the thing about it having a flat dose response or watever its called , is that the side effects will reduce the same amount.
so if u expect only a few % less good effects with a smaller dose, then u can also only expect the same reduction in side effects as well.
this makes it pointless to try and reduce side effects by lowering the dose. unless u find the point on the chart where effectiveness is reached and reduce it. At a guess, probably around .1 mg
but then u have the problem of getting the precise dose, and consistantly getting the same. (how hard would it be to get between .08 and .1 mg each time)
if u got too low u would have no effectiveness, no possibility of sides, and too high, would mean high effectiveness, and strong side effects (if ur one of the 2%)
the chart below should illustrate my point. Im basically talking about finding the point in the middle of the first steep incline. This, in theory should be half effectiveness, half the strength of side effects ( if ur in the 2%)
to reduce only to .25, would probably put u at the beginning of the top horizontal. U need to find the dose that puts u halfway up the steep incline. And i cant seem to find the actual does response curve for finasteride right now. But i think that incline, would be alot steeper, and therefore would occurr over less than a 10th of a mg, so like i said, it would be very hard to consistantly get the correct amount
