Finasteride Reduced Side Effects at 0.25mg - 0.50mg Lower Dose?

[Ben Lamb]

I was just prescribed finasteride 1mg once daily and took my first pill today. I cut the pill in half and took a .5mg dose. What is the consensus on taking smaller finasteride doses to yield the same hair loss goal, while hopefully minimizing sides? I have read as little as .2mg can have the same effectiveness for the hair treatment as 1mg... and surely the risk of side effects are lower. From the research I have done, the FDA recommended dose of 1mg/day for hairloss is a bit excessive and unnecessary... do you think .5mg/day is a good start for me? Could I even decrease it to .25mg/day or maybe .5mg every other day? I'm a young healthy male of 24 years old... and honestly I am not all that concerned with the side effects, as I have a pretty healthy body and usually don't run into problems like that. I just think there is no reason to load my body with more of this drug than I really need. what do you guys think, in your opinion, would be a good starting point for me as far as MG and per day or every other day??

Thanks a lot guys!

 

[talmoode]

Hi there. I asked the very same question a while back here. Here is a link and Quantum Cat was kindly enough explaining things for me.

http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interac...0-05mg-and-5mg-No-Difference-in-effectiveness

 

[Ben Lamb]

Very good link talmoode! I think I am sold on taking .5mg every day. Seems like the safest bet for now. Just out of curiosity, what do you take?

 

[talmoode]

1mg daily (13 months). I thought I had sides and got scared. Dropped finasteride for a week then started with 0.5mg. Turned out that sides were due to something else I was doing. So now I am back on 1 mg daily. Taking 0.25mg or 0.5mg would be a good idea if you were worried about sides or wanted to save money. You can always up the does if it doesn't work. But 1mg hasn't done much for my hair for the past year and as long as there is no serious sides, I will stay on 1mg (or maybe 1.25mg in the near future)!!!! How long have you been on it?

 

[Quantum Cat]

I don't think lower dosage will help much with sides becuase roughly the same amount of DHT is being supressed - unless you take an incredibly low amount which is pretty pointless as it won't help your hair.

0.5 - 1mg per day is probably ideal