Please i really need your advice.

For 3 months I started taking 1.25mg of proscar daily because I started to shed hair. soon after taking proscar, hair loss came to a halt and I stopped worrying about MPB. But then I started to get sexual side affects so i stopped the treatment and everything was in working order in days. But now of course am starting to itch n shed again. what do i do? less proscar? saw palmetto? minoxidil? am 26 and still have a full head of hair but I will begone if action is not taken.

This is why a prescription from a doctor is required for finasteride… to answer questions like yours if you experience side effects. I often recommend half a pill a day for those that see side effects to see if this is tolerated, but cutting a 5mg Proscar tablet into 8 parts is a real challenge. Ask you doctor, as this is an important thing for you, and you should not let it slide until you go bald.

I wanted to clarify my question, which you called “A Reader’s Minoxidil Theory“. Let me put the question to you another way:

If a healthy hair follicle, which was never going to be affected by baldness, comes in contact with minoxidil, then its anagen phase will be prolonged and, as a result, its telogen phase will be delayed. And when the minoxdil is withdrawn, then that healthy hair follicle will finally enter its telogen phase and fall out. But since that hair follicle is healthy, then it will grow back, regardless of the minoxidil discontinuation.

Do you agree?

I have no basis of a scientific opinion. You may be right, but does it matter if the long term impact is negligible?

Hello doctor. i been taking propecia for about 2 years its been working alright for hair loss however i always have had side effects from it like erectile dysfunction, headaches, stomach problems, all kinds of stuff. i don’t see any hair solution coming soon so i decided to stop taking this medication that is doing so much harm to my body. do you suggest to start rogaine or it wouldnt help since propecia is much more efficient? i’m 25 and i’m starting to give up on this battle :(

i cant believe nobody can find a solution to this horrible disease

I am not your doctor and you are asking for a medical opinion with only a limited amount of information supplied to me and no opportunity to examine you. I really can not help you without a direct examination and interview to get to know more about your medical history and experiences. If you have headaches and stomach problems (and “all kinds of stuff”) you might have something else going on, but you’re attributing it to the finasteride. I really don’t have a clue in your case, and that is why an exam is important.

If you’ve been taking Propecia, you hopefully have a prescription and should go back to your prescribing doctor with the question you posed to me.

I’m using Minoxidil for eye brow hair loss. I just started. Can I expect to lose some eyebrows at first, and if so, for how long?

Minoxidil should not negatively impact the existing hair from the eyebrows.

I have a question about the coating on proscar tablets.

If I were to quarter a proscar tablet would it affect the pills absorbtion into my system in a negative way, additionally, would the ingredients be a stomach irritant without the coating? I had wondered if it might be better to crush a proscar tablet into powder and then weigh the powder to one millagram and place it inside a gell capsule.Thank you for your time and consideration

You sound creative and I guess you can try your crushed method. The best way, of course, is the drug Propecia which is pre-measured into 1mg finasteride that you should take daily to treat hair loss. Everything else is a substitute for the best way to take the drug.

I’ve really got no idea about stomach irritation without the coating. If I had to guess, I’d say the coating is there to make the pill easier to handle. If women touch a broken finasteride tablet (particularly without the coating), it could lead to problems with pregnancy and such. Just one of the reasons finasteride is not indicated for women.

This new drug that makes eyelashes grow and grow thicker,would you think it would help hair grow on the scalp used with minoxidil.It is listed as a side effect that it could grow hair on other parts of the body if it is put on the skin in that area. I would think that if minoxidil grows small hairs in one area that putting on Latisse applied before minoxidil would be a big help to hair growth.

See Scientific American for info on this drug. At the cost of $120 for a month, hair applications might be prohibitive. You can imagine a month supply will probably be an extremely tiny tube, since it is meant for your lashes. I will prescribe it when it is available.

I have been taking a generic finasteride for 2 years now,with good results. I am paying about $600.00 Canadian for a one year supply.I recently saw an advertisment on line for finasteride for about half that price. My question is what do you think about me alternating every other day the two different genertic finasteride,just in case the cheaper one is not as good as the one I am already taking?

Assuming this other generic is really finasteride, it should be the same. There may be different filler ingredients, but as long as both contain 1mg finasteride, alternating shouldn’t be a problem. Be sure that the manufacturer is reputable and that they are approved for sale by the FDA which will provide some assurance of purity in what you are buying.

Keep in mind that this is your body you are dealing with, so if you don’t trust the cheaper unknown brand, you may consider not buying it. I can understand if it is a car or a house or anything else and you’re looking for a great deal, but I wouldn’t recommend skimping on medications. Online prescription drug sales are also suspect in my eyes, particularly when they’re imported from other countries and violate various laws.