What would you do?

[Karmaz]

Ok, here's the story:

I started using cipla finpecia from inhouse pharmacy about 3 months ago, I got the side effects like watery semen but that was about the only negative one.My scalp had been itchy before I had ever taken it, but once on finpecia it went away.Not sure if it's had any effect on my hair at all....

Then my supply ran out,

so,

I decided to go to my Doctor and get a perscription for proscar and quarter it, as it's the same monthly price as the cipla stuff, and wanted the peace of mind that i'm taking 100% legit stuff.I've been taking the quarters for the past 8 days now

My problem is:

a)My itchy scalp has returned after 3 previous months of no problems with the finpecia

b)I'm thinking that, when I cut this proscar pill into quarters, even if they are physically 1/4 of each other, How do i know that the doseage of finasteride is divided properly.ie maybe 1/4 is 3.5mg and the other 3 are 0.5mg.That pill isn't designed to be split so the doseage cant be distrubited evenly can it??


Basically I don't know if I should go back on the finpecia or stick with the quartered proscars, and could do with some advice....

cheers,

K.

 

[juststarting]

This has been posted several times in these forums, try searching them in the future. However, I will bite

As has been said in this forum several times, a slight variation day to day will make little difference in effect. Also, you are taking 25% MORE Finesteride then you had been, so perhaps you should try to either cut it into 5ths or just take it 4x week and skip the 5th day. And lastly, modern manufacturing methods will distribute the medication fairly uniformly across the pill (you dont think they actually make one pill at a time ?)

And finally, use Nizoral shampoo to control the itchyness -- which could be caused by you taking 25% more finasteride then you had been.

Ok, here's the story:

I started using cipla finpecia from inhouse pharmacy about 3 months ago, I got the side effects like watery semen but that was about the only negative one.My scalp had been itchy before I had ever taken it, but once on finpecia it went away.Not sure if it's had any effect on my hair at all....

Then my supply ran out,

so,

I decided to go to my Doctor and get a perscription for proscar and quarter it, as it's the same monthly price as the cipla stuff, and wanted the peace of mind that i'm taking 100% legit stuff.I've been taking the quarters for the past 8 days now

My problem is:

a)My itchy scalp has returned after 3 previous months of no problems with the finpecia

b)I'm thinking that, when I cut this proscar pill into quarters, even if they are physically 1/4 of each other, How do i know that the doseage of finasteride is divided properly.ie maybe 1/4 is 3.5mg and the other 3 are 0.5mg.That pill isn't designed to be split so the doseage cant be distrubited evenly can it??


Basically I don't know if I should go back on the finpecia or stick with the quartered proscars, and could do with some advice....

cheers,

K.