I have been taking the lower dose of finasteride since before HRT. I also take dutasteride.
My prescription for finasteride expired and the doctor refused to refill it.
Does anyone know if I even need the finasteride anymore since dutasteride is more potent?
I am not a doctor.
I had the same thing happen to me but I am left with finasteride. My PA said I did not need dutasteride.
My particulars:
T 24 ng/dl, high dose finasteride, oral E and AA. The E has sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). I do not know my free T but it must be extremely low as I am regrowing a lot of hair.
If you are on spiro and E, then I believe you won't even need dut or fin. Seriously, you're chemically castrated for all intents and purposes.
I'd get a panel done to check your DHT levels to confirm this.
I don't take spiro, and am having the orchi on July 15 anyway. I just wanted to avoid a trip to the doc if I could.
Also dutasteride has a 4 week half life while fin is 8 hours. So you definitely won't be needing fin if you are taking dutasteride.
Refer to this chart
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GL198745 is dut
Quote from: Evelyn K on April 28, 2014, 09:40:23 PM
Also dutasteride has a 4 week half life while fin is 8 hours. So you definitely won't be needing fin if you are taking dutasteride.
Refer to this chart
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hairsite.com%2Fhair-loss%2Fimg%2Fuploaded%2F400_image1.gif&hash=87fb9c8034385cb6171d1d011215ee76edcff888)
GL198745 is dut
Nice. Well played, madame!