finasteride 1 or 2 times a week. Would it help for gradual male pattern baldness??

[oldmpber]

Anyone ever get bad finasteride sides, then get back on in a very low dose and do ok?

Had to get off finasteride and use only minoxidil starting about 6 years ago.
I was doing good till recently. Seems like when my good heath returned, so did my male pattern baldness. My photo in the mystory link is of a few days ago and it appears male pattern baldness is trying to spread in both upper and lower left corners of crown.

I still have probably 6 months worth of finasteride.
My family history is a very gradual/slow progression but eventually advanced pattern

So knowing this , do you think 1 or 2 times a week would do some good while avoiding sides? Has anyone ever tried this?

 

[Rawtashk]

Several people here have taken smaller doses and avoided sides. Have you tried it at .5mg or .25mg? I think even a quartered finasteride pill would be better than nothing, as far as helping hairloss is concerned.

Also, check the expiration date on your finasteride pills. I think they're only good for 2-4 years after they're made.

 

[oldmpber]

Several people here have taken smaller doses and avoided sides. Have you tried it at .5mg or .25mg? I think even a quartered finasteride pill would be better than nothing, as far as helping hairloss is concerned.

Also, check the expiration date on your finasteride pills. I think they're only good for 2-4 years after they're made.

I had proscar so i had to cut them. Not sure I could cut that small. Just wondering how little I could use just to maintain. My sides were pretty bad so don't want to go through that again. Guess I can just try it and see what happens....

 

[Rawtashk]

Cut them in quarters, then use a file to file down the tips to about half-size. You might be wasting finasteride, but it's still cheaper than 1mg pills. That, or buy new 1mg pills and half or quarter them.

When's the expiration date on your finasteride pills?

 

[oldmpber]

Cut them in quarters, then use a file to file down the tips to about half-size. You might be wasting finasteride, but it's still cheaper than 1mg pills. That, or buy new 1mg pills and half or quarter them.

When's the expiration date on your finasteride pills?

Late 07 on one box. The other is unopened but only slightly newer. But about a years worth so don't want to throw away as it's always been inside.
Just hope 1 or 2 times a week will be worth it.....

 

[Rawtashk]

Cut them in quarters, then use a file to file down the tips to about half-size. You might be wasting finasteride, but it's still cheaper than 1mg pills. That, or buy new 1mg pills and half or quarter them.

When's the expiration date on your finasteride pills?

Late 07 on one box. The other is unopened but only slightly newer. But about a years worth so don't want to throw away as it's always been inside.
Just hope 1 or 2 times a week will be worth it.....

I don't know that taking meds that expired almost 5 years ago will do much good :-/

I'd suggest getting a new supply from somewhere like 4rx.com You can get a year for less than $100

 

[Chris87]

I tried taking finasteride a little over a year ago at .5mg every day. I had sides and quit after the first month.

In march I decided to try again. This time I took .25mg every other day. I had sides at first, but they weren't as bad as before. The sides gradually improved little by little every few days and completely went away within the first month. So I then switched to .25mg every day after the first month. I've been on .25mg every day for almost a month now and I have no sides. I'm planning on bumping to .5mg ever day and seeing how that goes.

Also, when starting finasteride again I began taking about 80mg of zinc per day, at night, right before bed. I did this to help ensure that I kept my estrogen level in check and gave myself the best chance of avoiding sides. It seemed to work. I've now cut my zinc consumption down to 50mg every other day and I haven't seen sides creep in or anything

So yeah maybe try that. .25mg every other day and take zinc with it before bed at night (50-100mg of zinc)

Also..I would order new pills. They're years over the expiration date and may have lost potency..or who knows..maybe they dont work at all anymore. You can get really cheap generic finasteride on the site Rawtashk recommended, or the one i use which is inhousepharmacy.biz

 

[oldmpber]

Cut them in quarters, then use a file to file down the tips to about half-size. You might be wasting finasteride, but it's still cheaper than 1mg pills. That, or buy new 1mg pills and half or quarter them.

When's the expiration date on your finasteride pills?

Late 07 on one box. The other is unopened but only slightly newer. But about a years worth so don't want to throw away as it's always been inside.
Just hope 1 or 2 times a week will be worth it.....

I don't know that taking meds that expired almost 5 years ago will do much good :-/

I'd suggest getting a new supply from somewhere like 4rx.com You can get a year for less than $100

Well still on the line on what to do since I did have a bad experience. If I start back I will try this and if it works and if it does I will get new stuff. It's been stored in a dry dark cool walk in closet so should be ok. BTW I saw your results- It looks like you have total beaten male pattern baldness- I don't think I have ever seen results that good before-congrats!. I also saw your comment/pic about your brother's crown. I don't know what you call that look but I noticed the same thing in myself awhile back. It's like you still have full coverage but you have lost a lot of density. If he cuts his hair short & thin in the very back it will create an illusion of a more normal hair look. When I let my hair get thick in the very back I get that same look so I have learned to keep it thinned out and short. Not perfect but will help.

 

[oldmpber]

I tried taking finasteride a little over a year ago at .5mg every day. I had sides and quit after the first month.

In march I decided to try again. This time I took .25mg every other day. I had sides at first, but they weren't as bad as before. The sides gradually improved little by little every few days and completely went away within the first month. So I then switched to .25mg every day after the first month. I've been on .25mg every day for almost a month now and I have no sides. I'm planning on bumping to .5mg ever day and seeing how that goes.

Also, when starting finasteride again I began taking about 80mg of zinc per day, at night, right before bed. I did this to help ensure that I kept my estrogen level in check and gave myself the best chance of avoiding sides. It seemed to work. I've now cut my zinc consumption down to 50mg every other day and I haven't seen sides creep in or anything

So yeah maybe try that. .25mg every other day and take zinc with it before bed at night (50-100mg of zinc)

Also..I would order new pills. They're years over the expiration date and may have lost potency..or who knows..maybe they dont work at all anymore. You can get really cheap generic finasteride on the site Rawtashk recommended, or the one i use which is inhousepharmacy.biz

I would be perfectly happy with halting of progression. So if 1 or 2 times a week would do it . If I do it, I will try with what I have and if it works, I will buy new stuff. inhouse is who I used years ago. Only issue I ever had with them was some of the shipments got delayed. It wasn't there fault but still took like over a month at times. Is that still a problem?

 

[oldmpber]

Started .5 today..crossing my fingers......