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  • hairmia
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2015
    • 5
    #1

    finasteride dosing

    Didn't get much response on reddit so I'm gonna try here as well.

    I'm thinking about trying finasteride, hairline is receding, but very, very slowly and have been contemplating the dose required. While I know 1 mg is the optimal dose studies show that lower doses are also effective (just not to the same extent).

    consider this post here https://www.baldtruthtalk.com/thread...l=1#post132600

    coupled with this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10495374

    wouldn't a microdose of 0.1 or even 0.05 provide quite the benefit, even if 1 mg is the optimal dose? The point of all this is of course to try to reduce any eventual side effects. I'm still gonna start out with 1 mg but it would be interesting to know if a lower dose would be effective should I experience sides that doesn't go away with continued use.
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    • Ziggyz123
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2015
      • 367
      #2
      I would most definitely start low. .25 would be optimal. A lot of guys start on the 1-1.25mg and experience negative effects. Ease into it so you don't shock your body. And yes, low doses are still nearly as effective as 1mg. Good luck mannnn

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        • hairmia
          Junior Member
          • Jun 2015
          • 5
          #3
          there isn't much of a difference between 0.25 and 1mg though, 0.25 inhibts dht by about 62 % while 1 mg is around 68.9 %, I'm talking specifically about doses as low as 0.05 which would be around 50 % if I read the above graphs correctly.

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            • Erstan
              Junior Member
              • Jun 2015
              • 5
              #4
              Originally posted by hairmia
              there isn't much of a difference between 0.25 and 1mg though, 0.25 inhibts dht by about 62 % while 1 mg is around 68.9 %, I'm talking specifically about doses as low as 0.05 which would be around 50 % if I read the above graphs correctly.
              yeah i think the larger 1mg isn't worth it unless your really severe case

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                • Johny41
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2014
                  • 145
                  #5
                  It is curious, how are you going to divide the tablet in doses like 0.1 or 0.05 mg.

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                    • hairmia
                      Junior Member
                      • Jun 2015
                      • 5
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Johny41
                      It is curious, how are you going to divide the tablet in doses like 0.1 or 0.05 mg.
                      that's the real problem isn't it, I'm gonna try to grind the pill up then divide into small piles (impractical and most likely not feasible), the other way is to dissolve it in alcohol and then dose accordingly

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