Why 1mg dose for finasteride?
1 mg finasteride is for hairloss and 5mg is for prostate. So if 5mg works better, why not using 5mg for hairloss ? Is it related about the amount of DHT found in the scalp ? Has anybody an idea or a study ?
Merck, the drug company that introduced finasteride (Propecia), tested its effectiveness against doses ranging from 0.1 to 10 mg for hair loss. They found that the 1mg dose was the ideal dose for men’s hair loss and that the 5mg dose was the best dose for prostate enlargement that plagues many men over 55. It is interesting to note that many men who had the 5mg dose recommended for their prostate found that they grew their hair back, a great surprise for men of almost any age.
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