Trying Propecia 1/8th of pill

[benji27]

Hello everyone,

It seems that my body cannot handle finasteride very well. I am 29 year old male 5'9 160 pounds with advanced miniaturization in the mid-front but very front hair line is still holding on some how.

I was cautious with the pill and only took a quarter pill a day for 3 days.
I stopped after 3 days because it immediately made it harder to achieve erection and morning wood was gone after the first qtr pill.
I took it right before I went to sleep which I think attributed to the morning situation.

I freaked and I stopped taking it (I thought about flushing rest of the 89 that cost $230 down the toilet). After about a week and a half, my functions came back to normal-ish.

I gave it another try at an even weaker dose. I am 2 weeks into taking 1/8th of a pill in the morning which probably varies from .1mg to .15mg since the final home-cut product varies in size. My body seems to respond better to the lower dosage. I will post results and will put my camera to use so I can get a before and after picture for this blog and Dr.Rassman if he chooses to use it.

Lastly I would just like to say that Dr. Rassman is the man :cool:.

[Mark]

I know Dr. Rassman has said that .5mg Finasteride has shown to be 80% as effective as 1mg, but it sounds like you're really cutting it down big time at 1/8th of a pill. Aside from the decreased libido, have you noticed any difference in your hair loss? Is 1/8th a pill working for you?

And yeah, if you want to upload photos go right ahead, I've got a post in the "read here first!" forum that shows you how to upload photos to your account here on the forum.

Thanks for posting!

-Mark

[benji27]

So, I was feeling all brave since the 1/8th pills were not showing much side effects and I take a qtr pill and BOOM side effect.

Makes me wonder, do I really have to make this trade between being able to achieve erection and more hair?

Back to 1/8th pills...

[Mark]

So, I was feeling all brave since the 1/8th pills were not showing much side effects and I take a qtr pill and BOOM side effect.

Makes me wonder, do I really have to make this trade between being able to achieve erection and more hair?

Back to 1/8th pills...

Wow, that's unfortunate. I'm cutting proscar pills into quarters so I'm getting a bit over 1mg per dose and I haven't experienced any side effects. I'm going to start counting my blessings.

Good luck to you. Have you noticed any difference in your hair since you've been taking 1/8th of a pill?

[benji27]

Well, I've been switching between qtr and 1/8th daily pretty much.
It's been only a bit over a month? Not much difference, but it feels like its working.
Not as much hair falling out.

[LAZERFISH]

I guess everybody responds differently to finisteride, but I still believe it is a very safe drug with side effects being rare. I remember when Proscar 5mg first came out. For the first 2 years, I was popping it like candy, 20mg a day (that's 20times the Propecia dose of 1mg). Way back then, the early 90's, it wasn't widely known that it could be used for hairloss too, so my insurance company paid for it, but they gradually caught on and stopped so I went back down to 5mg a day. Never had any side effects whatsoever even with a 20mg dose per day.

You can always try topical finisteride or topical dutasteride.