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Hi, I was unable to reply to my last thread on this topic. Essentially I had a prescription of Propecia filled, and the pills had a very strange smell to them, which was unusual. I have since contacted the manufacturer who told me to immediately return them to the pharmacy, who replaced the packet on the spot (and was quite concerned RE the issue). The pharmacist has said they will keep me informed of what they hear. Quite unusual. I'm almost certain that this prescription was not effective, as the mild side effects I usually endure seemed to almost disappear after 1 week using these strange smelling pills. Has anyone else had this? If you do, i urge you to return the prescription. Thats all.

Hi, Ive recently switched from generic Finasteride 1mg (Finalop) to 1mg Propecia (As generic isnt available in 1mg in this country) and have noticed that the tablets have a strange, quite bad smell. The Generic brand did not have this smell, however the original does. Can anyone using Propecia confirm whether theirs has this smell? Is it possible I got a bad pack? Thanks

I use Finasteride generic which i believe is jsut the same as the brand name. In my country I'm able to buy 1mg Finasteride for Approx US$20/month, and dont need to split the pills.

With Regaine, i think its simple. Youre treating the symptoms rather than the cause. Cause: DHT attacking hair follicles Symptom: Follicles shrinking causing miniaturization and eventual hair "loss" Regaine treats the symptom, much like taking a pain killer for a back ache may block the pain signals from getting through, but wont fix your back. Stop the pain killers, and your back will be as sore as it would have been had you not taken it. In the case of Regaine, what is widely believed to occur is that the bloodflow to the follicle is increased and the follicle is "stimulated" such that it doesn't "shrink". This, however, doesn't stop the underlying cause of the follicle shrinking, i.e. DHT attacking the follicle. DHT will continue to attack the follicle, its just that when youre stimulating the follicle with Regaine, this doesnt result on the follicle shrinking. When you stop this stimulation, the follicle shrinks to whatever size it would be without the stimulation, which, after however many years of being attacked by DHT, will be smaller than it was before starting on regaine. In the case of Finasteride, however, I dont think the situation is so clear. I think theres a chance your argument may ring true for finasteride use, which actually stops the DHT from attacking susceptible follicles. Also, id be interested in seeing your backing calculations for you metabolism numbers.

I have been using Finasteride and Regaine 5% for approx 3.5 months on diffuse hairloss triggered by a TE, after having also been diagnosed with AGA. After approx 2 months i noticed a dramatic slow down in my hair shedding and a lot of new hair on my hairline (whether this was a result of the drugs or just hair that was growing back after the TE - I dont know). However, in the past 1 - 2 weeks I've noticed a lot of shedding again, but its all "tapered" ended hair - i.e. hasnt been cut. Most is about 4 or 5cm long, so probably about 3 months old. Is there anything particular which would cause this? Ive recently switched to generic minox. I use Nizoral 2% eveyr other day. Im on 1mg finasteride per day. About the same time as this started I experienced a really bad dandruff. Lasted 3 or 4 days, my head itched a lot. In the end i combed my head until the dandruff stopped (there was an amazing amount) - and the itching hasnt really come back. Maybe this was built up regaine on my scalp - i dont know. Sometimes I wonder if my application method for the regaine is good - i have longish hair for a guy (7-8cm), and i always end up with wet hair after applying, so im wasting at least some of it. My hairloss was mainly diffuse, so its hard to spread the 1ml over my entire head. Finally, on occasion in the last 1.5 months, ive been known to drink to excess, and also smoke every now and then (binge drink and binge smoke, i guess). While I know the other health reasons not to do this (and ive cut down a lot on the partying) - is there any way this could cause a noticable change in hairloss? Im not a "smoker" as in I dont smoke during th e week. Any ideas would be great guys as its going to take me about 3 months to get to see another derm here. Thanks

I'm 29 Y.O. male. I have recently (approx 3 months ago) had a shock loss which led to severe psychological shock for approx 2 weeks, severe stress for about 1 month, and ongoing stress after this. I noticed quite suddenly (within 1 week) that my hair was falling more than usual, so its likely that this was the result of either ongoing stress prior to the loss, or undiagnosed MPB (see below). Over the course of the last 3 months, however coming in quite heavily after about 1 month, I have noticed extreme shedding. After about 2 months, I had visible thinning. About 2 weeks ago I visited a dermatologist who specialises in hairloss (works at a HT clinic) who was impressed with how much hair was falling, and how my hair had thinned over a short time. On top of the efflivum, i was diagnosed with MPB and prescribed regaine, some vitamins and propecia and also gave me injections directly into my scalp. Prior to this event, I had thick hair, and only minimal visible thinning on my crown, with my hairline low and thick. Now, after only 3 months, I have transparent "see-through" hair all over my head, however the thing that bothers me most is my hairline is now visibly more see-through and very thin. I understand that TE can speed up MPB however I dont really understand how/why. My questions are If my hair follacles hadnt already been affected by MPB (i.e. the majority of my head), should the hair re-grow as normal, notwithstanding the forced telogen stage? For follacles which were somewhat effected by MPB (crown and to a very minimal extent frontal region), what would the forced telogen do to these? Is it possible that notwithstanding there was a healthy hair there prior to the TE, the hair that replaces it will be miniturized? My fear, and whats difficult to understand/accept, is that I had a thick healthy head of hair 3 months ago with just a little thinning on my crown, and now my hair is really thin all over (id say 50% of what it was), and probably 30% left on my frontal hairline. Is there any way to predict what, if any hair, will grow back?