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Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: bun63 on August 02, 2018, 01:20:39 PM

Title: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: bun63 on August 02, 2018, 01:20:39 PM

I would like to ask if there is anyone with any knowledge/experience in treating women's hair loss with a combination of the above drugs.I have searched the internet looking for drug interactions but can't find any information.
Are they safe to take together?

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: CLKD on August 02, 2018, 02:32:04 PM

Hi!  Have you put the products into the search box on here to see if there are threads?

Or ask a pharmacist in your chemist?  Take the products with you - then let us know?

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: bun63 on August 02, 2018, 03:12:06 PM

I am a pharmacist myself but have had no reason to look into this before now.
I have been taking Loestrin 20 for several years, primarily to keep menopausal symptoms from occuring (it has worked fabulously for that as I have had none and I am now 55)However,I now believe this has led or contributed to my hair gradually thinning to a point where I am now very concerned.
I have found out that the Loestrin 20 has one of the highest androgen indexes for a birth control pill and so has likely led to my hair problems.I am now at an age where I ought to be taking HRT instead of the pill,hence the interest in Femoston conti.
I have also read that finasteride is good for hair loss in post menopausal women due to its action in blocking the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone,the latter being the cause of hair loss in men and women.

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: CLKD on August 02, 2018, 04:32:52 PM

That's technical  ;D  ::)

 :-\ ............ is it in the search box here? 

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: bun63 on August 03, 2018, 08:15:11 AM

 :)lol.I have typed it in an nothing comes up.
However I am now going to order some Elleste Solo to boost the oestrogen in the Femoston Conti (both contain natural estrodiol and not a synthetic oestrogen)I have also read that astaxanthin and saw palmetto supplements block the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone and so may be a safer alternative to try before embarking on finasteride.

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: CLKD on August 03, 2018, 03:23:50 PM

Is this with discussion amongst colleagues  ;) or are you going it alone?  Do let us know how you get on!

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: bun63 on August 03, 2018, 03:35:03 PM

Going it alone.
I have just ordered Femoston Conti 1/10 along with elleste Solo 1mg from an online pharmacy.
Will stop the Loestrin 20 as soon as I receive these.Hope and pray my hair can be saved with this combo along with the many supplements I am taking :)

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: CLKD on August 03, 2018, 03:48:34 PM

I sense a book or a Thesis for someone in your story ............  ;)

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: bun63 on August 03, 2018, 03:53:13 PM

 8):)

Title: Re: Treating post menopausal hair loss with finasteride 5mg and femoston Conti 1/5
Post by: CLKD on August 03, 2018, 04:26:35 PM

I'll type it - I have my upright Olivetti typewriter in the attic space  ;) - it's seen 7 Thesis thus far as well as various essays etc.  ;D