Any success with half a porpecia dose?

[Fante]

The full 1.25 mg gave me instant side effects. I'm considering getting a new prescription but this time halving or quartering the dose. I.E. .50 or .25mg a day.

 

Does anyone else do this? Thoughts?

 

Thanks

[TakingThePlunge]

Fante,

 

I took the full 1.25mg for probably about 18 months, while I would consider my side effects mild, I decided to play around with my dosage to see if I could minimize them without losing the benefits.

 

I first began to cut the pill in 8ths but I found that these tiny pieces were just too splintered and inconsistent. So, I went back to cutting into 4ths but only taking it every other day. I've been doing this for about three months now I think and I haven't noticed an increase in shedding yet but have seen less watery semen.

 

I plan to keep doing this and monitoring my hair. If I see hair loss returning then I'll quickly go back to daily usage.

 

All the best,

[RCWest]

On Dr. Rassman's Balding Blog, he stated that .5 mg. is about 80 percent effective. Also, top docs like Dr. Cooley put their patients on a M-W-F schedule with the full 1 mg. dose and claim equal results to the 1 mg. every day.

 

Spex, if the max concentration of Finasteride occurs between 1 and 2 mg., then why do they prescribe 5 mg. for BPH? I've always wondered that. Is it to keep the concentration up for a 24 hour period?