.5 mg propecia

[Dogs3]

So to add to my previous topic...It seems like people think that using .5 mg of propecia isn't going to be much less effective than the full 1mg. So does anyone here actually do that? does nayone here cut the pill in half and take only .5 mg a day with success?

 

[nydheart]

There are a ton of people who only take 0.5 propecia with no disernable difference aside from maybe less sides. Like I said before I have started on 0.25 (you can easily cut the pills with a pill splitter) each day. I have read where even at the 0.25 mg rate there is no real difference in the efficacy of the product. You will get people who say go with the 1mg because they company tells you to but why take that when you can go less with the same results?

 

[Pondle]

Well it's not exactly the same results. Over 6 months, 0.2mg/day is about 85 per cent as effective as 1mg/day. I don't know about the longer term. I do know that larger doses of finasteride seem to promote a faster response.

 

[Londo]

Pondle, what do the numbers 0 through 160 indicate?

 

[Pondle]

Hair counts within the usual 1-inch diameter circle.

 

[nydheart]

I thought I had read that hair counts all kind of evens out after a 12 month period regardless of the dose (0.25-1.0)? Although I may be imagining it. :dunno:

 

[Pondle]

We don't have any data on the smaller doses (or on dutasteride) beyond 6 months. We only have 12 month data for 1mg/day and 5mg/day. These doses do indeed reach the same hair counts eventually. Larger doses of finasteride seem to prompt a quicker response.

 

[RaginDemon]

It is interesting to know that 0.2mg finasteride is actually 85% as effective as the recommanded dosage.

Maybe the ones who are experiencing sides should lower their dosage.

 

[Dogs3]

so .5 eod might work out as well as .2 a day or so?

 

[RaginDemon]

i might as well do 0.5 to save some $