Finasteride versus Dutasteride

In the past few years, Dutasteride I has show better results in cases of male pattern hair loss.

White Finasteride inhibits on type 2 form of 5-alpha educates enzyme, and Dutasteride inhibits both type 1 snd 2. This study compared Finasteride 5mg to Dutasieride 0.5 mg. The differences are tabulated below:

Finasteride 5 mg (high dose)	Dutasteride 0.5 mg
Inhibits type 2 alpha reductase enzyme only	Inhibits type 1 and type 2 alpha reductase enzyme
Reduces the level of DHT by 70% approximately	Reduces the level of DHT by 90% approximately.
DHT level recovered after stopping medicine in 8 weeks	DHT level recovered after stopping medicine in 12 weeks
Semen volume and count decreased but were not statistically significant.	Semen volume and count decreased but were not statistically significant.
Sperm motility decreased in 10%, which persisted in 9% at a follow-up of 1 year.	Sperm motility decreased in 10%, which persisted in 6% at a follow-up of 1 year.r.
Sperm morphology was normal.	Sperm morphology was normal

The point to be noted here is that 5 mg of Finasteride was used in the above study. We use a much less dose of 1 mg for male pattern hair loss.

To conclude, Finasteride’s side effects are rare and reversible. However, in the rare case, they can persist even after stopping it.