Toyboy: If I'm reading the graph correctly, you would get to about 32 ng/dl with 1.5mg of finasteride. at day one? At day four, you'd be at about 39 ng/dl?
At 1.25mg dosage, maybe the numbers would be 34 ng/dl at day one and 41 ng/dl at day four? At 1.0mg dosage, maybe the numbers would be 37 ng/dl at day one and 44ng/dl at day four? (On your second dosage of the week, you'd only have three full days of delay in dosage, so the differences would be smaller [i.e., assuming a Monday and Friday dosing schedule] .)
Not too bad a fluctuation, on average, IMHO. Plus, the 1.25mg dosage gets it lower than the recommended 1.0mg dosage. Probably not much at all but still a little more inhibition. I mean, look at how flat that curve gets between the 1.5mg and 5.0mg doses.
I wonder if the M, W, F dosage is just easier to remember? No, Monday and Friday dosage is easy to remember. I'd say, go for it.
Have you ever thought of dutasteride. one day and finasteride. the other day (i.e., relative to your two doses a week question)?
I say this because, after getting my 2nd hair transplant, I don't want to take as much as two dutasteride caplets a week and might use them up and go on a three times a week finasteride dosage.
(Yes, I think I might go to one dutasteride. a week and one finasteride. a week until the dutasteride. is used up. [I'm just thinking to myself. I'm kind of like CCS that way! Sorry CCS, I couldn't resist.]
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I don't mind reducing DHT a little for male pattern baldness and for my famiily history of prostate cancer, but I want to go as little as possible.
Now that I'm retired and can get an hair transplant whenever I want, I'll try and limit my DHT serum reduction a little more than I am currently. Enough of this crap!! (I have enough hair now Toyboy, I'm just being
greedy at this point in time. :mrgreen
Yes, I think it's time for finasteride. again. The big boy (dutasteride.) is going to be retired over the next couple of years!! I'm going on one dutasteride. a week and one finasteride. a week until the dutasteride. is used up.
I'm glad this subject comes up regularly. With my memory, I need refresher training consistently!! :blush:
Thanks guys for the great discussion!! Now, where the heck did I put that Proscar splitter knife?!
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