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[dralex]

Ya I'm sketched out to switch thanks for the post. Some it has a 6 month half life so 6 months to be fully in ur system 6 months to leave it. I'm a Norwood 2/2.5, minoxidil 10 shed the miniaturized hairs along my hairline about 1/4 inch. I'm not really sure if it's going to grow back I'm about 2.5 months in, but the shedding seems to have slowed down as of the last few days so we'll see what happens.

Oh sweet keep me posted. Haven't had good results with minoxidil myself. And the half life of duta is 5 weeks, but that just means it takes 5 weeks for half of the drug to leave your system. Can take years for it to be completely out of one's system depending on how long its been taken.

 

[Crystalclear12]

Oh sweet keep me posted. Haven't had good results with minoxidil myself. And the half life of duta is 5 weeks, but that just means it takes 5 weeks for half of the drug to leave your system. Can take years for it to be completely out of one's system depending on how long its been taken.

Gotcha. Ya I was on 5% for years, didn't do sh*t, if this doesn't work I'm prob dropping it

 

[davesmith420]

@Crystalclear12 I'm confused, where you always on minoxidil + finasteride or were you only on finasteride for years?

 

[Crystalclear12]

@Crystalclear12 I'm confused, where you always on minoxidil + finasteride or were you only on finasteride for years?

Min 5% and finasteride. Just bumped to min 10

 

[JohnOKelly]

Have you gotten any regrowth from the minoxidil shed yet? Also how's your hair looking in general? In regards to duta, I honestly wouldn't recommend it, especially if you've had good results on finasteride. I made the switch cuz finasteride wasn't stopping my hair loss after 3 years, and was on duta .5mg 4 days a week for nearly 3 months. Continued to lose hair at the same rate, and ended up getting some side effects (low libido, issues getting fully erect). Doubt it was mental either, cuz initially I had increased libido, erection quality, and semen volume so was pretty excited about the drug, but like 2.5 months in sh*t reversed pretty fast. Been nearly a month off it now and things still don't feel fully normal down there. Takes a long time for the stuff to get out of your system. I know I didn't really give it enough time to assess whether it was working for my hair, but don't know if it is worth the risk cuz you could get sides down the road, and they could take nearly a year to go away. Finasteride builds up in your system very very quickly and isn't really dose dependent. Duta on the other hand is highly dose dependent and takes forever to build up, and I think it doesn't reach its full effect until 3 months of usage .5mg daily. And if you quit at that point I remember reading somewhere that you still have some in your system 1 year down the road.

The sides that you experience with Dutas or Finas or any other drug for that matter can resolve themselves in time. It's a risk we all take. IF you experience sides, particularly the sexual ones, there are things out there that can counteract that or at least help somewhat. Again, it's a risk, but the same could be said about Propecia if you go to that propecia help website, which I wouldn't recommend to anyone considering the drug. The people who suffer sides shout the loudest. Anyway, the unfortunate thing is, if/when you go below baseline after years of finasteride, there aren't many other options that show effectiveness.

 

[Crystalclear12]

The sides that you experience with Dutas or Finas or any other drug for that matter can resolve themselves in time. It's a risk we all take. IF you experience sides, particularly the sexual ones, there are things out there that can counteract that or at least help somewhat. Again, it's a risk, but the same could be said about Propecia if you go to that propecia help website, which I wouldn't recommend to anyone considering the drug. The people who suffer sides shout the loudest. Anyway, the unfortunate thing is, if/when you go below baseline after years of finasteride, there aren't many other options that show effectiveness.

Keep me posted on your results for sure

 

[gimmiehairorgimmiedeath]

2 years on .5mg EOD, no sides after a couple random ball aches in the first week or 2, loss seems to have halted in it's tracks with even a little thickening in the crown/midscalp. Should've started taking it 3 years earlier.