Recent content by Sarangravii

Yes. I've done some more reading, and it seems as if topical spironolactone is in a whole other league as compared to oral spironolactone, but I haven't seen any real studies of long-term effects. Short term though (there was this study from -88) topical spironolactone didn't seem to be absorbed systematically whatsoever...

*Sigh*..I'd like to believe that; but I know I tend to react quite strongly to any sort of medication, except for any kind of normal painkiller. I grew up thinking they were placebo. Seriously, the list of sides appears worse than the one for fins- how much safer does it become by being a...

JayMan: Thanks for the advice. Seems that site mentions a synergistic effect between minoxidil and topical spironolactone cream. I started googling a little, and while perhaps not entirely relevant, the first sentence I read was: "Spironolactone has caused tumors in laboratory animals." :p Seems pretty...

Helloes. I've been on finasteride for the last...1.5 years. Recently, my love affair with it ended. In retrospect, what happened during our relationship was this(if you don't feel like knowing, skip to the big H): Hair: has kept well on top, not well at the temples or frontline. (My head...

Finasteride is used to treat an enlargened prostate, and as far as I'm aware, an inflamed prostate ala prostatitis isn't necessarliy == an enlargened prostate .

Hello Calories. I've recently been afflicted with something, and also recently stopped using fins. I do not truly know how related these two issues are, if at all, but since I suspect I have prostatitis I'd like to ask about your symptoms. Mine started rather suddenly one day as an issue...

Just wanted to add some light to what would have easily seemed like darkness forever: The erection problem appears, at least, INTERMITTENT!! This may seem like cheering over a straw unburned when the rest of the village has gone up in smoke, but aalright! Now there is still pain...something has...

Hey MBPwarrior, many thanks for replying. Yes, I did stop taking fins last sunday or monday. (Well..I didn't intend to stop right then, but that is when I took the last one) I have stopped taking it for almost a week before and not had any 'withdrawal' symptoms, so I don't really believe...

Edit. If the mods feel this should be in the 'dealing with side effects' section, that's fine. I'm sort of fishing here though because I don't know if the finasteride is the culprit. Hello. I've been on finasteride (proscar, 1.25mg every other day) for almost two years. During the last few...

About a year gone by for me, and at least one side effect is getting a bit annoying now (what would appear to be enlargened prostate). Of course, I don't know how common this is, as no one wrote a single atom in my thread :p

Helloes. I've been on fins for about a year (am 25 now) (Proscar - 1/4th every 4/5 days the first 5 months, then 1/4 every other day, now perhaps more sporadically :/ ) and have had some effects I never read about beforehand (and I did read quite a lot about finasteride). For the last 3...

I've been on Fins for..well, around a year now. I first took 1/4th of Proscar every four days of five; then switched to a 4th every other day). As of lately (impossible to say when - humans are so good at adapting to new conditions and forgetting the time before the condition) I've noticed...