Taking .05mg finasteride effective with fewer side effects?

[CurlyBird]

As my research into ways to mitigate finasteride side effects continues, I seem to have come across some useful information.

1) Taking .05mg reduces scalp DHT almost as much as anything above that dose. However, serum DHT is ~20% higher at that dose, meaning most likely fewer sides. This is according to one study.

2) DHT counteracts the effects of estrogen in a sort of balancing act. It is not only the amount of hormones that matters, but the RATIO of this hormone to that.

And so wouldn't you know I stumbled upon a link on another forum that is basically summing up exactly what is in my head based on all this repetitive, careful research.

Read the article, and take a look at the graph at the top.

http://www.hairlossbuddha.com/finast...o-reduce-them/

I am thinking of trying this sort of a plan, whereby I take the .05mg dose dissolved in ethanol perhaps twice a week to start off with, POSSIBLY alongside an aromatase inhibitor. If this research is correct, it could really be what the article refers to as the "sweet spot."

Has anyone ever tried this? What was your experience? I wish we could get a small forum trial of this going and see what the results are in terms of side effects and hair maintenance relative to larger doses.

EDIT: Although the link to the actual study on the page is broken (as are many others leading to the university of Pennsylvania website --- see http://www.propeciahelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=79), here is the FDA's response to the researcher regarding a petition he sent to them regarding using a lower dosage:

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dai...00/pav0001.pdf

Apparently, this professor basically did an analysis of the FDA files on Propecia, but he is in fact a physics professor. Although it is at the university of Pennsylvania, not exactly morons over there. In any case, I figure he is at least as qualified to research this topic as we are, and probably far more so.