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Generic finasteride vs Propecia effectiveness? Recent study worries me.

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Do you believe 1mg generic finasteride doesn’t work as well as propecia? Forum, The ISHRS journal has an article concluding that generic 1mg fin causes the patient to continue to thin (and those switching from Propecia to generic saw loss increase). They believe Propecia has a higher effectiveness due to ingredients--new generics DO NOT have same compounds. Do you believe this is true? I'm on 9 months generic 1mg from Costco and it doesn't seem to be stopping loss. Article is at goo.gl/SPL7Pz

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