Default finasteride dosage .5mg/everyday vs 1mg/everyother day?

[sheraz1392]

I have been on finasteride(1mg/day) for 19 months now. I developed a bad case of dermatitis and scalp pain 2 to 3 months into finasteride which I didn't have before and and it's still getting worse. I still don't know if it was finasteride that caused it or it was just going to happen with or without finasteride.

Last year(April 2014) I stopped finasteride for two weeks and I can recall that my symptoms of dermatitis improved but due to fear of further losing hair I got back on it and also the dermatitis wasn't all that bad in those days.

Now that my dermatitis is worse than ever and I have been losing ground and getting visibly bald for the past 6 months or so. I have been thinking about stopping finasteride for two months and see if my dermatitis improves but if it doesn't then I will be at great loss.

So, recently I have thinking about reducing my dosage to half than to stop completely. So, what do you guys think is better .5mg/ED or 1mg/EOD?

What if I switch to dutasteride? probably will make symptoms worse!? what do you think!

P.S.
that 'Default' in the topic name is a typo.

 

[Nadester]

finasteride is a flat response drug.It means whether you take 1mg or 100 mg the effect will still be the same.Dht will be inhibited for 3 days with a 1mg or .5mg dose.DHT levels take a full week to get back to normal after quitting finasteride.
Id say use 0.5mg every other day.No point in using higher doses of finasteride.Waste of the med and money if you still want to use finasteride.
Also for your dermatitis id say use Ketomac ONLY for like twice a week for 6 months.
Don't quit finasteride coz you might lose more ground but add Ketaconazole to your treatment.
If you still want to quit finasteride then yes, reducing the dosage and increasing interval is a good plan for sure.

 

[sheraz1392]

finasteride is a flat response drug.It means whether you take 1mg or 100 mg the effect will still be the same.Dht will be inhibited for 3 days with a 1mg or .5mg dose.DHT levels take a full week to get back to normal after quitting finasteride.
Id say use 0.5mg every other day.No point in using higher doses of finasteride.Waste of the med and money if you still want to use finasteride.
Also for your dermatitis id say use Ketomac ONLY for like twice a week for 6 months.
Don't quit finasteride coz you might lose more ground but add Ketaconazole to your treatment.
If you still want to quit finasteride then yes, reducing the dosage and increasing interval is a good plan for sure.

So considering the flat response of the drug, doesn't it mean that it's unlikely that sides will go away at lower dose.
Well for dermatitis I've tried almost everything from medicated shampoos(Nizoral,tgel) to corticosteroids and nothing has worked, at best what they do is calm the itch for a few hours and then flaking and pain starts again! it just never goes away!

 

[Nadester]

High doses just saturate at the 5ar so when you are giving it some interval, you are giving your body to adjust to the increase of DHT.
Also sorry bhai.Isse zyada aour koi advìce naii hei mere paas

 

[sheraz1392]

High doses just saturate at the 5ar so when you are giving it some interval, you are giving your body to adjust to the increase of DHT.
Also sorry bhai.Isse zyada aour koi advìce naii hei mere paas

yaar I'm really confused. sometimes mujhe lagta hai k finasteride se reflex hyperandrogenicity ho gya hai. I'm always shedding like a dog since I've started finasteride. finasteride se bhi kuch khaas faida ni hua hairline recession+ crown/top thinning still chal rahi hai aur upar se ye dermatitis. Kisi dermatologist se b faida ni hua. kuch samaj ni araha kyaa karun!

anyways thanks for your input!

 

[Nadester]

Bhai pics post kaar.Thoda bohat clarification ho jayega.
Hyperandro bohat duur kii baat hei.Still possible magar phaltu mein stress mat lou.Try searching for Topical spironolactone or Natural Progesterone cream.These are topical that could help you.
Sure nahin houn but something is better than nothing.
Lets post only in english from now.The guys on the forum could get confused.