QUESTION AT THE BOTTOM....
About a week ago I started taking Proscar, having been on Propecia for about 4 years. I was gradually losing ground due to the aggressiveness of my MPB as it is common in my family. When I originally started balding I was losing a tonne of hairs everyday visibly. In the last few years that number is ever so slight, however I am still fighting an uphill battle as my hair is visibly getting worse.
I decided recently to switch from Propecia 1mg to Proscar (generic) 1.25mg because :
a) to save some money as the $85 a month is pricey
b) by upping my dosage from 1mg Finasteride (propecia) to 1.25mg Finasteride (proscar generic) - thinking it maybe will improve my gradual slide.
QUERY
*I have started shedding like a mofo. I feel like I'm shedding just as much as when I originally started balding.
I've seen a few stories online about this shedding and some people even switching back to propecia cause they are scared. I don't understand why it would create such a shed if it is the same drug primarily? It surely wouldn't be to a 0.25mg dosage difference? I can't find any data that shows propecia actually contains anything different to get better results than the finasteride. Also, the drug-fillers are more or less the same too. I've sometimes forgot to take propecia for days at a time and never really shedded this bad.
Any thoughts on whether to switch back to Propecia quickly or continue on with Proscar? My gut feeling is actually to do Proscar but consider adding something else to my regime, another inhibitor... Or something?
Cheers,
Sam
About a week ago I started taking Proscar, having been on Propecia for about 4 years. I was gradually losing ground due to the aggressiveness of my MPB as it is common in my family. When I originally started balding I was losing a tonne of hairs everyday visibly. In the last few years that number is ever so slight, however I am still fighting an uphill battle as my hair is visibly getting worse.
I decided recently to switch from Propecia 1mg to Proscar (generic) 1.25mg because :
a) to save some money as the $85 a month is pricey
b) by upping my dosage from 1mg Finasteride (propecia) to 1.25mg Finasteride (proscar generic) - thinking it maybe will improve my gradual slide.
QUERY
*I have started shedding like a mofo. I feel like I'm shedding just as much as when I originally started balding.
I've seen a few stories online about this shedding and some people even switching back to propecia cause they are scared. I don't understand why it would create such a shed if it is the same drug primarily? It surely wouldn't be to a 0.25mg dosage difference? I can't find any data that shows propecia actually contains anything different to get better results than the finasteride. Also, the drug-fillers are more or less the same too. I've sometimes forgot to take propecia for days at a time and never really shedded this bad.
Any thoughts on whether to switch back to Propecia quickly or continue on with Proscar? My gut feeling is actually to do Proscar but consider adding something else to my regime, another inhibitor... Or something?
Cheers,
Sam
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