Finasteride and alcohol

[criticalpain]

Hey guys lately I've started drinking again during weekends and sometimes even during weekdays so as I take my Finasteride pill in the evening, I was wondering if it's best to avoid drinking? Do they have any interaction? I've been advised by some other forums to avoid alcohol after taking Finasteride for a couple of hours at least.

[ciaus]

I take mine first thing in the morning before the brushing of the teeth. There's so many ways and places the evening can come to an end, esp when alcohol is involved, making it easier to miss doses altogether. Anyway, relative to the extra work/beating the alcohol is taking on your liver to process, I would expect the 1mg finasteride to be having a much smaller effect. But then why pile on your liver anyway, just start taking the fin first thing in the morning with your favorite hangover recovery beverage

 

Found some otherwise interesting links searching a little on finasteride and alcohol. The mind games that drug plays on some people, while I don't doubt there is a small minority of guys that have sexual issues when taking it,  I suspect if you were to either not tell them that was a potential side effect, or just not tell them they were taking anything and slip it to them, most of those guys wouldn't have any issues.

 

Jul 28, 2020/by William Rassman, M.D. & Jae Pak, M.D./Hair Loss Causes

Has your relationship with alcohol changed since being on fin? Personally I used to drink a lot and now I kind of dislike drinking and only drink once in a while. Not sure if this is a rare reaction or even caused by fin.

Drinking with finasteride is not a problem

https://newhair.com/baldingblog/finasteride-and-alcohol/

 

 

====looked up this Dr Rassman and he's a legit doctor, member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)

https://ishrs.org/doctor/36908/

 

 

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739798/

Conclusion

Heavy, daily drinking increases the risk of high-grade prostate cancer. Heavy drinking made finasteride ineffective for reducing prostate cancer risk.

Keywords: Alcohol consumption, finasteride, low-grade prostate cancer, high-grade prostate cancer

Edited July 30, 2020 by ciaus

[Gabreille Nelson Mukhia]

4 hours ago, criticalpain said:

Hey guys lately I've started drinking again during weekends and sometimes even during weekdays so as I take my Finasteride pill in the evening, I was wondering if it's best to avoid drinking? Do they have any interaction? I've been advised by some other forums to avoid alcohol after taking Finasteride for a couple of hours at least.

Drinking alcohol shouldn't have that much of a problem with Finasteride intake.