I Upped My Finasteride Dosage and My Hair Loss Stopped Drastically

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Dear Dr. Rassman, I understand the debate regarding the appropriate dosage of finasteride to be taken seems to have no end. I am currently taking 2.5mg (half proscar since 3 years ago where Propecia stopped working as well), so far so good. I would not say propecia stopped responding, but more of my genetics are catching up. Anyway, by upping to 2.5mg , hairloss has stopped drastically but still very gradually. My conclusion is that, any amount of finasteride is better than … [ visit site to read more


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