finasteride use and the military

[CauseForConcern]

I recently took the armed services test for the military because im thinking about joining,actually i have been for years.Anyways my question is since im on finasteride do you think they would let me take it while im at bootcamp or whatever?.Obviously i havent asked them that and this is probally a dumb question :roll: ..????

 

[dead]

Place 200 Proscar tablets in a condom and swallow it, you should be ok, but I have heard stories that to test for illicit finasteride smuggling in this manner the sargent will line everyone up, kick them in the stomach and see who grows hair.

 

[iamnaked]

You will also be well advised to note that hairloss regimes have a propensity to make you take on the semblance of a drug-addict. The cutting up of proscar and crushing of spironolactone pills will leave white powder on flat surfaces. You will be furtively sneaking around with blank parcels and popping pills. The spironolactone solution you apply on your head will make you smell of grade A skunk cannabis. IMO there is a strict tradeoff between the secrecy of your regime and how much of a junky you look like. This is surely all relevant to your career in the army.

 

[Resultsnottypical]

That is actually a good question. I wondered about that the other day when I was reflecting on the hair loss I have suffered in the years since I was in the military.

I was in from 89-93, so that was a while back, they may be more LENIENT now than then..but I can tell you, the very first night, they dump everything you have on a table in front of you (you should hardly bring anything anyhow) and they go thru EVERYTHING.

All prescription drugs, that were not initially disqualifying, obviously, are allowed that I know of. I would think, it is possible, that if you have a prescription, they will allow you to take one once a day.

They will shave your head too, so, it won't matter while you are there, however long your boot camp is, mine was 10 weeks (USCG) back then, at Cape May, NJ.

Ask your recruiter, but don't expect them to know or to get the right answer for you. I would take a small amount, UNCUT, that if cut, will last for the duration. Cut in half (proscar) and take Mon-Wed-Fri, etc.

You certainly won't get in trouble for taking them, and that initial part of boot camp, when they dump all your stuff, the drill instructors doing it, often aren't instructers per se..they are other permanent party and at that point, they are rude to you, but not singling you out for humiliation. They are actually doing their job, getting things sorted, getting your medical stuff in order (you will medical AGAIN once you arrive...expect no more than 3 hours sleep the first two or three nights, unless things have changed). I do not recall them holding anyone's things up and saying "Looky what we have here !" This part of boot camp is very administrative, to get certain things accomplished without all the other stuff.

That comes the day or two after. Good luck.

Semper Paratus

 

[Full Head of Hair]

I have always wondered the same as well. Actually, I have no doubt they would let someone take a perscribed drug (finasteride), but what if you wanted to do the whole thing like I do? Would they allow tricomin application during bootcamp or eucapil?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Please don't go to Iraq. Your life is worth more than anything Bushco can offer you. Do some research before putting your life on the line. By not enlisting, you will live long enough to get HM when it comes out.

 

[not me!]

Unless you have a prescription you will not be allowed to take anything. As for prescription medication, I really couldn't say. I would tell you to just have someone send them to you but sometimes you have to open packages that you recieve in front of someone (at least we did in Navy bootcamp). Anything suspect and they will take everything. Try this, though: if you do have to get someone to send it to you, just get them to tape a baggie of them in the lid of some shaving cream. A friend of mine in bootcamp got some of those Skoal snuff packets snuck in that way.