Gents,
I was traveling over past few days. But here's more updated survey results. Note that in this edition, I will only show results of longer-term dutasteride user (i.e. those with 6 month+) as I think it's mor relevant and it's so darn time-consuming to compile!!!!
BUT, please keep up the responses.....
Disclaimer: I am a newbie dutasteride user, and I think I am objective in doing this survey. However, the results are based on self-reporting "supposed" users of dutasteride on HairLossTalk.com and also Hairsite.com. So, this is nowhere near clinical study. Small size is quite small...Intepret results with good conscience and judgements.
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- Total respondents: 32 -- however, only 24 fill in # of months on dutasteride. Therefore, the universe of below results are 24.
- # of respondents on dutasteride > 6 months: 10
- # of respondents on dutasteride < (lesser) than 6 months: 14
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-> Results of 6 month+ users (n=10)
-- Ranges of months on dutasteride: 6-24 months
-- Current Norwood Scale
Norwood 1-2 : 8
Norwood 3 : 2
-- Use finasteride before dutasteride?
Y: 9
N: 1
-- Use genuine GSK's Avodart:
Y: 5
N: 5
-- Results (compare today with day-1 when starting dutasteride)
- Hairline/vertex significantly improve: 1
- Hairline/vertex marginally improve: 3
- Hairline maintain/vertex improve: 1
- Hairline/vertex same as day-1: 1
- Hairline worsen/vertex maintain: 1
- Hairline worsen/vertex improve: 2
- Hairline/vertex worsen since day-1: 1
-- Reporting side effects:
- Y: 7
- N: 1
- left blank: 2
-- Reported side effects (qouted verbatim):
1) Loss of libido equal to that on finasteride.
2) Problem focusing first few months
3) duasteride sucks ***, it grew my hair back, but ruined my skin, well not ruined cause i caught it early, dht 1 is found in skin and not having it ages skin fast. i was like a robot no emotions, when i got off of duta i cried for liek 3 days i dunno why.
4) light-headedness for first 3 months, including a 1 or 2 week spell of headaches at month 2
5) Low libido
6) weight gain
7)mental blockage, focus problems, joint pains
I was traveling over past few days. But here's more updated survey results. Note that in this edition, I will only show results of longer-term dutasteride user (i.e. those with 6 month+) as I think it's mor relevant and it's so darn time-consuming to compile!!!!
BUT, please keep up the responses.....
Disclaimer: I am a newbie dutasteride user, and I think I am objective in doing this survey. However, the results are based on self-reporting "supposed" users of dutasteride on HairLossTalk.com and also Hairsite.com. So, this is nowhere near clinical study. Small size is quite small...Intepret results with good conscience and judgements.
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- Total respondents: 32 -- however, only 24 fill in # of months on dutasteride. Therefore, the universe of below results are 24.
- # of respondents on dutasteride > 6 months: 10
- # of respondents on dutasteride < (lesser) than 6 months: 14
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-> Results of 6 month+ users (n=10)
-- Ranges of months on dutasteride: 6-24 months
-- Current Norwood Scale
Norwood 1-2 : 8
Norwood 3 : 2
-- Use finasteride before dutasteride?
Y: 9
N: 1
-- Use genuine GSK's Avodart:
Y: 5
N: 5
-- Results (compare today with day-1 when starting dutasteride)
- Hairline/vertex significantly improve: 1
- Hairline/vertex marginally improve: 3
- Hairline maintain/vertex improve: 1
- Hairline/vertex same as day-1: 1
- Hairline worsen/vertex maintain: 1
- Hairline worsen/vertex improve: 2
- Hairline/vertex worsen since day-1: 1
-- Reporting side effects:
- Y: 7
- N: 1
- left blank: 2
-- Reported side effects (qouted verbatim):
1) Loss of libido equal to that on finasteride.
2) Problem focusing first few months
3) duasteride sucks ***, it grew my hair back, but ruined my skin, well not ruined cause i caught it early, dht 1 is found in skin and not having it ages skin fast. i was like a robot no emotions, when i got off of duta i cried for liek 3 days i dunno why.
4) light-headedness for first 3 months, including a 1 or 2 week spell of headaches at month 2
5) Low libido
6) weight gain
7)mental blockage, focus problems, joint pains