Anyone take Propecia Long Term & Quit w/out Problems

[maxout777]

I know man, I'm sorry I'm just so pissed and I just feel like I need to warn people. I didn't know when I first started taking it neither do doctors. Thats what's so scary about it. How long did u take it for?

Didn't even take Fin, took Saw Palmetto and got all the same sides. Makes me even more pissed off, given the fact that it's sold OTC with no warning.

[Calvin]

I started with no sides so I thought, but they creep up on you slowly and you hardly notice them at first they get more intense with time . I was an 8 year user and the sides didn't get bad until about 6 months ago.

[Calvin]

I know man, I'm sorry I'm just so pissed and I just feel like I need to warn people. I didn't know when I first started taking it neither do doctors. Thats what's so scary about it. How long did u take it for?

[Calvin]

Dude I'm trying to save lives I wish I would not have read some ass holes post on how wonderful propecia is when I first started taking it. I wish I would have seen the posts about what it can really do and how the effects are potentially Forever! It's not worth it guy! If I was given the option from this day forward to never experience those mental side effects again but I had to chop off my dick. I would say give me the butcher knife, it was that scary! I happened to call a friend I haven't talked to in awhile and told him everything I was going through and that finasteride caused it. He said what was the name of the drug? I said finasteride! He said oh my god I'm taking the same thing and I've been to the emergency room three times this year because i thought i was having a stroke or heart attack. I Said dude throw those F'n pills in the garbage!

[Calvin]

Hey Barry I'm doing better but still having a lot of joint pain. Panic attacks and anxiety are way down but I had to take some Xanax which I don't advise very addictive dangerous drug! I'm about three weeks off and I guess it's normal to feel better in that time. I'm trying to stay calm and pray to god I don't crash in the next week or so. I would rather do 5 years in prison and get gang raped by 5 guys than experience that again. How are you doing?

[burtandernie]

I just read the 10 year study yesterday. Out of like 118 men the ones that started balding in their 30s had the best results, and the sides were noticed in I think 7 men and it was like 6 percent. I still think even if the odds of sides is a little low from the FDA studies you still have terrific odds of having no issues even if it was closer to 6 percent. I mean if your a gambler you understand odds. That being said we know not everyone wins.

[maxout777]

I would never advise anyone to take this drug. You're safer doing heroin at least you can go to rehab and be ok in a couple months. Finasteride will screw you up forever.

As someone who's experienced persistent side effects for the past few months from a 5ar-inhibitor, you've got to calm down. I am MUCH better than I was in just a couple of months. Not everyone ends up "screwed for life"....

Man, you've been off for under a month, calm down. Plenty of people take longer than the "two week" recovery window. Nothing set in stone that you're screwed for life.....but if you keep that outlook and attitude, it definitely won't help matters any.

[Calvin]

I would never advise anyone to take this drug. You're safer doing heroin at least you can go to rehab and be ok in a couple months. Finasteride will screw you up forever.

[Calvin]

I would advise everyone to never take this drug. If you are taking the drug and you don't think your experiencing sides I would definitely stop taking it before you get the sides because you might actually get lucky and be able to quit without it destroying your life.

[Puppeteers]

Moist your scalp first with organic coconut oil, and juice out some fresh coriander, rosemary with a slice of ginger and spread it on your scalp. (leave it over night and just wash it off)
What grows under our feet is the solution, since your body recognizes it due to the enzymes needed.

[hardick]

Yeas Saw palmetto covers the whole natural flora, and the only thing people remembers it´s the word natural, and just by guessing it´s in minimized form (pills,powder) for easy usage?

Fin seems amazing, since it´s has to be so exiting to inhale the drug, and just pray that nothing strange happen to your body.
And people are amazed if they can actually maintain some hairs, and praise it until they find out that they are dependable of the drug, and that sides can appear after 6-10 years of usage.

I have no clue regarding your statement of my treatment, since I´m regrowing hair so please let me know when I´m going to start loosing hair, since you already have the knowledge.

If you can proove your growing hair without fin or to a lesser extent minox, I and many others would love to know. Clear pictures are the best form of proof..

[hardick]

I understand.
But it´s a shame that our complex nutrients growing under feet is a past, and the drug industry is trying to copy it.
I don´t squeeze trees but it´s gone to far, and going back to basics is certainly a major key since we cannot fool nature or our system.

Edward Griffin explains it perfectly, nobody is going to spend their money on natural ingredients since they cannot patten it.
It´s a ongoing profit industry, from Merck to your friendly hair transplant doctor to keep your precious hair.
But i´m foolish enough to use growing plants directly on my scalp.

You have the information, there is a lot of people who wish they had that as they first started loosing hair. See if your opinion changes as you continue to loose hair. I wish I had of hopped on fin earlier then I did. People have been talking about saw palmetto for years yet I have not seen one single picture of results with it. Good luck

[burtandernie]

Yes in the next year or two maybe something will show up that can at least replace finasteride like that s equol or something like that. Better major treatments are still a few years away most likely. A lot of people have been on fin for many years and never touch these forums. I knew some people in real life that were on it maybe years ago and doing fine. Derm I saw about 8 years ago had tons of men on it with no issues said it was very safe. These forums definitely skew results towards the negative aspects of fin, but you have to be aware they do exist.

[hardick]

I will just chime in to what burtandernie is saying. Propecia unfortunately is not ideal and if there was something better id be taking it. But for the large majority it is a life saver. No hair tranplant will come close and look natural like your natural hair, so if you are noticing you are loosing hair my recommendation get on the only prooven treatment that works asap as it is very hard to regrow what you have lost. I personally know of 3 out 3 people who take the drug and it has worked wonders for them. And I am pretty confident they dont spend there spare time on these crappy forums telling everyone how good it is. They are out living life.

Lets prey one of these new treatments in the pipeline works and comes out very very soon.

[burtandernie]

Okay but you never gave a viable alternative to propecia that has evidence it works as well. Some of what you have there is flat out wrong. Not everyone requires different co-factors to reverse hair loss there is absolute proof that castration prevents MPB from ever happening. Nothing else in existence has ever been shown to do that. If thats not powerful proof its hormone related I dont know what else to say. Nothing now can reverse hair loss.