If finasteride can not cause thinning, why am I continuing to thin while on finasteride? I’m definitely not imagining this. Could it be that the dosage 0.5mg is not enough and the miniaturization is too aggressive?
Yes, it is possible that you need a proper dose of finasteride (1mg), or your thinning process is more active than the finasteride can manage.
At 1 week after FUE, I allow my patients to do heavy weight lifting assuming that everything is healed. You should ask your doctor
2019-04-02 05:47:332019-01-04 12:47:49How soon after FUE transplant can you work out
I unable to find 1Mg finasteride and there is only 5Mg available in my country .. what to do please help??
This is not uncommon. I advise people to cut the pill into 4 or 5 equal parts. Most people find that the pill will crumble so apportion the amount that you take. It is important to know that what counts is not the daily dosage but the weekly dosage divided into seven days.
I see in a previous post that you believe that St. John’s Wort will not directly contribute to hair loss. My question is, will St. John’s Wort inhibit or decrease the effectiveness of Propecia? Since Propecia is absorbed in the liver, and St. John’s Wort has been shown to decrease absorbtion of certain drugs, could it also be affecting the level of DHT bockers in the blood stream, thereby reducing propecia’s potency? I currently only take 2 300 mg tablets of St. John’s Wort at bedtime (I take my Propecia at bed time as well). Thanks in advance for your reply.
St. John’s wort is an herbal product used for its flavor or potential therapeutic in treating mild to moderate depression. In my opinion, a healthy liver should not have a problem with both St. John’s wort and Propecia. Discuss this with your prescribing physician. Like many other herbal products, there is not enough research on long term treatment, safety, and effectiveness of this product.
2007-12-11 13:34:232007-12-10 14:17:47St John’s Wort and Propecia
On a proscar 5mg split into 4 from Walmart pharmacy. This latest drug has got me horny as fuck. Not sure why, but I’m always thinking about sex and my pecker is pointed straight up most of the time. WTF. Can some of y’all pass on your ED pls
I have had this complaint from some of my patients, including one of my sons. He just learned to have more sex.
2020-11-04 03:49:412020-11-04 08:19:37Finasteride increased my sex drive and now it is out-of-control
One of the great unsubstantiated claims that when treating high cholesterol blood levels with cholesterol lowering drug that these drugs caused premature dementia or a generalized reduction of congnition (memory function). A new study in 1000 people in Australia reported here:
Australian investigators followed more than 1000 older adults over a 6-year period, assessing memory and global cognition at 2-year intervals. They used MRI to evaluate total brain volume, as well as the volumes of the hippocampus and parahippocampus.
They found no difference in the rate of decline in memory or global cognition between statin users and nonusers, nor did they find differences in brain volume changes.
This is important because it addresses concerns about the safety of Statin Drug from various sources.
Source of Data: Medscape Medical News
On average how long do you think hair must’ve gone if Fin even has a chance of regrowing? Like would it only have the possibility of regrowing hair lost in the few months before starting Fin or could it also grow areas that have had minituarized/bald areas for 2 years?
Finasteride in some people reverses miniaturization. It can take up to a year to see the value
I took a steroid and my hair is falling out. I stopped it in about a month, but it is still falling out. I have been on Propecia for a few years so I thought that would protect me. What will happen to me? Have I messed up my hair?
You probably precipitated what we call a telogen effluvium, which can be caused by steroid use. Once this begins there is nothing that will reverse it until it goes its course. I always tell my patients that although Propecia may protect you somewhat, it is not a sure thing when you take steroids. I would strongly suggest that you continue with the Propecia. As the hair loss may take months to go its course, stay on the Propecia and wait it out. See your hair doctor as well, so that good baselines can be taken to compare with what will evolve over time. By having measurements to compare, at least you will know when the process has stopped, when it reverses, and what to expect. Advise your friends not to do what you did, so that you can help someone else avoid the problem you had.
In regards of sides, long time safety, price, practical usage what are the arguments for each method. Also is it possible to make the topical version at home. I’d highly appreciate objective arguments at with some literature for evidence, but of course own experience with trying out these methods.
Oral is better if you don’t get side effects because it addresses the miniaturization that you can’t see in parts of your scalp where you may have already started balding. The topical only works where you put it and spreading it all over your scalp, doesn’t make sense if the pill can do it a a fraction of the cost without the nuisance of daily applications which are time consuming
I just recently quit taking finasteride due to experiencing some sexual side effects that did not decrease when trying a smaller dose. My doctor advised me to stop finasteride for six months to see if my sexual symptoms improved. I took my last pill a month ago.
I was on finasteride from age 24 to 27, and, while not improving my hair loss, it at least kept further loss from occurring. I’m starting to feel anxious about the catch-up hair loss that could come within the next few months. Would minoxidil help prevent this catch-up loss from occurring, or is it more or less inevitable?
If you had unwanted side effects with a medication, you did the right thing by discussing your options (weighing out risks and benefits) and stopping the medication. The catch up hair loss can happen over the next 6 months after stopping Propecia and that is something that cannot be completely stopped.
Starting another type of medication such as topical minoxidile (Rogain) may help but since it works in different ways than Propecia you still may experience hair loss from the “catch up” phenomenon. Everyone is different and you won’t know until you try.
