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From: filter_girl@lycos.com
Date: 2004-08-06 18:24:51 UTC
Subject: RE: compounding finasteride (proscar)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5592363.1091816691572.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

I have tried compounding it with cherry syrup, which is often used to compound other pills, but the finasteride is insoluble in it...which made my fert Ed think it was disgusting. The best thing I can recommend (which is what I do know, and is a huge pain....but it works) is to mix a crushed pill with about 6 cc of duck soup and syringe feed it to my fert. He eats it right up. This works well if you are giving the 1mg a day dosage. If you are down to a smaller dosage (To begin I think you do the 1mg a day for 30 days then switch to 0.1mga day for long term use....see previous discussion on the subject posted from Dr. Jerry) I would crush up one pill in 10cc of duck soup, mix very well, and give 1cc a day. I don't think the finasteride dissolves in the duck soup...its more mixed in with it, but my fert never noticed. Hope this helps.

Author wrote:
> What works best to compound with finasteride for palatability?
> tle