Finasteride, how often is most effective?

[Liam]

Hi All,

According to the attachment picture provided below finasteride seems to suppress DHT for longer than a week. I can also see why some people may opt for every other day as between intervals 2-3 on the graph DHT is suppressed to nearly a constant state. Further the difference of 5mg and 1.5mg seem to be only a slight chance.

Now to my question wouldn’t it be better to take low dosages of finasteride
every 5-7 days?

And if the DHT is already at the lower rate (after taking finasteride) on say the fifth day taking more will only bring the DHT lower? So wouldn’t this be better for the longer run, without as many side effects?

 

[Hoppi]

Hmm, if this is true it's quite interesting. It suggests that basically your DHT will hit it's lowest level on the 6th or 7th day if you've been on a daily dose, doesn't it? Then I suppose it will just stay constant from there on in, as the amount of finasteride that has reached the end of it's impact will be replaced by a fresh tablet.

So, based on this, would there be little difference between taking say a 1mg once a week, and taking a seventh of a tablet every day? (EDIT -- Actually wait that might not be true.. ugh it boggles my brain! lol)

Anyway, I'm looking forward to hearing people's views on this. I can't see it having a huge effect on saving people from sides though, as if they find say that they shed on 0.25 but get sides on 0.5, whether they take a larger dose less often or a smaller dose more often will make little difference, right (other than convenience)? All that really matters is regulating their DHT at a healthy but effective level, and ensuring their estrogen doesn't achieve so much dominance that it starts affecting them (such as gynecomastia).

Anyway, I'll be watching this thread!

 

[bezerra]

What I can say is that taking everyday is better than taking once a week.
Let's say that you take 7mg once per week. It will make your DHT levels be a lot low, but they will eventually go up as finasteride is removed from your body.

But if you take 1mg per day your dht levels will be that low as long as you keep taking it that way.