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Old 07-16-2008, 12:32 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Amanda__Lee View Post
I was prescribed Spiro. yesterday for hair growth and acne. My Dr. has started me off at a low dose of 12.5mg. Through the experience of any Spiro users out there, what is the preferred dosage for this complication? I am curious to know just how high one must go to to see results - although as I have read, seeing results takes a while.

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Dang . . . are you seeing my old doctor? My doctor also only prescribed 12 1/2 mg per day for me, which I knew was way too low from all the research I had done. He refused to go higher, though.

I got a referral to an endo and when I told her my dose, she laughed at his lack of knowledge and said how ridiculous such a low dose was for someone with PCOS. She said 12 1/2 mg would do nothing.

She immediately gave me a script for 100 mg. From all the research I've done, for PCOS, a typical dose is 100 to 200 mg per day. Any lower, and there are little to no results. Results can be seen from 3 to 6 months on the medication.

I took it for over a year getting up to 200 mg. I was never taking it so much for extra hair, but for the hair loss, which I found out is not something that spiro will help much with.

I've since switched from Spironolactone to Flutamide and am experiencing far more significant success for the hair loss.
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