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I've now been using a month both dutasteride and finasteride daily. I take the first in the morning and the latter in the evening. I use dutasteride with a 0.5 mg and finasteride with a 2.5 mg daily dose. I know those are a lot, but let me explain.
I was using finasteride ever since as early as from 2007, continuously. In 2012 I made in hindsight the mistake of stopping its use for roughly four months, in which time I lost maybe as much as 60-70 percent of hair coverage on my scalp, which was in good shape to begin with. I continued the use and luckily I was able regain perhaps half of what I lost during the stoppage. I seemed to notice however that the relative effectiveness had started to drop, so over the years I ended up upping the dosage to half of a full 5 mg tablet. During the last 2-3 years I started to notice my hairline on my left temple to recede to a point where I decided its now or never when I have to react, or I will have lost the fight. I visited doctor and got a recipe for dutasteride, which is supposed to be more effective in prohibiting the production of DHT. I quit finasteride and used it alone for 3 to 4 months, but the pace the hair loss continued only sped up, so I decided to continue my finasteride, along with the dutasteride.
The simultaneous usage of both the main medication for hair loss seems to be last straw for me, at least for now. I was wondering can anyone think of any significant reasons not to use both at the same time, other than the main adverse effects that can be suffered, listed on their individual labels, when used alone? I don't seem have any of those, luckily. I had some back in 2012, prior quitting finasteride for several months, but I haven't suffered any side effects since I stopped and continued, although the efficacy in preventing hair loss has not ever been the same. I have also been using 5% minoxidil pretty much daily this whole time.
I was using finasteride ever since as early as from 2007, continuously. In 2012 I made in hindsight the mistake of stopping its use for roughly four months, in which time I lost maybe as much as 60-70 percent of hair coverage on my scalp, which was in good shape to begin with. I continued the use and luckily I was able regain perhaps half of what I lost during the stoppage. I seemed to notice however that the relative effectiveness had started to drop, so over the years I ended up upping the dosage to half of a full 5 mg tablet. During the last 2-3 years I started to notice my hairline on my left temple to recede to a point where I decided its now or never when I have to react, or I will have lost the fight. I visited doctor and got a recipe for dutasteride, which is supposed to be more effective in prohibiting the production of DHT. I quit finasteride and used it alone for 3 to 4 months, but the pace the hair loss continued only sped up, so I decided to continue my finasteride, along with the dutasteride.
The simultaneous usage of both the main medication for hair loss seems to be last straw for me, at least for now. I was wondering can anyone think of any significant reasons not to use both at the same time, other than the main adverse effects that can be suffered, listed on their individual labels, when used alone? I don't seem have any of those, luckily. I had some back in 2012, prior quitting finasteride for several months, but I haven't suffered any side effects since I stopped and continued, although the efficacy in preventing hair loss has not ever been the same. I have also been using 5% minoxidil pretty much daily this whole time.