At this point, I am pretty desperate to avoid Propecia. I don't see how even independent studies can report such a tiny incidence of side effects when lawsuits against Merck now number in the hundreds, when warnings of permanent side effects have been government-mandated in the US, Canada and practically every country in Europe, and when there are easily a couple of thousand horror stories that come up with one Google search. I'm not an endocrinologist but I think I'd be dumb to believe that you can block 70 per cent of an essential male hormone and not expect any changes to come to your body. Without DHT no male human being would be able to grow a dick.
What really got to me was reading about actual suicides of formerly healthy and successful men who took Propecia. Randall Santmann, Patrick Ortiz, John Davis Pffaf, Daniel Stewart, Stephen Kenny, Paul Andrew Dixon. Stewart was a college professor who served in the Air Force and Kenney was a detective sergeant, so they weren't emo teenagers. These guys killed themselves because Propecia caused them to physically cease to be men.
Not to mention that Merck blatantly lied about the side effects of Vioxx and only shelved the drug after 38,000 people died. How is it possible that no one from this company is sitting on death row right now? We're not exactly dealing with a moral manufacturer or a drug agency that makes sure nothing slips through the cracks.
Then you've got Champix as an example (not a Merck drug). It's been linked to 544 suicides and 1,869 suicide attempts. And according to the studies, even one that used 150,000 people, it doesn't increase suicide risk. Bahaha.
I was prescribed Propecia a couple of years ago and found it pretty weird that my doctor didn't know anything about it. I got a three-month supply and was too scared to take one pill. I ended up throwing it away. But I really don't want to go bald, man. I'm already 5'7", round-faced, big-nosed, broke, uneducated, approaching the end of my 20s, I don't need to add bald to the list.
Now RU has never been tested on humans. It is as well-understood as Alzheimer's. There's absolutely no quality information available. Ordering this stuff as a research chemical from a lab under false pretenses because of a couple of mouse and monkey studies that were conducted back in the Stone Age, and slapping it onto my head just screams dumb. But I'm desperate enough to try it. Plus the fact that it's topical and doesn't reduce DHT all over the body is somewhat reassuring.
Has anyone here actually been on RU for a long time (at least six or eight months) and stopped losing their hair? I don't care about regrowth, I could probably have a transplant one day to fill in what I've lost as most of my head is still soft and furry. If I could just stop losing my hair I'd be a happy camper.
What really got to me was reading about actual suicides of formerly healthy and successful men who took Propecia. Randall Santmann, Patrick Ortiz, John Davis Pffaf, Daniel Stewart, Stephen Kenny, Paul Andrew Dixon. Stewart was a college professor who served in the Air Force and Kenney was a detective sergeant, so they weren't emo teenagers. These guys killed themselves because Propecia caused them to physically cease to be men.
Not to mention that Merck blatantly lied about the side effects of Vioxx and only shelved the drug after 38,000 people died. How is it possible that no one from this company is sitting on death row right now? We're not exactly dealing with a moral manufacturer or a drug agency that makes sure nothing slips through the cracks.
Then you've got Champix as an example (not a Merck drug). It's been linked to 544 suicides and 1,869 suicide attempts. And according to the studies, even one that used 150,000 people, it doesn't increase suicide risk. Bahaha.
I was prescribed Propecia a couple of years ago and found it pretty weird that my doctor didn't know anything about it. I got a three-month supply and was too scared to take one pill. I ended up throwing it away. But I really don't want to go bald, man. I'm already 5'7", round-faced, big-nosed, broke, uneducated, approaching the end of my 20s, I don't need to add bald to the list.
Now RU has never been tested on humans. It is as well-understood as Alzheimer's. There's absolutely no quality information available. Ordering this stuff as a research chemical from a lab under false pretenses because of a couple of mouse and monkey studies that were conducted back in the Stone Age, and slapping it onto my head just screams dumb. But I'm desperate enough to try it. Plus the fact that it's topical and doesn't reduce DHT all over the body is somewhat reassuring.
Has anyone here actually been on RU for a long time (at least six or eight months) and stopped losing their hair? I don't care about regrowth, I could probably have a transplant one day to fill in what I've lost as most of my head is still soft and furry. If I could just stop losing my hair I'd be a happy camper.
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