Hello Doctors. Is it ok to take finasteride 1mg one day, and dutasteride 0.5 mg the other. Basically Alternate them? One day finasteride, the other day dutasteride. Even though Both are similar, you get the best of both medications. Let me know your expertise on the matter. Thank you as always.
November 30, 2021
Answer: Mixing finasteride and dutasteride The could be an option for some males. Whether it’s a good option for you or not would need a pretty thorough review with your doctors. Dutasteride and finasteride might not be good options for a variety of reasons including a) you have another diagnosis besides androgenetic hair loss b) you have depression as a medical condition c) you do not wish to use lifelong and d) you do not fully understand all the risks of 5 alpha reductase inhibitors and e) you do not fully understand the alternatives available to you. But mixing finasteride and dutasteride has been studied for over a decade. Of course, this is an off label use. Even a dose of dutasteride on the weekends can often be an option for some men. An Australian study in 2013 reported a male who was initially treated with finasteride for androgenetic alopecia (male balding). Despite good compliance with the medication, the patient noted his hair density was not as good as previous years, and low-dose dutasteride at 0.5 mg once per week was added to the finasteride therapy. Interestingly, this treatment plan resulted in a dramatic increase in his hair density, demonstrating that combined therapy with finasteride and dutasteride can improve hair density in patients already taking finasteride. Specialists who say finasteride and dutasteride do the same thing so why waste your time with thinking about this might not have reviewed all the published studies on finasteride and all thr published studies on dutasteride. The reality is that 0.5 mg dutasteride taken daily is more effective than 1 mg finasteride taken daily. Now that does not mean everyone should take dutasteride. Not at all. But this is the data and the extrapolation would be that alternating finasteride and dutasteride would be more effective than finasteride daily. All males need to review side effects of finasteride and dutasteride in great depth with their prescriibing physician. Thanks for your question. See article: Boyapati A and Sinclair R. Combination therapy with finasteride and low-dose dutasteride in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Australasian J Dermatol 2013 -
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November 30, 2021
Answer: Mixing finasteride and dutasteride The could be an option for some males. Whether it’s a good option for you or not would need a pretty thorough review with your doctors. Dutasteride and finasteride might not be good options for a variety of reasons including a) you have another diagnosis besides androgenetic hair loss b) you have depression as a medical condition c) you do not wish to use lifelong and d) you do not fully understand all the risks of 5 alpha reductase inhibitors and e) you do not fully understand the alternatives available to you. But mixing finasteride and dutasteride has been studied for over a decade. Of course, this is an off label use. Even a dose of dutasteride on the weekends can often be an option for some men. An Australian study in 2013 reported a male who was initially treated with finasteride for androgenetic alopecia (male balding). Despite good compliance with the medication, the patient noted his hair density was not as good as previous years, and low-dose dutasteride at 0.5 mg once per week was added to the finasteride therapy. Interestingly, this treatment plan resulted in a dramatic increase in his hair density, demonstrating that combined therapy with finasteride and dutasteride can improve hair density in patients already taking finasteride. Specialists who say finasteride and dutasteride do the same thing so why waste your time with thinking about this might not have reviewed all the published studies on finasteride and all thr published studies on dutasteride. The reality is that 0.5 mg dutasteride taken daily is more effective than 1 mg finasteride taken daily. Now that does not mean everyone should take dutasteride. Not at all. But this is the data and the extrapolation would be that alternating finasteride and dutasteride would be more effective than finasteride daily. All males need to review side effects of finasteride and dutasteride in great depth with their prescriibing physician. Thanks for your question. See article: Boyapati A and Sinclair R. Combination therapy with finasteride and low-dose dutasteride in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Australasian J Dermatol 2013 -
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