Propecia And dutasteride

[messmorph]

Hey Guys,

I orignally took Propecia at 1mg a day and this slowed my hairloss but did not stop it. This was over a 18 month period. I then switched to dutasteride 0.5mg a day and had serious side effects (b**ch tits).

So I am now taking dutasteride 1mg a week and have stopped Propecia. Since I dont get side effects is it ok to take Propecia as well? Will Propecia and dutasteride at 1mg a week be more effective then dutasteride on its own?

 

[docj077]

Someone around here probably has a nice graph to demonstrate this, but I don't think that either drug is effective at 1 mg per week. I don't know dutasteride's half-life, but I know finasteride's half life is no where near a week. More like a day.

 

[MPBWarrior]

exaclty. people have to realise that it's much better to take smaller dosages of either finasteride or dutasteride more regularly than bigger dosages once or twice a week. but let me just make it clear that i still think 0.5mg of dutasteride a day might be dangerous (or it might be safe, we just don't know) and i would suggest 0.5mg every 3 days considering the long half line. in your case, 0.5mg of dutasteride once every 3 days would be much better than 1mg once a week. With finasteride, u need a bit every day or at most, once every two days.

 

[Guest]

Someone around here probably has a nice graph to demonstrate this, but I don't think that either drug is effective at 1 mg per week. I don't know dutasteride's half-life, but I know finasteride's half life is no where near a week. More like a day.

i thought i remember reading from ccs that dutasteride 0.5 mg every 5 days is just as effective as proscar 5 mg once a day. it will take longer to get to steady state though. but you could do a loading dose in the beginning with 0.5 mg every day for two weeks, then cut back to every two days, etc.

 

[messmorph]

Thanks all for the replys. I am sorry as I did not explain my question properly.

I take my 1mg of dutasteride a week spread over 2 doses. 0.5MG on Monday and 0.5MG on Thursday.

I am asking if taking Propecia daily and dutasteride on 0.5MG Mon and Thur will this be more effective then dutasteride on its own.

 

[messmorph]

Thanks all for the replys. I am sorry as I did not explain my question properly.

I take my 1mg of dutasteride a week spread over 2 doses. 0.5MG on Monday and 0.5MG on Thursday.

I am asking if taking Propecia daily and dutasteride on 0.5MG Mon and Thur will this be more effective then dutasteride on its own.

Has there been any studies combining a low dose of dutasteride with Propecia?

 

[Guest]

Thanks all for the replys. I am sorry as I did not explain my question properly.

I take my 1mg of dutasteride a week spread over 2 doses. 0.5MG on Monday and 0.5MG on Thursday.

I am asking if taking Propecia daily and dutasteride on 0.5MG Mon and Thur will this be more effective then dutasteride on its own.

No. It won't be more effective. dutasteride twice a week is too powerful for Propecia to compete with it. Might as well save the money and buy more dutasteride.

 

[bubka]

not that this is by any means scientific, though i think it has some merit

proscar is 5x more powerful as propecia to treat male pattern baldness

avodart is .5mg, so if the same were true for dutasteride for male pattern baldness, you would take .1mg a day... or roughly 2x .5mg pills a week...

 

[RP]

proscar is 5x more powerful as propecia to treat male pattern baldness

Hmmm... No. Actually I have read that 0,5mg/d is almost as effective as 1,0mg/d. So increase from 1,00mg/d to 5,00mg/d wont make it five times more effective.

 

[pratc]

On this forum someone said that propecia, 0.2mg/d is 82% as effective as 1mg/d and 1mg/d is 83% as effective as 5mg/d

 

[bubka]

proscar is 5x more powerful as propecia to treat male pattern baldness

Hmmm... No. Actually I have read that 0,5mg/d is almost as effective as 1,0mg/d. So increase from 1,00mg/d to 5,00mg/d wont make it five times more effective.

we are talking about for male pattern baldness use, not bph

 

[MPBWarrior]

On this forum someone said that propecia, 0.2mg/d is 82% as effective as 1mg/d and 1mg/d is 83% as effective as 5mg/d

something like that, yes. 1mg inhibits 80% of 5aR II and 5mg inhibits 90ish%.

and i'm not too sure i agree with the whole "proscar is 5x more effective in treating male pattern baldness than propecia" either... look at the above numbers... is there something i'm missing?

 

[bubka]

On this forum someone said that propecia, 0.2mg/d is 82% as effective as 1mg/d and 1mg/d is 83% as effective as 5mg/d

something like that, yes. 1mg inhibits 80% of 5aR II and 5mg inhibits 90ish%.

and i'm not too sure i agree with the whole "proscar is 5x more effective in treating male pattern baldness than propecia" either... look at the above numbers... is there something i'm missing?

i didn't say "effective" i said powerful, the dosage is 5mg as compared to 1mg

and if the same were true with dutasteride, then you would take .1mg a day... but again, and optimal established dosage for treating male pattern baldness with dutasteride has not been established, it could be 2.5mg a day like done in the phase 2

 

[MPBWarrior]

i really hope no one is taking 2.5mg of dutasteride a day! :shock: