Andrew Huberman· PhD
Now, it is not foolish to reduce your dose if you're experiencing bad side effects, but to simply increase your dose because you're not getting results quickly enough, that's not going to be the best approach.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Now, it is not foolish to reduce your dose if you're experiencing bad side effects, but to simply increase your dose because you're not getting results quickly enough, that's not going to be the best approach.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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I really encourage people who are going to explore the finasteride route, to think of this as a long-term project and to really ratchet up slowly if at all, starting initially with a low dose taken for a long period of time, maybe even as long as 25 weeks before considering going up any further.
Whereas if one really wants a potent stimulus for increasing hair growth, that's very likely going to be finasteride, and hopefully low enough dosages of finasteride and hopefully a patient enough patient person that they are willing to wait the duration of time required for that hair growth to come back because they understand that their antigen phase takes some time.