(28M) Started on oral 1mg Fin/day about a week ago. Haven’t noticed any side effects beside some anxiety/brain fog that started after the second day. I can definitely tell it’s anxiety based on some previous experiences with anxiety/panic attacks. Wondering if I should continue with the 1mg with the understanding that my body needs to adjust to the meds effects on hormones, or split the 1mg pill in half and take that for a few months to adjust my body then move back to 1mg. Does anyone have experience with moving to the 0.5mg and did it stop the shed after a few months? A lot of information on why you shouldn’t split the pill based on formulation/coating but figured I’d ask. Appreciate any input
You can definitely split the pill. It will be mostly homogenous but even if on some days you get 0.6 mg of fin and on others you get 0.4 mg, it doesn’t matter. As for the efficacy, 0.5 mg per day is basically as effective as the full 1 mg per day, so you needn’t worry there either. To me, since you’re experiencing some difficulties, dropping to 0.5 mg for a few months seems like a good idea.
I thought I’d add that, when splitting the pills, it’s important that women who might become pregnant do not come in contact with the split pills, as they no longer have their protective coating, and the mother being exposed to finasteride can cause birth defects in male fetuses.