Anybody Switch From Propecia To Proscar With Worse Results?

[stax]

Just wonderinf if anybody made the switch from Propecia to Proscar and noticed a decline in results? It seems loke since i made the switch my hair has gotton diffuse. I read this from a few other people aswell and just wondering if anybody else experienced the same. And i know they are the same ingredients but who knows.

 

[Dinzy]

C'mon its the same drug. Any change in your hair is due to something outside of the finasteride source. Please stop spreading this type of paranoia. People here have enough to worry about.

 

[stax]

Well it aint paranoia for your information, im explaining my situation and want to know if anybody else has experienced it. Ive read a few people that experienced it and would like to know if anybody else has. It could be due to something else thats why im asking and i have a right to.

 

[Dinzy]

If you are losing your hair you are going to go bald. finasteride may help slow it down to some extent, but it won't prevent you from going bald eventually. Changing form one brand of finasteride to another is not going to be the cause of further hairloss. It is due to something else.

If you think this is so and spread this nonesense then you are in fact spreading paranoia. Someone may not switch to proscar or fincar to save themselves tons of money just because they read that someone somewhere lost more hair when the switched form Propecia to Proscar.

Put it this way. You read what you read and now you are posting that you are losing more hair now that you switched. My post was intended to squash that nonesense so it doesn't spread any further not to deny your right to ask.

 

[stax]

Dinzy, well its too much of a coincedance or mabye finasteride is causing me to shed non stop because ever since making the switch i notced that my hair has become suddendly more diffuse all over. And in fact i read about 2 or 3 other posts saying that they switched to proscar and were losing ground then switched back to propecia and recoverd what they lost.

So im wondering if ANYBODY ELSE has experienced this same thing. I could be going through a few month shed but i want to know if this has happened to anybody else so there's nothing for you to squash robocop.

BUMP

 

[westcovinajoe]

Well, I would find it weird if I took the same thing and noticed a change.

Proscar and Propecia are in fact the same drug, so saying you noticed a change DUE TO THE NAME CHANGE, would be perhaps just psychosomatic?

Or you just went more bald all of the sudden.

I mean I don't know what you want... Do you want a bunch of people to say..."Yes I went bald after switching to Proscar too"

It is like saying that you devloped ulcers after eating Double Cheeseburgers instead of eating 2 cheeseburgers minus one set of buns.

It is the same sh*t.

Joe. :lol:

 

[stax]

Nobody went bald, i have a full head of hair. It just seemed like it got a bit more diffuse when i switched to Proscar, but it could be a shed. That's why i was just "asking".

 

[snap]

I'm noticing the same thing also but it could be just temporary I'm hoping. I recently switched a couple months back from genuine propecia to overseas proscar with the merck label. I think it's the dosage because I'm splitting the proscar so it's never consistent when I'm taking it every day. I can see more diffusing than usual and my scalp itches more than before. I'll wait another month before deciding if I should switch back.

Stax - Let me know about your progress after the switch, worse or better? Was it just a shed?

 

[Britannia]

Its not possible to have any kind of change in effectiveness or sides when changing from Propecia to Proscar split into fiths!!
Thats like saying if you drink water from a glass it cures your thirst, but if you drink water from a plastic beaker it doesnt!

 

[incubusor]

This guy didn't give enough information.

How long was he on Propecia before switching to Proscar? finasteride (propecia or proscar) is going to cause that Telogen Effluvium shedding at some point in the first year. He probably panic'd and figured it was the switch from Propecia to Proscar that caused the hair loss when in fact it could have just been the sheds everyone experiences on finasteride.

 

[Britannia]

Actually the shedding caused by finasteride treatment is not technically Telogen Effluvium.

 

[Steve4263]

5mg for Proscar and 1mg for Propecia. Why would you want the 5mg of Proscar? Seems to be overkill to use the 5mg Proscar. I know cheaper to to chop up the 5mg Proscar. Just seems like alot bs cutting up a pill in 5 sections to me. I would stick with the 1mg of Propecia or Finpecia myself. But to each his own. I buy Finpecia 1mg myself.

 

[hairwegoagain]

Re: Anybody Switch From Propecia To Proscar With Worse Resul

It's probably coincidence if you changed to real Proscar. The fact a few other posts make a similar statement doesn't mean a thing. If you look around you'll see guys claiming some funny stuff...the one that stands out most recently is chlorine in tap water.

Just wonderinf if anybody made the switch from Propecia to Proscar and noticed a decline in results? It seems loke since i made the switch my hair has gotton diffuse. I read this from a few other people aswell and just wondering if anybody else experienced the same. And i know they are the same ingredients but who knows.

 

[incubusor]

Actually the shedding caused by finasteride treatment is not technically Telogen Effluvium.

Oh. I assumed it was after I read this from the sticky'd thread in the shedding forum.

"There have been multiple reports of excessive shedding several months after finasteride therapy. Typically, there is a good response to finasteride to prevent or reverse male pattern baldness. Then, around the 11th to 16th week, there can be sudden shedding, sometimes on a massive scale. The entire phenomenon fits the description of a telogen effluvium. It is a common observation that post-partum women often suffer the same temporary hair loss. In the case of finasteride use, the telogen effluvium appears to be a reaction to the sudden change in the systemic levels of the sex hormone, DHT. Often the cause of a telogen effluvium are obscure, but has been related to high fevers, stress, trauma, medications, etc. "

 

[Britannia]

Actually the shedding caused by finasteride treatment is not technically Telogen Effluvium.

Oh. I assumed it was after I read this from the sticky'd thread in the shedding forum.

"There have been multiple reports of excessive shedding several months after finasteride therapy. Typically, there is a good response to finasteride to prevent or reverse male pattern baldness. Then, around the 11th to 16th week, there can be sudden shedding, sometimes on a massive scale. The entire phenomenon fits the description of a telogen effluvium. It is a common observation that post-partum women often suffer the same temporary hair loss. In the case of finasteride use, the telogen effluvium appears to be a reaction to the sudden change in the systemic levels of the sex hormone, DHT. Often the cause of a telogen effluvium are obscure, but has been related to high fevers, stress, trauma, medications, etc. "

The very fact that the hairloss is caused by a drug means that it cannot be accurately be described as Telogen Effluvium, although the effects and results are the same.

 

[blueinca]

steve - buy a pill cutter mate- you stick the tab in - push the cutter down - cuts it- it ain't that complicated - and its soooooo much cheaper....

To the original point of the post- by cutting the tab (Proscar) into quarters- you are actually getting more (a bit over 1 mg) than if you bought Propecia (1mg), so I doubt that you would lose hair on it, opposed to Propecia. (But as in everybody who posts on here - we don't want anything to chance.

BTW, my 9 month order of Fincar (from Port Vila) via a factory in India (In-House Pharmacy) arrived today unscathed without hassle!........ so thats good (and soooooooooo cheap....)

 

[Siberian]

I'm assuming the people who switch to Proscar are getting it without a prescription from questionable sources, so who knows what's actually in the pills?

 

[Private Ryan]

i switched from propecia to proscar. didn't notice any different at all.

i got my proscar from local phramcy so confirm it the real stuffs.

 

[Siberian]

i switched from propecia to proscar. didn't notice any different at all.

i got my proscar from local phramcy so confirm it the real stuffs.

I didn't think docs would prescribe Proscar for hair loss? I know they're both finasteride and all, but I'd think there would be legal/ethical risks for the Doctor to do so since it's technically not "indicated" for hair loss?

 

[Britannia]

i switched from propecia to proscar. didn't notice any different at all.

i got my proscar from local phramcy so confirm it the real stuffs.

I didn't think docs would prescribe Proscar for hair loss? I know they're both finasteride and all, but I'd think there would be legal/ethical risks for the Doctor to do so since it's technically not "indicated" for hair loss?

Doctors in both the US and UK can legally prescribe Proscar for hairloss providing they clearly state the patient should only take 1mg of Finasteride a day. Remember Propecia and Proscar are just brand names for the drug Finasteride. It is 1mg of Finasteride that is licensed for use in hairloss not Propecia (which is just Merck's name for their own brand of 1mg Finasteride).