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    Default propecia and gyno...

    Hi all, just got my generic version of propecia...started taking a .5mg serving EOD about a week ago. A couple of things have been on my mind (keep in mind I am 20).

    I already have a mild, pre-existing case of gyno from my puberty years...I have become very lean in an attempt to disguise it but it still exists. I am wondering if taking propecia while I already have gyno seems like a stupid risk? Am I almost guranteeing myself worse gyno by doing this? It would be nice to have some advice from someone who took propecia while they already have gyno

    ...I've also heard that taking an anti-e such as letro may help?

    thoughs? thanks in advance

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    I'm thinking that I'm also experiencing some gyno by taking Propecia too. Main thing I'm concerned about is my ability to function in bed and my muscular structure. I've posted elsewhere that my muscles have felt soft and flabby after workouts; they always felt hard and firm when I wasn't on Propecia. Maybe this has been a more pronounced effect for me since I've been a big weightlifter for the past 15 years. I've heard from many other people how Propecia also majorly lessens your ability to get it up as well as ejaculatory loads. But then again, there are also people who don't experience side effects at all, and I will admit that Propecia does slow down hair loss (although doesn't do shit for regrowing hair, which is what we really need).
    I'm not sure how much longer I'm gonna be taking Propecia since it does drastically lower the production of a male hormone that makes a man a man in the first place. What we really need is a drug or treatment that opens up the pathways (WNT, hedgehog, etc.) that were clogged by DHT in the first place, not something that throws your hormonal production out of whack. That's why I really believe in what Histogen is doing. I would be totally elated if there were more companies like Histogen out there who work to regrow hair from within, rather than all of these other efforts that focus on scarring surgical procedures that I believe most people do not even want in the first place. But lastly, I don't blame people for taking Propecia at all. No one wants to go bald and Propecia does slow down the baldness process. I just believe that Merck's claim that the side effects from Propecia are few and far between is far from the truth.

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    Agreed. You definately have to weight the positives and negatives before taking it...but I've decided it is worth a shot unless people think that taking propecia will almost sure handedly make my pre-exisiting gyno from my puberty years a lot worse

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    I had a bit of pre-existing gyno prior to taking Propecia. I don't think it actually really effected this to any extent, but I've had persisting sexual dysfunction for the past year and a half after quitting the drug immediately after developing these problems. I have always wondered if my pre-existing gyno was something that pre-disposed me to these problems, but I don't have a clear idea.

    You most definitely will not find a conclusive answer to your question, but it is an important one.

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    The more i hear about Propecia the more i can't believe the FDA approved it, i'm so glad my doctor told me not to take this drug, you should not mess around with something so powerful and that can alter a very important part of what makes us male.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrRyan View Post
    The more i hear about Propecia the more i can't believe the FDA approved it, i'm so glad my doctor told me not to take this drug, you should not mess around with something so powerful and that can alter a very important part of what makes us male.

    The FDA is understaffed and did not have the proper specialists review the drug. Instead of allocating endocrinologists to look at the drug (since the main mechanism of action causes hormone imbalances) they had a dermatologist. Any endocrinologist will tell you to interfere with hormone conversion but Merck's marketing strategy is to target dermatologists and hair surgeons to prescribe the medication.

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