Dutastride/finasteride.

[decro435]

"Dutasteride is three times more potent than finasteride inhibiting the type II enzyme and 100 times more potent than finasteride inhibiting the type I form of the DHT producing enzyme. Dutasteride is not approved by the FDA for the treatment of Male Pattern Hair Loss and is approved at a dose of 0.5 mg a day for the treatment of prostate enlargement. While both the type I and type II enzymes are found in the hair follicle, there is a recent study which shows that type I is present in the human brain. The function of this enzyme in the brain is still unclear."

Can someone please point out why some people choos dutasteride and some finasteride , why finasteride is more popular and explain to me the results users have had with dutasteride.

 

[die_hard]

Well, basic logic would reveal that more people use Finasteride since it Is approved by the FDA as a hairloss treatment and is much more known of than dutasteride for the above reason. Side effects of dutasteride I would guess would be more common and worse since it's a stronger med as well, and given the nature of the potential sides of finasteride, my guess is that it would act as a deterent from using dutasteride.

There are plenty of threads discussing and comparing them both in the "Antiandrogens & Androgen Blockers" forum, so just go and browse through the topics and draw your own conclusions. There seem to be a lot of mixed opinions of them.


-DH