PCOS Messages for August, 2000: Thank you! 1 question---CAN'T TAKE ALDACTONE--PROPECIA (VERY VERY LONG)

Thank you! 1 question---CAN'T TAKE ALDACTONE--PROPECIA (VERY VERY LONG)

From: lynn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:17:17 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 30 Aug 2000, anonymous wrote: >
>Lynn- I think I'm just the person you should talk to. I couldn't take
>aldactone because of breakthrough bleeding. I was prescribed the drug
>finasteride. Proscar is 5mg of finasteride and propecia is 1.5mg of
>finasteride. proscar and propecia are the same drug(Finasteride) but
>the dosage is different. This drug was prescribed to address the facial
>hair and the thinning scalp hair. My endo started me on 2.5mg of
>proscar for three months. Proscar only comes in a 5mg pill, so I had to
>get a pill cutter and only take 1/2 of the pill once a day. After three
>months my endo upped the dosage to the full 5mg. So I take 5mg of
>finasteride a day (proscar). I researched this drug alot before taking
>it and all the studies on it's use with pcos woman were based on a 5mg
>dose of finasteride. My endo felt the minimum effective dosage would be
>2.5mg. The propecia (1.5mg of finasteride) that your doctor prescribed
>may be to low for you to receive any of it's benifits.

Hi : )

Thank you sooooo much for your help! I don't know what my doc will say, really had a problem giving my propecia and not terribly open minded. May I ask if you are in Ohio? I know it would be a long shot but I need to find a doc who will be willing to try this. You mentioned diet, exercise and herbs. I eat a lot of veggies, chicken, brown rice, not a lot of simple carbs or sugar. What may I ask are you taking for vitamins and herbs? I am sorry your hair did not come back all the way. Mine has fallen out in a matter of 4 months and still is. I would say I have lost about 70% of it, just unreal. I don't know if this is typical or not? I am going to try and get in to see my doc soon and talk to him. I know there are so many women who are fighting this problem and I feel like I am whining, I don't mean it to sound that way but this happened so fast and has completely devistated me. I won't go out, cannot sleep and am now going to work out of my house as I got a divorce and nothing from my ex. There I go again! Moan, bitch, complain! : ) Thank you for any suggestions and again for your help.

Sincerely,

--
Lynn

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