Fincar Rationing

[Bone Daddy]

It's a bloody b**ch to cut these Fincar pills into 5'ths. I now split them into fourths (1.25 a day) would it be better to keep at it, or skip the fifth day?

 

[Bone Daddy]

I guess this is a semi re-post :roll: but someone answer for me, and this other guy..

http://www.hairlosstalk.com/discussions ... hp?t=11855

 

[Warrior101]

why done u get finpecia instead of fincar?? finpecia shudnt be very expensive..

btw.. hows ur time going with fincar?? is it the same thing as proscar or any difference u feel in ur hair?

 

[Bone Daddy]

At the time, it was all I could afford. I had just been layed off, and diagnosed with male pattern baldness shortly after. Sadly.. I used my b-day money from my mother to purchase it. I bought 60 pills. When this runs out, I might go the proscar route or finpecia. As far as the difference, I would'nt know. I DO know with this fincar, that the dosage has to stay uniform, or it has some odd sides. Now that im 4th'ng them, (versus: hacking them into bits from the 5th'ng attempts and rough guessing) no nut ache, chest pain or lack of sex drive.. Been good so far these 7 days.

Surely someone can answer this? Cassin? Tynan? HairLossTalk.com?

 

[Bone Daddy]

:hairy:

Yooooo Hoooooo!

Answer?

 

[Guest]

I cut them into 4 and I have no problems at all. 7.5 months and counting..

 

[Bone Daddy]

So you take one every day?

Thanks for the response Trax.

 

[jimmystanley]

traxdata, please give us an avatar of her getting it on :?

 

[AKA]

I currently split Fincar into quarters and skip every fifth day. I meant to do this when I started on my first batch, but was too impatient for results!

When my first batch started running out after about four months I had to resort to taking a quarter every OTHER day until the new batch arrived. It made absolutely no difference to my progress...

When my second batch arrived I resolved to miss every fifth day as I intended originally and that's what I've been doing ever since, with results still improving.

What's the point in exceeding the recommended dose AND wasting cash?

 

[Guest]

just take 1.25 mg!!

 

[AKA]

Do you listen to a word people say you hyperactive rodent!!! :-x

 

[Guest]

Do you listen to a word people say you hyperactive rodent!!! :-x

Calm yourself young AKA....

What's the point in exceeding the recommended dose AND wasting cash?

It's simple, if the money is not a great issue (Proscar is fairly cheap) and you do not develop side effects (I remain breastless), taking 1.25 mg a day will yield better results than 1 mg a day.

Ty

 

[Bone Daddy]

just take 1.25 mg!!

ok!!

 

[AKA]

Do you listen to a word people say you hyperactive rodent!!! :-x

Calm yourself young AKA....

What's the point in exceeding the recommended dose AND wasting cash?

It's simple, if the money is not a great issue (Proscar is fairly cheap) and you do not develop side effects (I remain breastless), taking 1.25 mg a day will yield better results than 1 mg a day.

Ty

Hell, you're right, they don't cost much, may as well munch half a tab a day! Or perhaps a whole one on days when my hair could do with a boost.

:lol:

 

[Guest]

Hell, you're right, they don't cost much, may as well munch half a tab a day! Or perhaps a whole one on days when my hair could do with a boost.

:lol:

Whilst it is true that 5mg of finasteride will inhibit more DHT than 1mg of finasteride, 5mg will bring with it a higher incidence of side effects.

Taking the dose down to 0.2mg will still inhibit significant amounts of DHT but will lower the incidence of side effects accordingly.

Merck weighed up the ratios of DHT inhibition v incidence of side effects at various dose points and felt 1mg was a good 'compromise' dose, fairly low incidence of side effects, fairly good DHT inhibition.

So yeah 1.25mg will yeild better results than 1mg, if you find that you remain side effect free at 1.25mg and still lose hair, it would not be unreasonable to try a 1.5mg or even 2mg daily dose, as we known doses of 5mg have been used for around 12 years by sufferers of Benign prostatic hyperplasia.

 

[drinkrum]

I don't think you're gonna notice any discernable differences on hair from about the 0.80 mg to 1.25 mg dosage level. In fact, 0.20 mg has been shown to inhibit almost as much DHT as the 1 mg pill.

That said, my doctors said taking 1.25 mg every four days and skipping the fifth is perfectly fine. Finasteride stays in the system for about two weeks and so that fifth day is not consequential. You can also take 1.25 mg/day but why? Unless you forget about that fifth day but in that case buy a $2 weekly pill case.

D.

 

[drinkrum]

The incidence of side effects is secondary only to the DHT suppression. If you take 1 mg and if it is shown that it inhibits just as much DHT as 5 mg, the side effect profiles should be similar.

At 5 mg/day you are inhibiting a bit more DHT than at the 1 mg level and so it's no surprise the rate of side effects is a bit higher. But also consider the people taking 5 mg/day are 50-70 year old men who already have a low T/E2 ratio and might be affected more by lowering DHT.

1.25 mg might inhibit a bit more DHT than the 1 mg but to be honest I don't think there would be any discernable difference in terms of hair quality. I'd much rather keep to the safe side and spread my Proscar over a 5 day span, skipping the fourth day if I'm taking 1.25 mg for four consecutive days.

D.

 

[Bone Daddy]

Something about skipping a day, just doesn't sound kosher to me though.


After the fincar is gone, im going proscar.. I might go to 1mg a day then. Cutting fincar into 5th's in maddening. For now, 1.25 is fine and with this dosage v/s the old, im doing much better. Libido is up, and greasiness is down, as is shedding. 1 1/2 weeks in, and continuing.

 

[AKA]

Hell, you're right, they don't cost much, may as well munch half a tab a day! Or perhaps a whole one on days when my hair could do with a boost.

:lol:

Whilst it is true that 5mg of finasteride will inhibit more DHT than 1mg of finasteride, 5mg will bring with it a higher incidence of side effects.

Taking the dose down to 0.2mg will still inhibit significant amounts of DHT but will lower the incidence of side effects accordingly.

Merck weighed up the ratios of DHT inhibition v incidence of side effects at various dose points and felt 1mg was a good 'compromise' dose, fairly low incidence of side effects, fairly good DHT inhibition.

So yeah 1.25mg will yeild better results than 1mg, if you find that you remain side effect free at 1.25mg and still lose hair, it would not be unreasonable to try a 1.5mg or even 2mg daily dose, as we known doses of 5mg have been used for around 12 years by sufferers of Benign prostatic hyperplasia.

If 1mg is a good compromise dose, why take 1.25mg a day? You begin with valid facts and then completely abandon logic in the last paragraph.

I think Drinkrum is the number one advice source on hairloss in this instance, rather than Mr Ty W.

 

[Guest]

If 1mg is a good compromise dose, why take 1.25mg a day?

firsty the convenience of dividing a Proscar pill into quarters instead of fifths, secondly the fact that 1.25mg will yield slightly better inhibition of DHT.

You begin with valid facts and then completely abandon logic in the last paragraph.

You may have to point out what in the last paragraph veers away from logic, can't see it myself ?

I think Drinkrum is the number one advice source on hairloss in this instance, rather than Mr Ty W.

Drinkrum is a know liar and has been banned from pretty much every hair loss forum and most 'Dungeon and Dragons' clubs in the US, he is not to be trusted.