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    Default Help regarding propecia/side effects and so on

    Hi everyone, I would like to ask for some help here.

    I'm a guy on his late-mid 30s who started losing hair a while ago. I was recommended propecia, I think, around 2003/4 and took it for a while, maybe one year. Then again I took it in 2009/10 and haven't had any since.

    I noticed some loss of libido lately, and then read all the news about the propecia scare/propeciahelp/etc and totally freaked out.

    In 2011 and 2012 I had stable relationships with girflriends and had good sex, but I used viagra a lot. It made everything very good.

    Lately (last couple of months) I have noticed that my erections aren't as good. Please bear in mind that I took my last propecia pill somewhere in 2010. Can this have something to do with it? So much time after the last pill?

    However, I decided (bad choice I know) to read about the propecia "side effects" things online and it really, really, really scared me. Seriously, it did not help to read these things and it did much, much damage to my mind.

    Now, I know some of you are knowledgeable about the drug and have more information. How accurate is the "post finasteride syndrome" thing? Are these websites which say that merck is evil and propecia destroy lives/causes permanente damage/depression/etc balanced? Is there any truth there? I understand some doctors (respectable?) already defend that propecia is, indeed, dangerous, but I just can't find anything to trust!

    There is already a foundation for victims of finasteride out there. Is this legitimate? The website looks super professional... But still....

    I spoke with some doctors, went to urologists and other doctors and they told me not to worry, that this is fear-mongering and the such, but, alas, the anti propecia people say that doctors have no idea of the truth and they can't help anyone, according to them the condition is barely understood, nobody knows how to detect it, etc.

    How trustworthy are these claims? Can propecia really damage someone permanently? Which tests indicate EXACTLY that propecia damaged you? Or there are no lab exams that can be done??? If there are not exams that indicate exactly that propecia caused something, how can we know it was propecia in the first place???

    I made some tests that urologists asked for and everything was normal.

    Above all what I would like to ask is this:

    I already read ALL the horrible, unbearable, suicide-inducing horror stories about propecia out there. If all you have to contribute to me is MORE horror stories and information to make me feel even worse PLEASE DON'T BOTHER WRITING. I am looking for balanced and unbiased information, sensible and advice.

    I would like to very, very humbly and respectfully ask moderators to PLEASE help with this request and not allow fear/hate spreading messages of despair on this thread. Please. I do appreciate that. It doesn't help anyone and can cause much, much damage.

    Any balanced, unbiased advice and information is much, much welcomed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Orion22 View Post

    Lately (last couple of months) I have noticed that my erections aren't as good. Please bear in mind that I took my last propecia pill somewhere in 2010. Can this have something to do with it? So much time after the last pill?
    Absolutely not! Don't even let that cross your mind. You've been off of the drug for THREE years!

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    Apologies pay day. I forgot to mention I started question if things were ok down there in 2009/10. But with the help of Viagra I had really good sex in 2011 and 12.

    I think it has worsened lately. But I don't know if its my mind of maybe left overs from the drug, if propecia causes that at all that is... I dont have a sexual partner as of now. Thanks a lot for writing. Appreciated.

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    I'd really appreciate some knowledgeable advice on this... Maybe Doctor Charles? Thank you so much again for any solid information.

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