Why Not finasteride 0.25mg Eod Or Three Days A Week ?

[drakeznathan]

Hi,

I am thinking of starting finasteride to save my hair. Have been reading a lot, postives, negatives and guess I have decided to take the risk considering hair is very important to me. That being said I would love to carry on with caution.

I have read that taking 0.25 or 1 mg won't make a difference to sides and a person will get side even on .25 if he is supposed to get on 1mg. But my question is why not have 0.25mg EOD or say three times a week if it suppresses considerable amount of DHT for 5-6 days ? What is the benefit of taking it everyday ?

Should I start with 0.25mg EOD or three times a week ?

 

[BaldingHelpMe]

considering hair is very important to me.

Then start with 1mg finasteride daily as recommended.

 

[drakeznathan]

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[Sonicblu650]

Hi,

I am thinking of starting finasteride to save my hair. Have been reading a lot, postives, negatives and guess I have decided to take the risk considering hair is very important to me. That being said I would love to carry on with caution.

I have read that taking 0.25 or 1 mg won't make a difference to sides and a person will get side even on .25 if he is supposed to get on 1mg. But my question is why not have 0.25mg EOD or say three times a week if it suppresses considerable amount of DHT for 5-6 days ? What is the benefit of taking it everyday ?

Should I start with 0.25mg EOD or three times a week ?

you really Should take it every day. Yeah ive seen all those graphs and studies and while .25 and .5 are close in percentage of dht reduction. Who knows what that means for hair... Like 10/15 % less effective than 1mg, ok doesn't sound like much, but who knows if it will actually work, in theory it should, but i wont risk it. Maybe start with .5 mg a day for a couple weeks then take the recommended 1mg. Don't read about finasteride online, like the" horror stories" Most people are fine. If you go into it thinking you'll get side effects and if your prone to worry or anxiety, you'll create them. I did, i was so worried at first i made myself sick. Now almost 9 months on proscar... Zero side effects awesome libido absolutely no ED in the slightest, and hair improving also, Good Luck!

 

[buckthorn]

Hi,

I am thinking of starting finasteride to save my hair. Have been reading a lot, postives, negatives and guess I have decided to take the risk considering hair is very important to me. That being said I would love to carry on with caution.

I have read that taking 0.25 or 1 mg won't make a difference to sides and a person will get side even on .25 if he is supposed to get on 1mg. But my question is why not have 0.25mg EOD or say three times a week if it suppresses considerable amount of DHT for 5-6 days ? What is the benefit of taking it everyday ?

Should I start with 0.25mg EOD or three times a week ?

I personally think this is a good idea. Everyday, I am reading more and more reports of finasteride inducing telogen effluvium. It happened to me as well. You wan't to talk about a nightmare?? Imagine having Telogen Effluvium along with male pattern baldness. It's f*cking terrible.

Perhaps such a small dosage won't cause such an immediate "shock" to your physiology and you may be able to avoid this, while reducing DHT to the point where it may help with hair loss? It also may help with drastic increase in T and/or androgen receptor up regulation?? Who knows man. Sexual sides are only one concern. Losing half your hair while ON a medication for HAIR LOSS is a nightmare of it's own.

I still have a bottle of finasteride. Taking it would be like a rat who already lost his arm in a trap going back to that trap because he's hungry. It would be a bad idea. However, I am considering nibbling off an extremely tiny amount every other day. Like 1/8 of the 5mg pill. which would be like .6mg.

 

[drakeznathan]

I personally think this is a good idea. Everyday, I am reading more and more reports of finasteride inducing telogen effluvium. It happened to me as well. You wan't to talk about a nightmare?? Imagine having Telogen Effluvium along with male pattern baldness. It's f*cking terrible.

Perhaps such a small dosage won't cause such an immediate "shock" to your physiology and you may be able to avoid this, while reducing DHT to the point where it may help with hair loss? It also may help with drastic increase in T and/or androgen receptor up regulation?? Who knows man. Sexual sides are only one concern. Losing half your hair while ON a medication for HAIR LOSS is a nightmare of it's own.

I still have a bottle of finasteride. Taking it would be like a rat who already lost his arm in a trap going back to that trap because he's hungry. It would be a bad idea. However, I am considering nibbling off an extremely tiny amount every other day. Like 1/8 of the 5mg pill. which would be like .6mg.

Did you get any sides ? Why did you quit ?