All Propecia users,,, come here please !!!

[chrisis]

Hello..I'm 41. I was on propecia for 12 years and I can vouch for the side effects firsthand.
The drug has what I call a' slow creep', in that it's side effects, ED, lower libido came on slowly over the years..making me wonder if it was all in my head. When i quit and decided to give up the battle.. The only way i can describe it was that it was like my body was alive again.

Add one more to the ever-growing list. Are the deniers reading all of these stories???

skipstah, how long did it take for your body to return to normal? I experienced the 'slow creep', but within months rather than years. Throws a big spanner in the works of any argument that it's "mostly in the head".

[skipstah70]

Hello..I'm 41. I was on propecia for 12 years and I can vouch for the side effects firsthand.
The drug has what I call a' slow creep', in that it's side effects, ED, lower libido came on slowly over the years..making me wonder if it was all in my head. When i quit and decided to give up the battle.. The only way i can describe it was that it was like my body was alive again.

[dean66683]

28 and mild sideaffects at 1st but they stopped in time.

[chrisis]

Yeah, 2% is what previous studies have suggested and what is trumpeted here. 2% is also what we'd expect to find if people were just taking a placebo. This poll alone suggests that is absolutely not the case. There's just no way you'd get a poll indicating 1/3 or more experiencing side effects if they were just taking sugar pills. We're talking about our sexual health - most men are quite in tune with their penis and know when something is wrong.

That said the poll can't be regarded scientific because not enough people took it for starters, among other things. Pinch of salt.

[damielmillo]

HAHAHA 2% ??? are you kidding???
I think is at least 20%....
And some permanent....

[chrisis]

Wow just found this poll. Pretty good indicator that the 2% figure is way off.

[PropeciaVictim]

Is anybody else appalled by the fact that 1/3 of the respondents to the survey has suffered side effects from Propecia. The warning information lists less than 2% of Propecia users get sexual side effects (even before subtracting for the nocebo effect). While this isn't a random sample, it is telling that this survey represents a prevalence of side effects more than %1,500 what they admit.

[Nitro]

I'm 35 yrs old now and I've been on it for about 8 years. Just now starting to experiece lower sex drive/libido. I'm considering reducing my dosage to a pill every other day to see if that helps. It's unfortunate because propecia has worked well for me as a prevenative measure for losing my hair.

[khan]

Just an update to my erections/sex drive for those who may be interested.

I had some unexpected drunken sex on Saturday night with a girl I met that night. And I had no problems having sex with her several times in the same night. She even commented that I was erect the whole time, even between sessions. So that made me feel better about things.

Still not waking up with erections or getting spontaneous ones like I used to but I was able to perform when I needed to so I'm not as worried right now.

Good for you!! It seems you have no reason to worry. Please don't get stuck in the situation where you are worrying, and the worrying leads to problems which leads to more worrying like a self fulfilling prophecy.

What matter is you performed great when you needed to, which is great.

[kanyon]

Just an update to my erections/sex drive for those who may be interested.

I had some unexpected drunken sex on Saturday night with a girl I met that night. And I had no problems having sex with her several times in the same night. She even commented that I was erect the whole time, even between sessions. So that made me feel better about things.

Still not waking up with erections or getting spontaneous ones like I used to but I was able to perform when I needed to so I'm not as worried right now.

[boricotico]

3 months in Propecia. Some sex drive and watery semen effects during the 3rd month but now I'm good. I'm 33 yo.

[khan]

I used to wake up everyday I wasn't working, with an erection and masturbate. My memories or imagination allowed it. Now when i try to think of something saucy i can't get it up. I can watch porn and masturbate though but I do that rarely. I used to get erections several times throughout the day even for no reason, but I don't anymore. I haven't been in a position where sex has been an option for a few months so I'm not sure how my willy will respond when I'm in a sexual situation next time.

If I were you, I'd take a week or more off from all hairloss forums. Then evaluate whats happening with an open mind, that is also take into consideration any change in life style, without obsessing over sides or no sides.
If in the end you're convinced its definitely the Finasteride, then I would stop taking the drug, I mean if this was me, in your shoes.
Frankly I would also speak with a Doctor, but as some people on this forum claim that Doctors aren't up to date with the sides, perhaps they are right. But its good to hear an opinion, I mean you don't have to necessarily do what he or she says.

But that just my opinion (I am not an expert from any standards), you should obviously do what you think is best.

[kanyon]

I thought you could whatch porn, get a usual errection and masturbate, as you did before the drug?

I used to wake up everyday I wasn't working, with an erection and masturbate. My memories or imagination allowed it. Now when i try to think of something saucy i can't get it up. I can watch porn and masturbate though but I do that rarely. I used to get erections several times throughout the day even for no reason, but I don't anymore. I haven't been in a position where sex has been an option for a few months so I'm not sure how my willy will respond when I'm in a sexual situation next time.

[SBTRKT]

Truthfully my lack of erections and decreased sex drive is a worry. But right now I dont need a sex drive with my girlfriend overseas. As I still socialize frequently it's more important to keep my hair for now.

Let's hope that the side effects don't come back to bite you if you come off the drug.

[khan]

Truthfully my lack of erections and decreased sex drive is a worry. But right now I dont need a sex drive with my girlfriend overseas. As I still socialize frequently it's more important to keep my hair for now.

I thought you could whatch porn, get a usual errection and masturbate, as you did before the drug?