dutasteride Eod With Finasteride - Any Point?

[Zoro]

I get finasteride pretty much for free, but I can't get a script for dutasteride and I'm cheap. Any point in adding dutasteride EOD while taking finasteride? Or alternating between finasteride and dutasteride everyday

 

[Alk]

Some derms do tell patients to take dutasteride once a week with finasteride, and some do see benefits. They dont get off finasteride cause it could give you a shed even though in theory dutasteride alone should do the trick.

 

[Alk]

dutasteride half life is literally weeks and taking dutasteride ed or eod is almost pointless. Taking dutasteride once a week will supress more dht than 5mg finasteride ed.

 

[Alk]

Also you wont have to wait for much build up if your on finasteride. Pretty sure .1mg of dutasteride supresses more dht than 5mg of finasteride. Look at other examples, ive seen some take .5 mg of dutasteride twice a week, others once, some every day but i think its unessasary. But id suggest you switch to one or the other if your going to dose more than twice a week with dutasteride.

 

[Zoro]

Considering Dutasteride has a very long half life you can theoretically get away with taking it once a week. However, it is dose dependent and needs to build up in the system over time to gain it's efficacy. Taking an 0.5mg pill once a week will not provide that. If anything, taking one pill a week it would suppress a lower amount of DHT than 1mg Finasteride could daily. So it would be a complete waste.

I see, so dutasteride probably needs to be frontloaded for a few weeks before switching to less frequent dosing? Also, I wonder how much worse dutasteride is for the liver than finasteride

Also you wont have to wait for much build up if your on finasteride. Pretty sure .1mg of dutasteride supresses more dht than 5mg of finasteride. Look at other examples, ive seen some take .5 mg of dutasteride twice a week, others once, some every day but i think its unessasary. Also the doses are almost all the same response like finasteride, .5mg is all you need and any more is pretty pointless. But id suggest you switch to one or the other if your going to dose more than twice a week with dutasteride.

I'd feel more comfortable taking it with finasteride just to be certain I'm at least not doing worse than with finasteride alone, but that's just me, you're probably right about it being effective twice a week by itself

 

[kiwiboy]

It's not about front loading, it's about maintaining a steady 15mg in your system to get the 0.5mg efficacy of Dutasteride. If you're planning to take less then don't expect the higher yields it can provide.

Would you say taking dutasteride Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week would be effective enough to gain good results then?