Been using dutasteride for 1 year and considering adding finastride

rickbull83

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Hi there,

I have been using dutasteride for about a year. Combined with rogain liquid and in the last few months i've dropped the liquid for minoxidil foam and a few weeks ago have started to use topicl spironolactone 5% cream.

I haven't noticed a huge deal of increased hair but i'm sure my hair is in a better condition than last year.

From reading a few articles recently my understanding is that dutasteride reduces both types of dht whilst finastride only inhibits type 2.

From the studies there were suggesting that finestride may inhibit type 2 dht better than dutasteride and this may be of importance when combating hair loss.

This being said i am thinking of adding in finastride to my routine.

Have others done this?

Alternate days between the two?

WHat sort of dosages should i consider? I understand that dutasteride doesn't need to be batken everyday, but what about finastride?

How much does finastride cost?

Thoughts and comments much appreciated

Cheers
 

Pondle

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Absolutely pointless mate. And you've got things backwards - dutasteride is a stronger inhibitor of type 2 5AR than finasteride. dutasteride 0.5mg/day inhibits 98.5% of DHT from 5AR2, and 50% from 5AR1. finasteride 5mg/day inhibits 90% and 0% respectively.
 

RaginDemon

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Pondle said:
Absolutely pointless mate. And you've got things backwards - dutasteride is a stronger inhibitor of type 2 5AR than finasteride. dutasteride 0.5mg/day inhibits 98.5% of DHT from 5AR2, and 50% from 5AR1. finasteride 5mg/day inhibits 90% and 0% respectively.

Agree.
 
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