Mark2010

A lot of the top surgeons like Dr Alan Bauman and Dr Sara Wasserbauer have in the past been on Merck's payroll so that might be one reason why they defend the drug.

https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/the-medical-mystery-behind-americas-best-selling-hair-loss-drug

Says the man who is involved in selling finasterdie... Sleep problems with finasteride are very common. You would want to be blind not to see it.

Insomnia is a recognized side effect of Finastride. When I was on the drug I completely lost the ability to sleep that was like pure torture. Post-Finasteride Syndrome Table 1: Reported symptoms of Post-Finasteride Syndrome1 Sexual Symptoms Physical Symptoms Mental and Neurological Symptoms Decreased or complete loss of sex drive Female-like breast development and enlargement Severe memory/recall impairment Erectile dysfunction, impotence Chronic fatigue, listlessness Slowed thought processes Loss of morning and spontaneous erections Muscle atrophy, weakness Impaired problem solving, decreased comprehension Sexual anhedonia, loss of pleasurable orgasm Decreased oil and sebum production Depression Decreased semen volume and force Chronically dry, thinning of skin Anxiety Penile shrinkage and numbness Melasma Suicidal ideation Peyronie’s disease Tinnitus Emotional flatness and anhedonia Scrotal shrinkage and numbness Increased fat deposition, obesity and elevated body mass index Insomnia Decrease in body temperature Reduced HDL cholesterol, raised fasting glucose and triglycerides Attempted suicide Completed suicide

You may be fine now but what happens if you come off the drug for a few weeks ?

No I'm no longer taking Fin that drug destroyed my life. My advice to you is get off it before it messes you up.

I'd hardly call HRBR reputable they put a 14 year old child on Finasteride which is completely against official regulations. It's amazing they haven't been closed down yet. Finasteride is not even licensed for the treatment of hair loss in Ireland. One of Ireland's most respected Doctor's Andrew Rynne publicly stated that he was "ashamed" to have the owner of the clinic Dr Maurice Collins as a colleague. Just look at this video Dr Maurice Collins blatantly lies about Finasteride claiming any side effects "go away in 100% of cases" once the drug is stopped. Even Merck now admit that the side effects of Finasteride do not go away in all cases.

The difference with finasteride is that it can permanently destroy your mental, physical and sexual health. Not many other drugs can do that. And this is only to treat a cosmetic condition. I would never have taking the drug if I knew how dangerous it was.

The problem with finasteride is that for a percentage of people the side effects do not go away after they stop the drug in fact the side effects can actually get worse.

Finasteride does cause depression I know because the worst depression I ever experienced in my life was while I was on finasteride.

Another great Documentary on Propecia Side Effects.

The actor your talking about actually has hair in real life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conleth_Hill

Being "FDA approved" means very little in terms of safety. Just look at Merck's Vioxx drug which killed over 60.000 People. That drug was also "FDA approved".

I don't see why its hard to believe "Suicidal ideation" is a recognised side effect of Finasteride. I personally knew 2 guys who took their life as a direct result of using Finasteride. Post-Finasteride Syndrome Doctor says Propecia responsible for son

59 finasteride suicides reported to the World Health Organization Progamme for International Drug Monitoring’s last year. The number is now 62 the last time i checked. Finasteride-Induced Suicidal and Self-Injurious Behavior Rises 33% in WHO Database of Adverse Drug Reactions - The Post-Finasteride Syndrome FoundationThe Post-Finasteride Syndrome Foundation

A cosmetic drug which has caused at least 60 known suicides and destroyed countless other lives is not acceptable in my opinion.

You may be fine now. But that doesn't mean the drug won't harm you in the future. Some people can take the drug for 10 years or more without any side effects but then "crash" over night and they are never the same again for the rest of their life.

The article is actually written by a Doctor who never took the drug.

Yes Finasteride was originally designed for "chemical castration". Finasteride

Dr Andrew Rynne says that Doctors who prescribe fin put "money, profit and greed" ahead of medical ethics. https://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-doctor-prescribes-Finasteride-or-similar-hair-loss-drugs/answer/Andrew-Rynne?share=f4bd0157

Anyone considering taking Propecia should watch this Documentary.

Only a small percentage of people will complain about anything. For every one person who reports their sides there will be atleast 10 people who don't. PropeciaHelp.com has almost 4000 members that is just the tip of the iceberg. I can tell you from my own experience that finasteride drove me to the brink of suicide in 2012 this is something that I would of never have thought of let alone tried to act on before I took the drug. It totally messed up my mental, physical and sexual health. When I got off the drug my depression and anxiety slowly went away. The depression I had while on finasteride was the worst depession I ever had in my life.

I had no sexual side effects while on Finasteride but once I came off the drug I had a hormonal crash and my libdo was wipped out over night. That was 4 years ago and to this day I have not fully recovered.

The only Doctors who claim Finasteride is "safe" are part of the Hair Loss industry they are not impartial. However here we have one honest Hair Loss Doctor who admits that Finasteride can cause "permanent side effects" in "rare cases". Skip to 8:15 Anybody who takes Finasteride risks been one of those "rare cases" were their life is destroyed by the drug. If I had known what happened to me was even possible I never for one minute would of considered taking Finasteride. Nobody told me that the drug could cause "permanent side effects".

They can't sue because its the truth. Paul Dixon and others admitted they killed them themselves as direct result of having used finasteride. You can see from Pauls Twitter posts how the drug had affected him https://twitter.com/cheesey45/with_replies To date there has been at least 60 known "Propecia Suicides". Finasteride-Induced Suicidal and Self-Injurious Behavior Rises 33% in WHO Database of Adverse Drug Reactions - The Post-Finasteride Syndrome FoundationThe Post-Finasteride Syndrome Foundation "Suicidal ideation" is a recognised side effect of finasteride in New Zealand. Post-Finasteride Syndrome