Answer: Generic finasteride vs. brand name Propecia By law a generic medication has to have at least 80% of the bioavailability of the active medication. The vast majority of my patients have noticed no difference in effect and have been very happy with the savings.

2021年3月23日 · Answer: Generic finasteride Theoretically, all generic finasterides should be the same because the FDA of each country, controls the formulations. In practice,, however, patients tell me that there is a difference between the generics because they …

2016年10月13日 · Do you believe 1mg generic finasteride doesn’t work as well as propecia? Forum, The ISHRS journal has an article concluding that generic 1mg fin causes the patient to continue to thin (and those switching from Propecia to generic saw loss increase).

2017年1月25日 · Answer: Generic Finasteride All generic medications are bio-actively the same but sometimes the fillers are different which theoretically could make a difference, but this is unlikely. IMO there should be no difference.

2016年5月9日 · 36/male with mpb/thinning in my hairline. I was prescribed 1mg finasteride and have taken it for 4 months. I've seen MUCH MORE thinning in this time frame, and, due to financial reasons, I have been using generic Actavis Finasteride from Costco instead of Propecia.

2016年12月2日 · I've been on 1mg generic finasteride daily for 10 1/2 months (before bed). I've seen my frontal thinning continue (along with a burning/mpb itch in this very area) so I researched and decided to switch to brand name fin (to Merck Proscar, 1.25mg daily).

2017年5月14日 · Ive been on finasteride for the past 1 year. Shed at around 150 hairs/day for the initial 3 months. Thereafter the next 3 months the shed stopped drastically and started again at month 7 continuing till month 9, where i lost at close to 200 hairs/day.

2020年5月5日 · I am currently using Teva Pharma generic finasteride. I understand that the active ingredients are theoretically bioequivalent with brand-name, but there seems to be anecdotal reports suggesting the efficacy of generic finasteride is relatively less predictable.

Side effects with Finasteride are less common that people think. Taking 0.5mg a day may reduce the chance of side effects, while still providing good protection against hair loss. Regarding generic equivalents, all generic medications have to have equivalent efficacy/safety as the brand name, so generic Finasteride should be fine for you.

2018年1月29日 · Finasteride blocks the conversion of Testosterone to DHT, effectively blocking the main culprit for male patterned hair loss - DHT. Unfortunately, DHT is also a parent hormone for a number of neurohormones in the brain and this is where the side effects can present themselves, with a host of symptoms called Post Finasteride Syndrome (PFS).