Not Seeing Results with Finasteride/Dutasteride: Possible Drug Metabolism Issues? Seeking Help with Topical Solutions in India

General
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I’ve been using finasteride for about a year and switched to dutasteride for the past 4 months, but I still haven’t seen much improvement, and my DHT levels are still within the normal range. I’m starting to think that I might be dealing with drug metabolism issues or something along those lines.

Has anyone else faced this kind of situation? If so, how did you address it?

Also, I’m from India, and I’ve had trouble finding topical solutions for finasteride or dutasteride. The only thing I’ve come across is DutaMax lotion. Can anyone help me find topical versions of finasteride or dutasteride here?

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I’m not an expert on this, so I could be wrong, but:

  1. Topical is used specifically not to affect systemic levels
  2. All known DHT tests are for serum DHT (DHT in the blood), and those are for practical purposes, the same as systemic levels.
  3. So if you are using topical administration of a 5ar inhibitor, then no blood test will give you an accurate reading of your DHT at the application site.

Have you considered oral administration of fin/dut?