Halving Propecia

[mikemass]

I'm thinking of reducing my daily dosage of Propecia to 0.5mg from 1.0mg due to side effects (or at least to try to rule out that Propecia is causing the sides). Has anyone gone this route? Did you experience any loss as a result? I've been maintaining fairly well after 5 years on 1.0mg Propecia and want to weigh the risks of cutting down vs. alleviating the sides.

Also, someone here recently mentioned a study showing 0.3mg was just as effective as 1.0mg daily dosage. Anyone have more info on this? A link?

Thanks a bunch,

MM

 

[global]

Sorry I dont have that link to hand but finasteride is dose related so its unlikely 0.3 will be AS GOOD as 1mg although maybe the difference isnt very big.

What sides are you getting?

 

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[mikemass]

Thanks for the responses and the reference, guys.

Global, I've been having somewhat intermittant low libido issues.

By the way, does anyone have any thoughts on whether going from 1.0mg to 0.5mg daily dosage will have a negative impact? Meaning: sure, 0.5mg may be almost as effective as 1.0mg in general, but what if I've developed a tolerance to 1.0mg over the years? Wouldn't cutting down possibly give my system even less of the drug, making its effect negligible?

MM