finasteride tolerance --> dutasteride

[jumpedthegun]

Curiously, did any of you dutasteride users switch from finasteride after using it for a while and believing it to have lost effectiveness.

I ask because i recently started finasteride and I hope that if it ever stops working that there will be something else out there.

 

[Siberian]

Curiously, did any of you dutasteride users switch from finasteride after using it for a while and believing it to have lost effectiveness.

I ask because i recently started finasteride and I hope that if it ever stops working that there will be something else out there.

After being on Propecia for 5ish years (stopped it, now on it again), this concerned me as well... but I can't find any evidence of an intolerence being created.

http://www.propecia.com/finasteride/pro ... veness.jsp shows that Propecia users do start to lose hair again after a first-year regrowth peak, but I don't think it's from an intolerance to the drug. Propecia only blocks like 70% of the DHT, so that 30% is still in there creating the balding process - only much slower than if you weren't taking it.

If you switch to Avodart, I'd imagine you'd still get an early regrowth peak, followed by an even slower decline (verus Propecia), since Avodart blocks more like 92%+ DHT. Better, but still not a cure.

Or I could be entirely wrong, lol...

 

[Aplunk1]

I was on Propecia for about 11 months (10.5 actually) then I switched to Dutasteride. I'm glad I did. Only 2 months in, and I'm very satisfied right now.