Maybe. It may be a sign of an allergic issue or irritation. Some people cannot use the medication because of this.
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Itching can be a side effect and some patients cannot use minoxidil because of this as it can lead to irritation and hair loss. Please follow up with your doctor for an exam.
Please call your surgeon! I do not know what you have. Hot flushes, redness, severe itching on face and neck sounds like some allergic reaction or an infection.
Although finasteride 1 mg per day(Propecia) is the recommended dose, a slightly increased dose (cutting a Proscar 5mg in quarters to make it 1.25mg) will be as good as a 1mg dose per day. Even 2.5mg or 5mg should be of no issue with respect to the treatment for androgenic alopecia, other than a small […]
While it is possible, it is highly unlikely that all of what you are experiencing is due to the actual side effects of the drug itself. I mean, you’re talking about developing gynecomastia in 3 days after taking Propecia, which is hard to accept from a medical point of view. It would likely take weeks […]
Honestly, you need to ask your doctor. This is a prescription medication that I did not prescribe to you. I can’t tell you whether you should switch between medications. Sorry. avodart, dutasteride, finasteride, propecia, hairloss, hair loss
As you know, the medication in Propecia and the 5mg generic are the same, just different dosages. Cutting the 5mg pill shouldn’t produce anything different from the 1mg name brand pill. I guess you could go back to trying the name brand Propecia to see if that makes any difference, but I would be surprised […]
If you are having issues with an ingredient in minoxidil, then you should not use it. It does not matter if you are dependent on minoxidil or not. If there is an unwanted side effect, you need to address it. I would discuss your options with your doctor.
Lowering the dose of finasteride may lower the side effects, as I have seen this in my practice. Always discuss your medication changes with your prescribing doctor. While it is advantageous to be on finasteride when considering a hair transplant surgery, it is not an absolute factor. Many patients undergo hair transplantation without taking finasteride.
1. I don’t know. Your guess is as good as mine. 2. Yes, and a half a pill will be better than a full pill to lessen side effect risk… but no guarantee. 3. Avodart (dutasteride) has a 5 week half-life, so it might take months (in the order of 20-25 weeks) for the side […]
Assuming Finpecia is 1mg finasteride, I do not expect there to be an issue. Propecia is just the brand name for 1mg finasteride, and the generic form is sold by a variety of different names outside of the US (where it is not legally available until late 2013 due to patent laws). There might be […]
When I write prescriptions for Proscar or generic finasteride to treat hair loss, I write in the instructions that the drug be cut into quarters. If the pharmacy contacts the insurance company to authorize the medication for that, it is between the patient and his insurance company. I NEVER put a ICD-9 code that implies […]
You can get 2% minoxidil from the drug store without propylene glycol (woman’s version of the product). I can not predict what the effect of reducing the dose would be, but I might suggest more frequent use than just twice a day as you ‘crank’ down the dose. As everyone is different in their response […]
You have suggested the many reasons why you experienced the hair loss. I can not tell you which is more possible than the other. It could be from changing the dosing, or it could be from bad medication (I don’t know if it was indeed a scam), or it could be from stress… or it […]
If the drug is not counterfeit, splitting the pill into quarters should not product a problem. You bought it at Walgreens, so I’d expect the medication is fine. Teva is the largest generic pharmaceutical maker in the world. Cutting a 5mg tablet into 4 pieces would make each part 1.25mg, which is a little more […]
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