Does Your Weight Determine the Amount of Finasteride You Should Take?

Hi,

I’m curious about Propecia dosage. From reading various forums it seems as if doses from .25mg all the way up to well over 1mg of Finasteride are being taken. I am 25 years old, but am very short and underweight. Is it reasonable for me to consider taking say .5mg a day? My question is, does your weight etc. affect the amount of Finasteride you should be taking?

Many thanks.

The data is not available that relates your weight to the dose required in using Propecia (1mg finasteride) effectively. From early finasteride research in the use of this drug for treating hair loss, it was determined 1mg was the best dose for the effect that was the target of the study. At half the dose (0.5mg) finasteride was reported to be 80% as effective as the 1mg dose. At 0.25mg, the effectiveness of finasteride was reported at about 50%. This is all I know about dose and response.