daily dose of 2.5mg (Avodart) daily seems to generate the best results"
BTW, Does anyone know of a doctor in the San Francisco Bay Area who will write a prescription for 2.5 MG/day Avodart? (If you prefer to email me, please email me at at centerline28 (at) hotmail (dot) com.)
BTW, Does anyone know of a doctor in the San Francisco Bay Area who will write a prescription for 2.5 MG/day Avodart? (If you prefer to email me, please email me at at centerline28 (at) hotmail (dot) com.)
I doubt you'll be able to get any doctor to prescribe such a high amount (it will also wind up costing $650 a month). Some people have difficulty even getting their doctors to prescribe the standard .5mg dose so good luck getting 5x that amount. You could doctor shop and go to five different doctors and get five different prescriptions. Easiest thing to do is just to order online.
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Know that blocking 5-ar-1 is not a wise decision. The potential for future problems is extremely high. We are not talking about sexual side effects but bodily processes that are important including neurosteroids that help you keep your sanity. I would get full blood work very often. I'm all about finasteride but duta is where I draw the line and would rather be bald.
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finasteride affects the neurosteroids as well Keh corpz, so thats a pretty arbitrary line to draw. The dangerous main issue seems to be with the lowering of allopregnalone which has been found decreased in MS patients, which might exert neuroprotective effect. The lowering of this is also likely where the depressive and anxious symptoms of finasteride are coming from (aside from the meta anxiety of worrying about developing sides). I wonder what a concurrent useage of dutasteride with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor would do to that neurosteroid. The anxiolytic effects of SSRI are thought on one biochemical mechanism to be through their upregulation of allopregnalone.
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I thought only 5alpha-reducatse type I was involved in the biosynthetis of allopregnanolone?
LawOfThelema
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google finasteride and progesterone. progesterone is involved in the synthesis of ALLO
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Can you ask your Doctor what he thinks of this?
http://www.baldingblog.com/2012/06/...steride-saw-dramatic-increase-in-hair-growth/
I've been on finasteride for 12 years with basically poor response to regrowth so to add 0.5 dutasteride per week may "push" up the regrowth.
http://www.baldingblog.com/2012/06/...steride-saw-dramatic-increase-in-hair-growth/
I've been on finasteride for 12 years with basically poor response to regrowth so to add 0.5 dutasteride per week may "push" up the regrowth.