Hi Tommy - so hows it going with the sideeffects? Did you have any libido/other sexual side effects when on oral finasteride?
I have bought the DualGen-15 Plus from MinoxidilMax. Apparently it is 15% Minoxidil and 0.1% Finasteride (it says that this means 1mg of fin, which is the same as you take orally, right?). You say you have something from them with 0.5% Fin? That sounds extreme, as all the trials I have seen has 0.25% at the highest - is that not correct understood?
But to be honest, I do not understand these percentages. In articles I have read about this, they talk about a solution percentage (in the following its 0.25%), but they also talk about a amount in mg fin for the solution - like fx 0,2275mg or 0,91mg);
"The effects on scalp and serum dihydrotestosterone (DHT) of different doses of a novel topical solu-tion of 0.25% nasteride (P-3074), a type 2 5α-reductase, were investigated in men with androgenetic alopecia. Methods: Two ran-domized, parallel-group studies were con-ducted. Study I: 18 men received 1 mL (2.275 mg) P-3074, applied to the scalp once a day (o.d.) or twice a day (b.i.d), or 1 mg oral tab-let o.d. for 1 week. Study II: 32 men received P-3074 at the dose of 100 (0.2275 mg), 200 (0.455 mg), 300 (0.6285 mg), or 400 (0.91 mg) µL or the vehicle o.d. for 1 week." ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285733679_Effects_of_a_novel_finasteride_025_topical_solution_on_scalp_and_serum_dihydrotestosterone_in_healthy_men_with_androgenetic_alopecia )
I'm really at a loss on whats enough and whats too much. I just want to get rid of the libido-decrease i have experienced from finasteride, but I really cannot find out how to compare the stuff from MinoxidilMax with the clinical trials I find online.
Have you tried to figure this out? Apparently the best solution is 0.25% but with only 0.2275mg or 0.455mg finasteride per ml. This doesn't make sense to me at all - have you looked into that? :-)
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Hi Tommy - so hows it going with the sideeffects? Did you have any libido/other sexual side effects when on oral finasteride?
I have bought the DualGen-15 Plus from MinoxidilMax. Apparently it is 15% Minoxidil and 0.1% Finasteride (it says that this means 1mg of fin, which is the same as you take orally, right?). You say you have something from them with 0.5% Fin? That sounds extreme, as all the trials I have seen has 0.25% at the highest - is that not correct understood?
But to be honest, I do not understand these percentages. In articles I have read about this, they talk about a solution percentage (in the following its 0.25%), but they also talk about a amount in mg fin for the solution - like fx 0,2275mg or 0,91mg);
"The effects on scalp and serum dihydrotestosterone (DHT) of different doses of a novel topical solu-tion of 0.25% nasteride (P-3074), a type 2 5α-reductase, were investigated in men with androgenetic alopecia. Methods: Two ran-domized, parallel-group studies were con-ducted. Study I: 18 men received 1 mL (2.275 mg) P-3074, applied to the scalp once a day (o.d.) or twice a day (b.i.d), or 1 mg oral tab-let o.d. for 1 week. Study II: 32 men received P-3074 at the dose of 100 (0.2275 mg), 200 (0.455 mg), 300 (0.6285 mg), or 400 (0.91 mg) µL or the vehicle o.d. for 1 week." ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285733679_Effects_of_a_novel_finasteride_025_topical_solution_on_scalp_and_serum_dihydrotestosterone_in_healthy_men_with_androgenetic_alopecia )
I'm really at a loss on whats enough and whats too much. I just want to get rid of the libido-decrease i have experienced from finasteride, but I really cannot find out how to compare the stuff from MinoxidilMax with the clinical trials I find online.
Have you tried to figure this out? Apparently the best solution is 0.25% but with only 0.2275mg or 0.455mg finasteride per ml. This doesn't make sense to me at all - have you looked into that? :-)
Thanks!