Been on Propecia 2.5 years....

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...and I've maintained pretty well. However, after reading JayMan's thread, I've considered switching to Avodart? What do you guys think? Has anyone made the switch after so long on Propecia?
 

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If Propecia is working stick with it. Trying to get greedy by thinking dutasteride may do more could be a bad decision if you react badly, many of us are struggling with dutasteride.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.
 

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I agree with Nick4441 by my own experience... Stay with finasteride.
 
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I don't see a problem with switching if you're really determined. dutasteride won't accelerate your hair loss any faster than nature regardless of what some may claim
 

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is there a "safer" way to make the switch, like maybe gradually? or would you suggest just dropping finasteride and jumping onto a dutasteride regimen?
 
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justin said:
is there a "safer" way to make the switch, like maybe gradually? or would you suggest just dropping finasteride and jumping onto a dutasteride regimen?

just take your last dose of finasteride one day and start your dutasteride the next.
 

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Dutasteride is like the Dark side..Stay with US Luke! Do not believe the hype bros!
 
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i am back to finasteride

I regret Every second with dutasteride

Timi
 

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I was first on Finasteride 1 mg for 5 years. When it stopped working I bought Dutasteride 0,5 mg. I took it for 4 months and finished last dosage almost 3 years ago.

TIll this day I have not returned to normality. Still suuffering sides associated with low DHT. Week erections, no sexual excitement, many others...

I regret I bought this poison.
 

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I was on 1.25 mg finasteride (Merck Proscar) a day for 6 years exectely, never missed a day. The drug abruptly "stopped working" at the 6 year mark.I immediately made the switch to dutasteride while taking finasteride during about 2 weeks.
I have been on 0.5 of GSK Avodart a day for 3 years, so far extremely pleased with the results, which is maintenace of the hair I had 9 years ago. Those were thinning fast prior starting finasteride.

My advice: continue finasteride until it stopps working, then switch to dutasteride which is a more powerful drug and has more side effects especially libido related.

I have learnt to deal with the Limp Dick Syndrome which does strike sometimes while on dutasteride...depending on the Girl.
I am not going to beat myself up on that, I know I am doing the right thing keeping my hair alive thanks to dutasteride.
I always have some v****, levitra or cialis ready in case. Those drugs work fine in conjuntion with dutasteride and those are all cheap generics from India.
Good luck.
El Duterino
 
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el duterino which site do you order your generic cialis from if you don't mind me asking?
 

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http://www.genericsmed.com/

The order takes about a week to come. Cialis may give headaches if you drink alcohol during the 36 hours period..with v**** you can get drunk and still perfom fine. I found that the generic v**** is a bit less powerfule at same (50mg) dosage than the real one but well worth the performance/price ratio.
Good luck and good F..k
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hmm. and this cialis is legit? my ed is caused on takes when i take adderall haha. i'm on avodart too but it's not causingme problems down there. the problems only started after adding adderall. i'm thinking about just taking a 20 mg generic cialis tablet every OTHER day to build the drug up in my system and just make it possible to have sex whenever i want without having to pop one a few hours before. what do you think of this?


i have seen reports of this on other forums with some people having success with it
 

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that Cialis is legit..it is a generic made by big pharma firms in India and works great. All the meds on that site did work as described and i tryed everything..except dutasteride because it would be difficult to know if it is good enough..anyway If those impotence drugs do not work you will very quickly find out.

The problem with these drugs is that they may give you very strong and long morning erections..you will wake up...

and then there is a warning against erections longer than 4 hours that can damage your dick. a bit scary.

All these drugs work well about 30 minutes to 1 hour after taking it..so usually if you take it easy on the Girl with some preliminaries ..delay with some talk..do the things they like..then you should be fine by the time the real action starts.
v**** & Levitra is out of your system after about 4 to 6 hours so you can escape the morning wood wake-up call if you take it around 8pm or so.

The idea wiht taking it every other day on a reagular base is interesting but maybe overkill unless you are so having sex that often.
I can sometimes do fine without these drugs..I think the dutasteride effect is a up and down fluctuation of the libido during one or 2 week IMO. Sometimes you feel horny and sometimes not but those impotence drugs are an excellent back-up in case.
 

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el_duterino said:
..delay with some talk..
:agree:

ROFLMAO! I might just try a few generics from that site just based off your comment. Any opinion as to which works better? Generic v**** or Cialis?
 

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Cialis works 36 hours, but sometimes gave me strong and lasting (half a day) headaches, especially when i had a few drinks. Never had any sides with v**** but the drug is best taken with an empty stomach for the strongest effect, meaning you have to plan to avoid oily/heavy food before.
In any case I had much stronger erections on these drugs while using dutasteride than before dutasteride/finasteride, so I am pretty satisyied with any of the 3.
You can impress the girl that's for sure (I am 41 y). It just does not make sense to stop dutasteride/finasteride because of sex related sides, if you are a good responder hair-wise.

I would start with 50mg of generic v****. Less sides and most powerful. You can get drunk the next day without suffering headaches or feeling bad due to the drop in blood pressure.
Brand Cialis has a better duration/price ratio over Brand v**** because of the 36 hours vs 4 but that's really not relevant given the low price of the generics.

MOST IMPORTANT: GET YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE TESTED BEFORE TAKING ANY OF THESE DRUGS !

I went to a proper clinic and had a prescription/test done before. Bought some of these drugs at my clinic first but they cost like 5 times the prices of the generics.
Good luck

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el duterino . i actually have a script from my doctor for cialis for this becuase of getting sexual sides from adderall like weak erections, and cialis makes me have erections the likes of which i haven't seen since i was like 17 years old, haha. only problem is my insurance only covers 6 pills a month, and i'm a bit more active than that. so i think i'm going to buy some generic cialis from that site you gave. some research i did said that it's okay like i said.

but what are you talking about libido? dutasteride or adderall don't affect my libido at all. i alwayas have high sexual desire, probably due to my high testosterone levels. they are on the high end of the normal range at around 900 ng/dl. But anyway, why the talk about libido? my only problem is the weak erections that adderall gives me. so i have the desire but sometimes if i've taken adderall too recently, the erection is weak or will die in the middle. so i take the cialis to prevent that but lik ei said, my insurance only covers 6, and individual pills of brand name cialis are like $11 apiece retail. i dont want to pay that much

another problem for me is that i tried using a lower dose, like 5 mg or 10 mg of cialis, by cutting up my 20's. Doctor also gave me some samples of 10s but they didnt do sh*t for me. the only one that works for me is a 20 mg dose. my insurance brings the price down for the 6 they cover per month to $2 a pill so that's fine, but if I wanted to take one every other day using retail cialis, i'd be spending $100 a month on the sh*t. so I'm thinking I'll buy a small amount from that site you use, and if they are legit, I'll buy a few months worth and start taking it every other morning, and then it will build up in my system so I'll never have to worry again. like i said, if i wasn't having sex often it wouldn't be an issue, 6 would be fine. but i am, so i should just take a 20 mg every other day. by the way i tolerate the 20 fine. my blood pressure is fine. 113/70 without the cialis and 108/65 with it.

what do you think?
 

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majkellos said:
I was first on Finasteride 1 mg for 5 years. When it stopped working I bought Dutasteride 0,5 mg. I took it for 4 months and finished last dosage almost 3 years ago.

TIll this day I have not returned to normality. Still suuffering sides associated with low DHT. Week erections, no sexual excitement, many others...

I regret I bought this poison.

STFU already....I thought you blamed it all on finasteride already.

If you were having THAT many problems, why didnt you stop it during your 3 yrs of finasteride usage?
 
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