Scared of taking Propecia + other questions - 19 YO

Bumblebee

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Hi guys, :)

My hair started to thin out about two-three years ago, although it hasn't been something I've been bothered that much about until now. In June (right before my nineteenth birthday), I discovered that my hair has reached a point where my scalp is getting more visible, thus making me to do something about it.

I've went to several doctors throughout the years about my hair, although nearly all of them said that it isn't male pattern baldness, but more rather stress that's causing it to thin. I recently visited my doctor to talk about getting a prescription for Propecia; she told me that she'd never prescribed it to anyone else before, so she wanted to perform some blood tests before agreeing on giving me a prescription. I took the tests some days ago and I got a call from her yesterday, telling me that my values (DHT, testosterone etc.) were normal. I told her to mail me the exact results, which should reach me on Tuesday earliest.

Although, one of my values were lower than the others; she told me that I had low Vitamin D values, so she prescribed me some Vitamin D pills and Propecia. I went to the pharmacy today and collected the medications, although I'm a little scared about starting with Propecia with all the reports regarding (permanent) side effects.

Is it okay that I start taking Propecia, while taking Vitamin D pills due to Vitamin D deficiency at the same time, or does that in anyway increase the risk regarding side effects? Also, I'm a diffuse thinner (my hairline isn't that "bad"), I've heard stories about diffuse thinners not responding well to Propecia. Is that true? It seems like for me that diffuse thinners would get better results, as their (my) hairline isn't normally too bad.

I can post some pictures of my hair later, I can also return with my blood test results when I receive them.

Thank you guys in advance!
 

dusty

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In the clinical trials of propecia about 2 percent experienced side effects and of that 2 percent every single one of them stopped experiencing the side effects after they stopped taking the medication.
I say give propecia a try for a couple months and if the sides are present or unbearable then stop taking them.
Diffuse thinners usually respond the best to the big three so as long as you have some type of ketoconazole shampoo and are on minoxidil you are in a great position to regrow some hair
 

TD500

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http://reference.medscape.com/drug-interactionchecker

good site to use for any drug interactions. I don't think there is anything that interacts negatively with propecia, but its always good to check. If you do have male pattern baldness then your on the right track. Take the pills try not to think about it. Any negative sides that makes you want to stop then do it or you can push through and see if they subside.
 
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