Propecia dosage
I have seen alot of people talking about increasing their finas. dosage to 5mg and then coming back down because of side-effects. Here is a study that will tell you again what you should know by now, that there is very little difference in .2mg of finas. and 5mg aside from the side-effects. In addition to the graphs that Bryan posted some time ago about the dht suppression being something like 8hrs I would say the most economical, and most beneficial (less side-effects for those experiencing them and near equivalent positive benefits) would be to split the dosage and take .5mg in the morning and .5mg in the evening. That's my somewhat educated opinion. Anyway here's the article which isn't the full abstract but states the pertinent information I'm trying to convey...
METHODS: Men with androgenetic alopecia (N = 249) underwent scalp biopsies before and after receiving 0.01, 0.05, 0.2, 1, or 5 mg daily of finasteride or placebo for 42 days. RESULTS: Scalp skin DHT levels declined significantly by 13.0% with placebo and by 14.9%, 61.6%, 56. 5%, 64.1%, and 69.4% with 0.01, 0.05, 0.2, 1, and 5 mg doses of finasteride, respectively. Serum DHT levels declined significantly (P <.001) by 49.5%, 68.6%, 71.4%, and 72.2% in the 0.05, 0.2, 1, and 5 mg finasteride treatment groups, respectively. CONCLUSION: In this study, doses of finasteride as low as 0.2 mg per day maximally decreased both scalp skin and serum DHT levels. These data support the rationale used to conduct clinical trials in men with male pattern hair loss at doses of finasteride between 0.2 and 5 mg.
This was an experiment done by an independent (as far as anyone can tell) source, the University of Oklahoma (could be wrong on the Oklahoma part but that is irrelevant to the matter). :twisted: