.25mg EOD pointless?

[nohawk]

Hello,
I was on .5mg of propecia daily for a year and got some crazy ball aches towards the end, so I reduced to .25mg a day and the ball aches got better but still there.

Now I am on .25 EOD and the ball aches are gone... Just wondering if .25 EOD is even effective at all. I am not bald i would just like to slow or halt the process. So does anyone know if .25EOD is better than nothing at all?

I have a theory in my head that .25EOD gives my DHT levels time to rise again until the next dosage, and a constant up and down of DHT levels cant be good for the hair.

Any thoughts, please?

 

[nohawk]

Re: please help with dosage..

nothing?

 

[nohawk]

is this a boring post or do all you self-proclaimed propecia "specialists" on these forums have no idea as well...

 

[eth0]

What's EOD?

If you're refering to finasteride then 0.25 should be pretty much as effective at blocking DHT as 0.5.
Although the finasteride only stays in you system for a matter of hours, the DHT blocking effects last for days.

I currently take 0.25 also.

 

[nohawk]

oo sorry, EOD = Every Other Day

Ive found that taking finasteride EOD lessens my ED.....

 

[nohawk]

You tell us mate.

R u defiantely balding in the first place? If so, and it stays stable please let me know!

It's just weird that no one has experience with this?

I have been on it for a while now and the sides are all gone, my balls don't ache, the seamen isn't watery, and I have definitely improved memory.

But we'll see if it has any preventative effects on the hair..

 

[nohawk]

bump in case there's a loneranger with answers to this

 

[nohawk]

That's interesting... I guess I will continue the .25 EOD and see what happens

 

[pproctor]

is this a boring post or do all you self-proclaimed propecia "specialists" on these forums have no idea as well...

Unfortunately, this is the case. Fairly low amounts of finasteride do work in some persons. But nobody has systematically looked just how low you can go. If you have side-effects from higher doses, it might be worth a shot, if only because having such side-effects might be an indication that you are specially-sensitive to finasteride.

Peter H. Proctor, PhD,MD

 

[thebump98]

been on about .25 for a month now , no sides , no change in hair to report , normal .. going .5 for this month ..

 

[nohawk]

stay on .25 for a year before you change it up, trust me. 1 month isn't enough time to evaluate anything. I was on .5 for year and started getting good results around the one year mark (though it came with sides). If I could go back in time, I would just take .25 for that year and then reevaluate and try to up the dosage if needed.

 

[jas021]

yeah i was taking 1.25mg for about 5 months, then got bad sides.. which confused me a lot.. the main thing.. brain fog.. so im down to .25mg and evaluating this amount..

generic minoxidil anyone have trouble with this.. i was taking 2 mls a day for 5 months no sides.. now im getting sore eyes.. so i've cut down to .5ml a day.. is rogaine better than generic minoxidil?..

 

[nohawk]

DAMN BALDNESS!!

... and whoever is preventing hair-cloning technology from being uncovered. I just can't believe that we have put man on the moon, cloned a whole sheep and grown teeth and ears in labs, but the best technology we have for hair loss is some prostate pill that shrinks your testicles, makes you progressively dumb, and slowly transforms you into a woman?!

COME ON!!! :2gunsfiring_v1:

 

[brandnew]

Nohawk. Did you keep up the .25 EOD? How is it working out for you?

 

[nohawk]

im still doing it... no sides and i feel good but I cant say its doing anything for my hair, i still get tons of hair on my pillow and on my hands in the shower (which i didn't get on .25 ED). I just dont know if its making things worse or if its being minimally effective... even if its 20% effective i would still do it just to slow things down

 

[nohawk]

Hi guys

I have taken finasteride on and off for years and it works for keeping my hair but gives me massive sexual sides. I currently use xandrox 15plus which has 1 mg of finasteride per 1ml application. I still get massive sides off of this but if i dilute it down with normal xandrox to half dose finasteride and apply 1 x .5ml am and 1 x .5ml pm I have less sides and am still maintaining. am tempted to go lower to see if this can be done. finasteride is powerfull stuff.
Have you considered using .125 ed

i haven't thought about that, you think that would be effective? its tough to cut a .25 in half..

 

[captain_que]

Hi guys

I have taken finasteride on and off for years and it works for keeping my hair but gives me massive sexual sides. I currently use xandrox 15plus which has 1 mg of finasteride per 1ml application. I still get massive sides off of this but if i dilute it down with normal xandrox to half dose finasteride and apply 1 x .5ml am and 1 x .5ml pm I have less sides and am still maintaining. am tempted to go lower to see if this can be done. finasteride is powerfull stuff.
Have you considered using .125 ed

So you get the same sides with topical finasteride as with pills?

I use topical finasteride with nothing to report, could this mean I could get away easy with taking the pill?

 

[brandnew]

Nohawk, did u stop using finasteride for a while then start using it at .25 EOD? Maybe thats just your first shed that you are finding on your pillows? If you did quit how long was it for?

 

[nohawk]

can u explain the dissolve method, ive never heard of it

 

[captain_que]

Hi guys

I have taken finasteride on and off for years and it works for keeping my hair but gives me massive sexual sides. I currently use xandrox 15plus which has 1 mg of finasteride per 1ml application. I still get massive sides off of this but if i dilute it down with normal xandrox to half dose finasteride and apply 1 x .5ml am and 1 x .5ml pm I have less sides and am still maintaining. am tempted to go lower to see if this can be done. finasteride is powerfull stuff.
Have you considered using .125 ed

So you get the same sides with topical finasteride as with pills?

Yep I do just no way near as bad and low and behold I don't get my hair back as quickly but it does come back.

I use topical finasteride with nothing to report, could this mean I could get away easy with taking the pill?

Probably but why take the risk if its workin for you

because there´s no solid proof of topical finasteride working as well as internal I guess..?