10/2011 Study: <1.0% Japanese Men Show Side Effects on Finasteride

[HairTalk]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21980923

Of 3,177 Japanese men, adverse reactions were seen in 0.7%.

Not bad.

[goldbondmafia]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21980923

Of 3,177 Japanese men, adverse reactions were seen in 0.7&#37;.

Not bad.

too bad its not the same in North America, wish it was

[CurlyBird]

First post! Hi everyone.

Keep in mind that the Japanese diet is quite different than the western diet. They rely mostly on plants, fish, and a little meat. Little or no refined foods. Perhaps that explains the low incidence.

I would also like to point out that cancer rates of all sorts are very, very low in Japan, especially if you compare it to the west. This has been attributed to diet, I believe the documentary is Forks Over Knives.

[HairTalk]

I fail to see the startling difference either of you may be. To my knowledge, studies on men in the United States have shown an incidence of adverse effects in ~1&#37; of men: quite comparable to the 0.7% being reported in this Japanese study.

[clandestine]

To me it seems ridiculous that such a large number of members (who frequent baldtruth, as well as other forums pertaining to hair loss) claim to experience significant side effects resulting from propecia usage.

With a growing number of studies catering to both long and short term usage of the drug, which aim to make clear that sides resulting from finasteride indeed pertain to a minimal minority, how could a guy go wrong?

The multitude of forum goers who claim to have experienced sides from propecia must be misguided. What other explanation is there?


/sarcasm

[HairTalk]

To me it seems ridiculous that such a large number of members (who frequent baldtruth, as well as other forums pertaining to hair loss) claim to experience significant side effects resulting from propecia usage.

With a growing number of studies catering to both long and short term usage of the drug, which aim to make clear that sides resulting from finasteride indeed pertain to a minimal minority, how could a guy go wrong?

The multitude of forum goers who claim to have experienced sides from propecia must be misguided. What other explanation is there?


/sarcasm

Delete the "/sarcasm," and I agree.