Nizoral Killed my Sex Drive, Would Procepia and Dutasteride as well?

[khan]

Just curious, is that documented as a side effect of propecia/finisteride by the FDA?

Hair loss itself is extremely derpressing, and most hairloss suffers have some level of depression as result of the hairloss. A lot of people will push depression as a side effect, but its hard to establish causality when you're losing chunks of hair, and at the same time very easy to blame Finasteride rather than accept it as a result of the hairloss itself.

From what I have heard from some Doctors is that Propecia is useful in preventing prostate cancer.

[ryan555]

25 going on 65, let me educate you real quick on the sexual side effects... they aren't even CLOSE to psychological on any of these people... we wake up with no erection, we aren't interested in females, and sometimes it even hurts in our groin area. It's impossible to masturbate, and if the hottest girl in the world is all over us, nothing happens. It's pure biology and physical. There's no blood flow to the penis, among other things.

As far as minoxidil causing sexual side effects, it does on a much smaller amount of patients than finasteride. It made me as impotent as I've been off the other medicines I've taken, and when I got off minoxidil, it all came back. The evidence I found online of minoxidil causing sexual side effects were a few posts by people on forums such as this saying the exact same thing I was about it. Not sure why you don't see how it can cause sexual side effects considering even my asthma medication does, as does one of my ADD medicines and ALL antidepressants. And, yes, finasteride gave them to me, too.

If you're on anti-depressants, ADD drugs, and asthma medication in addition to hair loss meds, how can you possibly tell what is causing your issues?

[mattj]

If you are serious and this isn't some kind of a joke, if even a mild anti-androgen such as Ketoconazole did this to you, you may be ultra hyper sensitive to anti-androgens.

Out of pure curiosity, what strength were you using and how often were you using it?

I tend to agree with this.

Nonetheless, Jeremy, I am comfortable in advising you to give Finasteride a try, because the side effects (if you experience them) are very, very unlikely to remain permanent once you quit the drug.

[mattj]

You guys aren't alone. Both propecia and rogaine destroyed my sex drive and made me completely impotent. And you're right, dude, it can even hurt your dick and balls. I also get this from antidepressants asthma medicine, and ADD medicine. Basically, if I don't want to be impotent, I can't take medicine for anything. Now I have to deal with losing my hair since the medicines give me this erectile dysfunction crap.

May I ask, is your ADD medicine Adderall? ADD is normally treated with stimulants (like Adderall and Ritalin) and they are known to effect sexual function. Antidepressants (especially the SSRI class) are well known to have the same sort of effects. Both of these types of medicine are far worse in this regard than any of the hairloss treatments. I mean worse in terms of how large a proportion of users experience such effects and the severity of them.

[StressedToTheBald]

Just curious, is that documented as a side effect of propecia/finisteride by the FDA?

Not sure for the cancer, thats the latest news brought by Boston and Washington studies. As for depression, it has recently been included as a side effect, directly by the manufacturer Merck. When even the manufacturer accepts it as a side effect, it simply means that it is very real..

[JeremyCensorship]

If you are serious and this isn't some kind of a joke, if even a mild anti-androgen such as Ketoconazole did this to you, you may be ultra hyper sensitive to anti-androgens.

Out of pure curiosity, what strength were you using and how often were you using it?

I only used the 1%, about every other day but sometimes two days in a row. The testicular pain only occurred when I used it two days in row, which spurned me to stop.

[Tracy C]

Every other day is too often. You should not use 1% Nizoral more than twice per week unless a doctor specifically told you to use it more often than that. You should not use 2% Nizoral more than once per week unless a doctor has specifically instructed you to use it more often.

Do guys just never read the included information on how to use medications properly?

[JeremyCensorship]

It actually says 3-4 times per week...

[Tracy C]

No it doesn't. Read it again. It says "Use every 3 to 4 days for up to eight weeks or as directed by a doctor". That does not mean 3 to 4 times per week.

[sahilbedi]

SAME HERE MAN. It was my second date with this girl and i had no clue that it was happening. So we went back to her place and started doing our thing. I ****ing couldn't get a proper erection. I was so embarrassed. I got back home and thought it was just a one off thing, yesterday i got with another chick and same ****ing thing. I am gonna stop using this shit man, nothing's worth this.

[k9gatton]

Nizarol is a very weak anti DHT agent, if it can even be considered one.


Sometimes stress or nerves can cause erection issues. Nizarol does very little for hair loss.


Now, if someone has dandruff, that's a different story.