Could higher dose of finasteride cause more hair loss?

[Lukas73]

Hello,
first time poster here, I have been searching through the forums and i couldn't find definite answer. I was wondering if someone might have some insight into this issue. It would really helpful as I am becoming more and more desperate. I have been to my doctor and he prescribed me 2.5 mg finasteride (half the generic 5mg finasteride tablet) and i have been taking this for 6 months. And it seems to me that my hair loss is getting worse. I then read that you are only supposed to take a quarter of the tablet. Is more finasteride actually counter productive and could it make hair loss worse?

 

[Quantum Cat]

your doctor clearly is not well informed about Finasteride. Anything above about 1.5mg per day is probably worthless as it doesn't inhibit any further DHT. I would advise taking 1/4 of a tablet.

However I can't really see how a higher dose would make more hair fall out. You may not be a good responder to finasteride - is doesn't work for everybody - or you may be experiencing a shed. You should really give Finasteride at least a year before you decide whether it's working for you or not

 

[Lukas73]

ok, thank you. So do you think I should just lower my dosage to 1/4 of the tablet after being on 1/2 a tablet for 6 moths?

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I just hope that it won't make things worse after lowering the dose from 1/2 tablet to 1/4 tablet. The reason I asked this question was that while researching finasteride I found out that it actually might increase the number of androgen receptors and so increase hair loss, or cause "hyperandrogenicity"? Is this all areal?