Combination therapy with finasteride and low-dose dutasteride in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia.
We report on a 47-year-old man who was initially treated with finasteride for androgenetic alopecia. Despite continuous treatment, after year 4 his hair density was not as good as at year 2, and low-dose dutasteride at 0.5 mg/week was added to the finasteride therapy. This resulted in a dramatic increase in his hair density, demonstrating that combined therapy with finasteride and dutasteride can improve hair density in patients already taking finasteride.
Department of Dermatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ann.boyapati@gmail.com
Ann
A
Boyapati
Rodney
R
Sinclair
D058891:5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000505:Alopecia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001378:Azasteroids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D000068538:Dutasteride; D018120:Finasteride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D058891:5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors; D001378:Azasteroids; D018120:Finasteride; D000068538:Dutasteride