01Ninety of the one-milligram tablets is the lock, not a 5 mg bargain
Intake: 1 mg daily for male pattern hair loss, ninety-count on the cash row, 5 mg stays on the prostate shelf.
Patients photograph a Proscar 5 mg blister and ask whether four crumbs equal Propecia. Markup says no on this desk. One milligram daily is the hair NDC. Five milligrams daily is the prostate NDC. Splitting a 5 is a clinic cost trick some people use. It is not the Uxora fill and it is not how we file the indication.
Type II 5-alpha-reductase turns testosterone into dihydrotestosterone in scalp and prostate. Finasteride blocks that step. Serum DHT falls on the order of seventy percent at the 1 mg dose in dose-finding work. Follicles still need months of quieter DHT before a photo looks different.
This site does not prescribe. A Portuguese script still needs a licensed clinician. Mail [email protected] if a sentence on the card disagrees with a leaflet in your pack.
If someone arrived from a Sildalist shop hoping a hair tablet would also fix a PE myth, they have two wrong files. Sildalist 120 is dual PDE5. Finasteride is a DHT brake.

02PSA math and the crushed-tablet rule
On 1 mg in younger men, mean PSA moved from about 0.7 to 0.5 ng/mL at month twelve in the hair trials. On 5 mg in older BPH men, PSA falls about fifty percent. Any confirmed rise from the new baseline needs a work-up even if the number still looks 'normal' for an untreated man.
Non-adherence can bounce PSA. Tell the lab and the GP that the tablet is on board. High-grade prostate cancer risk is a labeled 5-alpha-reductase class note. It is a screening conversation, not a hair-forum punchline.
Pregnant partners should not handle crushed or broken tablets. Wash with soap if contact happens. Semen exposure at 1 mg has been studied; the insert still writes the crushed-tablet warning in plain language. Follow that language.
Generic finasteride 1 mg x 90, GoodRx Propecia tablet table.
Generic finasteride 1 mg, ninety tablets, the Uxora Propecia ninety-count lock, August 2026. GoodRx lists 1 mg x 90 at $147.21 average retail and $34.85 with a coupon. Proscar 5 mg hair-loss off-label is not this fill. Uxora does not dispense.
03Sexual AE on the 1 mg trials, not on a forum percentage
In year-one hair studies, decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, and ejaculation disorder each sat at or above one percent and above placebo. An integrated count: 3.8 percent of men on Propecia versus 2.1 percent on placebo reported one or more of those drug-related experiences in year one.
Most men who stopped because of those effects saw resolution. Many who stayed also saw the reports fade. That is the label story. Persistent post-stop symptoms exist as postmarketing reports. They are not a reason to tell every starter they are ruined. They are also not a reason to mock a man who has them.
Ejaculate volume can dip a little. A 1 mg study showed a median 0.3 mL drop versus 0.2 mL on placebo at 48 weeks. The 5 mg prostate dose showed larger volume drops that reversed after stop.
Do not add an export PDE5 combo to 'cover' a sexual AE. That is a new class and a new set of walls. The AE chip is the calm version of this chapter.
04Hair failure is not a Sildalist indication
Men who see a softer erection on 1 mg sometimes open an export PDE5 cart. Sildalist 120 is two PDE5 inhibitors and no PE drug. It is a new class with nitrate walls, not a hair-tablet antidote.
If a clinician later writes a single labeled PDE5, that is a separate consent. A leftover 100/20 strip is not that consent.
Low desire on finasteride is also not a reason to add daily fluoxetine or a shop SSRI. Wrong direction. See the AE chip for the middle voice.
Prostate symptoms on a 1 mg hair file need their own look. Do not self-raise to 5 mg because nocturia started. That is a BPH visit, not a hair lock.
05How to run a year without turning the bathroom into a lab
Pick one part-line photo habit: same light, same wet or dry hair, same month mark. Judging at week three is how people add 5 mg or a shop stack. DHT is already down. The follicle is not a week-three organ.
Missed weeks bounce PSA and bounce shed stories. Write missed months on the lab slip. A 'normal' PSA after a holiday off the tablet is not the same baseline as a compliant 1 mg year.
Minoxidil, if a clinician added it, gets its own missed-dose rules. Do not skip finasteride for a week because the foam ran out and then blame the 1 mg tablet.
Blood donation, surgery, and a new partner who may be pregnant are moments to restate the crushed-tablet rule. Intact film-coated 1 mg tablets are the handling line. Kitchen splitters of 5 mg are how that line breaks.
If the plan is a finite course before a wedding, say the shed risk at the start. Stopping at month four to 'look natural in photos' can put the shed on the wedding calendar. That is a clinician timing talk, not a forum taper.
Mail [email protected] if this card ever tells someone to quarter Proscar as the official lock. It should not.
06Same INN, two labeled jobs
Propecia and generic finasteride 1 mg share the hair indication in men. Proscar and generic finasteride 5 mg share the BPH indication. Brand ink does not change the enzyme. It changes which box the pharmacist is allowed to open for which diagnosis.
Women and children are not the labeled hair population. Pregnancy is a contraindication. Crushed or broken tablets can expose a male fetus to the drug through skin. Intact film-coated tablets are the handling rule on the insert.
Blood-donation rules for 5 mg products are stricter in some systems because of the prostate dose. Do not assume a 1 mg hair tablet follows every 5 mg blood-bank sentence. Ask the donation desk. Do not invent a rule here.
The INN-read memo is the short literacy file when a cart shows both strengths.
| Product | Strength | Labeled job on this desk |
|---|---|---|
| Propecia / generic | 1 mg daily | Male pattern hair loss |
| Proscar / generic | 5 mg daily | BPH - not our hair lock |
| Quartered 5 mg | Improvised ~1.25 mg | Not the Uxora 90-count file |
07Quiet interactions and who should not start
Finasteride has few dramatic CYP stories at 1 mg. That does not make it a vitamin. Hepatic impairment needs caution because the drug is metabolized. Do not start from a cart in known liver disease without a clinician.
Breast tenderness or lumps need examination. Gynecomastia is uncommon and still gets a look, not a shrug.
Depression and mood change show up in postmarketing lists. A new dark mood after a hair start is a clinical contact, not 'just vanity stress.'
Sofia Mendes files this as a months-long adherence card. If the reader wanted a weekend result, they have the wrong enzyme.
| Absorption | Oral 1 mg; food optional. |
|---|---|
| Distribution | Widely distributed; protein bound. |
| Metabolism | Hepatic metabolism (CYP3A4 among others). |
| Excretion | Metabolites in urine and feces; enzyme effect outlasts the short plasma t½. |
08DHT drops in a day. The part does not.
Drake and colleagues showed scalp and serum DHT already down within weeks across a 0.2 to 5 mg range, with 1 mg near the plateau of suppression. Patients still need a three-month minimum before anyone calls the tablet a failure. Twelve-month photos are the honest checkpoint.
Stopping returns DHT toward baseline. Shed can follow. That is pharmacology, not a 'withdrawal syndrome' invented for clicks. If the plan is a finite course, say so at the start so the shed is not a surprise.
Dutasteride is a different inhibitor (type I and II) and a different label. This docket will not rank it. Do not add it on top of 1 mg as a homemade dual block.
Minoxidil, if used, is a separate topical or oral file. Combining stories in one paragraph is how people miss the pregnancy handling line.
09Keep 1 mg on the hair row
Propecia 1 mg daily, ninety tablets on the cash lock, is the hair file. Five milligrams is the prostate file. DHT falls quickly. Hair photos do not.
Sexual AE are real and usually discussed without apocalypse language. Crushed tablets stay out of pregnant hands. Therapy changes belong with the prescriber. The disclaimer is the fence around this desk.
Ninety of the 1 mg tablets is the sourced cash lock. We will not invent a thirty-count dollar or a quartered-5 coupon.
DHT falls on the order of seventy percent at 1 mg in dose-finding work. The part-line still needs months. Week-three selfies in new light are not a dose.
Year-one sexual AE sat a little above placebo. Neither ruin nor a joke. No Sildalist patch. No shed blackmail.
Pregnant hands stay off crushed or broken tablets. A kitchen splitter of 5 mg is how that line breaks.
PSA on 1 mg in hair trials moved from about 0.7 to 0.5 at month twelve. A rise from the on-drug baseline gets a look.
5 mg is the prostate NDC. Nocturia is a visit, not a homemade raise. Same INN, different job.
Generic 1 mg is still the INN. Brand ink does not rewrite DHT. A missing imprint is a quality question.
Dutasteride stacks are not this lock. If a specialist owns that pair, they own the monitoring.
Breast lumps and a dark mood do not wait for the twelve-month photo.
Sofia files a months-long adherence card. If the reader wanted a weekend result, they have the wrong enzyme.
A homemade cream from a crushed 1 mg tablet is not a clinic compound. Pregnancy contact remains a warning.
A PSA of 0.6 on 1 mg is not a panic by itself. Tell the lab the tablet name.
Splitting a 5 mg tablet is not a Porto dollar trick. Dust and pregnancy contact still apply.
Week-three libido change is a call, not a silent stop and not a double.
Blood donation rules sit with the service. This desk will not invent a yes.
Beard growth is not an indication on the 1 mg file.
Ninety tablets is a clock, not a reason to skip the next review.
Women of childbearing potential do not handle crushed 1 mg. That warning is older than this shop.
Month-three photos are early. The 1 mg lock stays daily. A homemade 2 mg is not a step on this docket.
Propecia 1 mg and Proscar 5 mg are different stamps. BPH at 5 is not a hair bargain. This desk will not invent a dollar for a split and will not write the dust as safe.
Women of childbearing potential do not handle crushed or broken 1 mg tablets. That warning is older than this shop and older than a 90-count bottle.
PSA on 1 mg already moved in the label from about 0.7 to 0.5. Tell every lab the tablet name. Do not hide the bottle to make a number look braver.
Year-one sexual adverse events were 3.8 percent versus 2.1. A change you feel is a call. A forum identity is not a diagnosis and not a reason to jump to 5 mg.
Blood donation rules sit with the service. Some services restrict 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors. This docket will not invent a yes for a Saturday drive.
A beard is not an indication on the 1 mg file. Crushing a tablet into oil is not a clinic compound.
Ninety tablets are a clock. Bring the bottle to the next review. Stretching weekends is not a schedule.
Sofia Mendes peer-passes the 1 mg card against the label. She does not pick a brand from an email to [email protected].
This site does not convert a Porto address into a US e-script. Prescribed-online still means a licensed clinician where you live, then a pharmacy.
Sources
- DailyMed PROPECIA (finasteride 1 mg) label
- Organon Propecia US PI
- Drake et al., JAAD: scalp/serum DHT suppression across 0.2-5 mg; 1 mg near plateau.
- Label AE: libido, ED, ejaculation disorder ≥1% and > placebo; year-one integrated 3.8% vs 2.1%.
- PSA: 1 mg hair trials 0.7 to 0.5 ng/mL at month 12; 5 mg BPH ~50% drop.
Checked against the current label and reviewed by Dr. Sofia Mendes. See Intake, Markup, Peer-pass, File.