Does This Seem Like A Good Method On Starting Duasteride?

[kiwiboy]

So been taking 1.25mg of finasteride daily and minoxidil twice a day for a year and two months now and have noticed absolutely nothing, no shedding at the start, nothing. So after researching thoroughly i'm planning on dropping finasteride and taking .125mg dose of dutasteride every four days then missing the 5th day which would mean every 5 day spell i would be consuming .5mg of dutasteride, as well as the minoxidil. Does this seem reasonable? I feel like I want to try this method for 3 months and ease into dutasteride, if this doesn't work I can always up the dosage


Thoughts?

 

[kiwiboy]

Another problem is all the dutasteride i see for sale online is sold in capsules meaning i wouldn't be able to cut it up? any help

 

[transam]

lol....why not just start taking dutasteride @ .5mg?
& how exactly would you split dutasteride?

 

[horunger]

You need to start higher on dutt, then cut the dosage after a few weeks. With 0.5 a week it take forever to build up a reasonable level. Throw in full dose the first 1-4 weeks, 0.5 a day. Im planning to do that for two reasons, 1 is i have a limited supply of Dutt (bough it on vacation in Philippines), and 2 is i was a good responder to low dose Finn and hopefully that is how i respond to dutt as well.

Ps, i been reading experiences with dutt and found that people who take both finn and dutt, and people who go straight from finn to dutt, have more reports of severe shedding. A 3 week period off Finn may be a good idea before starting Dutt, no conclusive proof but an observed tendency.

 

[Jim lahey]

Id start low for a few months and gradually work your way up. And ya it does take a while for dutasteride to build up but its better to see how it effects you dutasteride is strong.

 

[horunger]

Id start low for a few months and gradually work your way up. And ya it does take a while for dutasteride to build up but its better to see how it effects you dutasteride is strong.

The effect is strong, the sides aren't necessarily stronger than fina. 0.5 a day for a few weeks is already a very slow buildup. Im tempted to take two 0.5 per day to build up faster.

 

[Jim lahey]

Sides were 100 times worse for me on dutasteride than on finasteride.

 

[horunger]

Sides were 100 times worse for me on dutasteride than on finasteride.

Did you have any overlap on the two, did you have finn traces in the system when you started dutt? And how long did you use dutt, also in the trials many sides disappeared on continued usage.

 

[michel sapin]

i don't understand how duta could cause less sides than fina if it inhibit 20 % more serum dht ?

 

[horunger]

If you want to see bad sides wait till youre old and sick, some of my ants and so on been on meds with really bad sides, makes fina/duta look like a vacation. Even common meds like zoloft my sister been taking, holy crap that sh*t made her sick, its pure poison for some, plus its a chemical lobotomy. Hairlossers dont have to take any horrible meds, we are lucky. Thing is i dont believe in the stories of permanent ED on finn, in 5-10 years lots of guys will get ED without ever taking finn, Finn just speed up the prosess for guys who were destined to get ED no matter what. The only guy i know who blamed finn for mild ED always forget to mention that he is an almost 50 year old alcoholic with nearly lifelong drinking and excess amounts of high nicotine chewing tobacco and narcotic pills, if anything can be abused he will abuse it, except solvents. Whats the less likely cause? Yepp, fina.

 

[horunger]

i don't understand how duta could cause less sides than fina if it inhibit 20 % more serum dht ?

We dont know for sure that it does, we only know its individual. The number of fina users is much higher and most of those with few sides will shut up and be happy.

 

[michel sapin]

sure , but do you know if i am starting to get puffy nipples with 5 mg fina if it would be worse on duta ?

 

[michel sapin]

but i agree with the fact that the sides tend to subside with time ( instead of gyno)

 

[horunger]

sure , but do you know if i am starting to get puffy nipples with 5 mg fina if it would be worse on duta ?

Noone know for sure, and the long halflife of duta makes it hard to do a short test, in clinical trials it took up to 8 weeks for sides to stop after discontinuation and those sides were related to ED, not gyno.

 

[michel sapin]

i know the sides are really low in the cinical trial . But for me the issue is that i had really low serum dht to begin with.
So even with fina i am way below the normal range on my serum dht , but not enough to stop my receding hairline . So that sucks .
And the long half life of duta is harsh . With fina you can stop and within 2 week dht is back , but with duta it is another story . But i am convinced that i would work better.

 

[horunger]

You just need time to work out your fears and doubts, as duta increases in popularity people will feel more comfortable with trying it.

 

[michel sapin]

i have been on propecia for 2 years now and want to start duta, but i am afraid it would worsen my puffy nipples .

 

[horunger]

How bad are your nipples? Can they get much worse? the better effect of duta has high probability, worsening of sides has lower probability.

 

[michel sapin]

it is not that bad ; i am a perfectionist , my Doctor tol me i got nothing , but there is definitely some puffines that i didnt have prviously . I really want to try duta because my temple are going fast , but damn gyno scared me

furthermore minoxidil si a pure bullshit, the only thing that does is facial hair and dark circle , and a shed of the vell hair which was maintained by propecia , wish i never touched this stuff

 

[Jim lahey]

Did you have any overlap on the two, did you have finn traces in the system when you started dutt? And how long did you use dutt, also in the trials many sides disappeared on continued usage.

I went straight from finasteride to dutasteride. I used dutasteride for 2 months before sides started after 3 months I couldnt take it anymore. I took my last pill in the beggining of august still experiences sides though they have gotten better.