November 14, 2009
If I were to get prescription for generic finasteride for use of enlarged prostate but cut into 1 mg?
Posted by: admin : Category: Enlarged Prostate Treatment
Is this illegal, even if I don’t claim it on my insurance?
So, if I get prescription for avodart or proscar or some other medicine for enlarged prostate but use it as a treatment for hair loss, is this illegal?
if you are paying out of pocket and your MD knows this it’s fine. you can get generic Proscar (finasteride) and cut it, but the portions will not be 1mg. I have patients that do this.
It wouldn’t work quite as well with Avodart for 2 reasons:
1. Avodart is a different drug and may not promote hair growth
2. Avodart is a capsule
November 15th, 2009 at 12:19 am
I am a lil confused, but what I gather is the same med for enlarged prostrate helps hair loss and you want to get it for hair loss instead of prostrate issues? As long as the doc writes the script for you, I dont see why thats illegal. If your asking what I think you are, its kind of like getting Wellbutrin to help you quit smoking instead of Zyban. Its the SAME medication, but insurance covers one and not the other.
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November 15th, 2009 at 1:01 am
I see no legal problem unless the insurance is paying for it. if you have both problems, there is no concern.
However, Avodart is in a gel capsule and cannot be cut into smaller doses and Proscar tablets are quite small already and the finasteride may not be evenly dispersed within the tablet leaving some parts of a broken tablet with most of the medication and some with almost none.
Old Balding Doc with Prostate Problems (and no hair regrowth, yet)
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November 15th, 2009 at 1:29 am
if you are paying out of pocket and your MD knows this it’s fine. you can get generic Proscar (finasteride) and cut it, but the portions will not be 1mg. I have patients that do this.
It wouldn’t work quite as well with Avodart for 2 reasons:
1. Avodart is a different drug and may not promote hair growth
2. Avodart is a capsule
References :