up dose from .5 to 1mg?

[brandnew88]

Ive been on minoxidil twice a day for 4 years and tried finasteride several times and quit due to sides. This time I started at a quarter every third day then moved to every other day over a 2 month period. I then took .25 a day for two months and started taking .5 a day in early july. It has now been six months since taking .5 daily and 11 months since I started at a low dose.

My hair over this time has not necessarily shed any more than usual, but obviously it has because my hairline and thickness all over has thinned out. I am a diffuse thinner and had a near perfect hairline before finasteride.. Should I wait another six months and keep my dose at .5 daily or move up to a whole tablet? I am on name brand propecia from costco.

 

[brandnew88]

I also use name brand... Thinking of switching to generic..

 

[zzzzz]

doesn't matter all doses in that range are pretty much the same thing and if you buy name brand you are wasting money

 

[smyth01]

I worked my up with dosages the first couple of months. I did find that 1mg seemed to stop my normal hair shedding more than 0.5mg, though this could just be coincidence.

I see it now this way. The proven effective dose is 1mg, if you can get finasteride on the cheap there isn't much reason to take less.

 

[brandnew88]

smyth01- how long were you on finasteride before you moved up to 1 mg and did it cause any regrowth? I think ill wait one more bottle to see if I get regrowth (2 months at .5 a day) then move up if nothing happens.

 

[brandnew88]

I think I'll go ahead and move up to a whole pill. Any last thoughts to persuade me either way?

 

[Aesthetic]

i dont think it makes a diffrence, i was only taking .5mg it saves me money, sometimes i dont feel like cutting a pill or if i missed my last dose ill take just 1 pill for the hell of it

doesnt matter to much, there is that chart out there of .5mg being almost just as effective as 1mg

 

[brandnew88]

How often do you take a whole pill though?

 

[sportsfan12]

I think I'll go ahead and move up to a whole pill. Any last thoughts to persuade me either way?

Not saying either way is better but you can feel comfortable knowing that 1mg is the prescribed dose- I'm 2 weeks in on 1 mg/day

 

[brandnew88]

thanks. i am my 3rd day in on 1 mg and everything is good so far