I am getting back on finasteride and minoxidil to try and stop my hair loss and regrow some back. I’m buying 1mg finasteride but am planning on breaking them up because I got a lot of pain in my testicles and was freaked out by having sexual health problems for the rest of my life.
Starting out, should I just take 0.25 mg or 0.5 mg daily? or space it out across multiple days?
Trying a lower dose like 0.25 mg or 0.5 mg daily could help minimize side effects like testicle pain. Some people do find success spacing out doses, but fin’s long half-life generally means daily dosing is more common. You might want to experiment with the dosage and see how your body reacts.
I’ve tried lower doses to mitigate some of the sides, which worked for a while but I ended up stopping. You could try MWF (I did this and it did stop hairloss, but I still had sides) 1mg or MWF .5mg, I would suggest .5 as a starting point and see how you respond.