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For the record, I live in New York and just went through the process and was not asked for a prescription, even though there was a notice saying I would need one. I'm thinking it's up there for semi-legal purposes to cover some butts. I've used them for several years, also without a problem so...

Oh please, do post more updates! I've been checking this thread now and then as I've started lipogaine myself the past 2 weeks, too soon to tell but I would be glad to contribute, as well.

Though I've been on the finasteride for 3 years and haven't experienced any sides but liquidy "ejection" and the occassional testicle throb, I decided to also cut down from 1 mg finasteride to 0.25 finasteride as well to see if I could get away with less DHT inhibition in my system with no or little noticeable cosmetic...

Hi there Gardner...how is that "Perfect Image" minoxidil treating you? I just found it on Amazon today and given the reviews (I made sure to read only reviewers that actually have other reviews) are generally pretty positive, was thinking of giving the stuff a whirl.

It seems to have lots of good reviews...yea I noticed it's just triple minoxidil plus some externally applicated DHT inhibitor, but the reviews seem to be positive mostly, and it's cheap, that and I do trust buying from Amazon. Was hoping someone might have gave the actual product a shot...

There's a graph pasted around the forums that shows the hair improvement from 1mg to 5mg is neglible, 1mg is a sweet spot. There is some research, however, showing an increase in sides between Propecia and Proscar (in essence 1mg vs 5mg), but that can be attributed to the fact that Proscar...

I know what you mean...I think 99% of the articles I've read went a little crazy in interpreting that well-intended study, that's modern journalism for you, but I'm glad it shines a light on examining the drug as a whole and those who might be strongly affected. But hey, generally informative...

Some of you may or may not already know this stuff but just thought I'd pass this article along that I came across today. Mods, sorry if I'm breaking any rules by linking this, just thought it would be informative, I "ghetto-pasted" and formatted the article below the link...

Both minoxidil and propecia can/will cause increased shedding for maybe weeks or months before the hair starts regrowing or maintaining itself (if you're a responder), I use both as well and went through that phase starting off. If you're only in your first few weeks and you're taking both, then...

There's many scientific charts flying around drawn from research that show a lower dosage is still effective, but at a percentage of how effective 1mg is (the official dosage). The effect caps out above 1mg where even 5mg has a very minimal improvement. 0.5mg was something like 80% as...

_________________________________________________________________ Clinical studies on the effects of oral finasteride, a type 11 5(x-reductase inhibitor, on scalp hair in men with male pattern baldness Introduction Ever since the clinical observations of James Hamilton over fifty years ago...

Cool, after snooping around online I found some people who had pretty decent success maintaining there hair at even .25mg with less side effects, and I found some charts and a medical study that found hair maintenance/regrowth was still noticeable at that dose, though not as effective as the...

Hi finasteride, actually I still do, thinking back to it they're around periods of time when I'm not stressed with good rest, and I didn't, um, how do you say, "clean the pipes" the night before, so nothing unusual. I'm 30, I wouldn't say they're as overpowering as they were in my 20's, but I still get...

Hi everyone, just wanted to contribute to an old thread...I've actually been taking 1mg for 3 years, very little sides, but much like many of you guys I've decided to try and cut back my dosage to theorectically minizmize chances of future possible sides, so I'm going to go from my usual 1mg to...

Hi there Enden, if that's true in terms of the benefit, in your opinion would you say that cutting back from 1mg to .5mg would be also provide the same effect? I've been on finasteride for about 3 years, no real side effects, but was hoping to cut my dosage in half to just maintain the hair I've grown...