Well It Happened To Me… Finasteride Sides Kicked Me Hard After 3 Months ☹

ffar1989

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I gave finasteride another chance… I put mindset that everything will be fine, and since my type of hair are thin but there is plenty of them, results will be good and side effects won’t happen to me.

As everything went well, libido fine, erections strong, but I could not to not notice that my sperm has lower quality, and ejaculation is almost gone. It did not bother me that much, I almost forget that I am on finasteride, it became my routine and I was living as every day, exercise, work, have fun… I was happy men, because results from 0.25 since 4 of October, were insane in positive way. With progress like that I would end up in year time with Brad Pitt’s hair. At that point already I said to myself I do not need hair transplant.

But around week ago, something happened. I was not able to get any erections at all. My penis simply did not work, and I did not even feel anything… And another thing is that, even feel like it changed it’s look. It simply looks like wrinkled skinned part of body, that all the sudden lost fat.
I was denying that. I respiting myself that it was only in my head, everything will be fine, but no… This side effect is real, and I can’t cope with it. Finasteride gave my also brain fog and inability to focus, but I was also try to deny it…

I am going through hell right now. Not only I have to face fear of permanent sides, but also it is a matter of time before my hair come back to previous state with I hated enough to risk with this drug.
Well I tried, and I failed :(

Today I went to pharma, to buy Rogaine 5%, I was thinking that maybe I will use this instead, since history of hair loss in my family is mostly thinning hair with NW2 hair line, maybe I will try that.
But lady who was selling products, ask me to wait a second and came back with dr, who said I need to take finasteride, and he do not recommend Rogaine. I told him about my story (and trust me I was so embarrass that I am not surprise that there “only” 2% of men reported side effects, since this is so, so so, embarrass and hard to admit). I came back home with empty hands… ruined and suicide…

Setipiprant is dead and we do not even know it it worked in first place, there is nothing new out ther, that is even plan to release. I remember putting my huge hopes for Replicel but they do not provide anything new since they come out for market.
I can't also have hair transplant, because my hair are mostly miniaturized, not lost.
 
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you could try spironolactone, duro or ru brother

but for now id just wait a few weeks until your hormones go back to baseline and your receptors adapt again

keep in mind even doctors say far majority of those who develop sides fully recover

no need to freak out...for your hair...if its get too thin all that is left is to buzzcut/shave and focuse on other things of life
 

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What is "spironolactone"? Never hear of it, is this something like oral minoxidile?
 

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Thank you my friend. I am, however my next try will be Cetirizine. I know how good finasteride was for my hair, and I heard that cetirizine blocks necessary part of DHT, will see how it will work on me. At 16 of January I am about to start taking 10mg per day, it that won't do any changes, I will try Trinov or Rogaine.
 

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Hold up. What the f*** kind of pharmacy did you go to where the Dr tried forcing you to take finasteride instead of rogaine. You need a prescription for Rogaine in the UK? lol
 

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No I do not need prescription. I went to Beauty and Health Pharmacy and simple as f*** I ask for Rogaine. Lady who was cashier, ask me if I used it before. I said the truth, that I did not. She add, that I need to take if for the rest of my life(in my mind was until replicel come out :p) but that's alright i said. What she did, she looked at me and went out for second... came back with some doctor who, was keep saying that I need to take finasteride, and he is not recommend Rogaine. I do not know why she did that in first place. But I told him, that I have side effects on finasteride, and he simply ignored what I said for about 3 times... I do not know what the f*** is wrong with this doctors. They are repeating like amen in pray, that this is only 2% and do not take you seriously when you mention sides on finasteride. I totally lost trust in science. I am in hell now, my body is in shock, I can’t sleep and can’t get hard I became suicide again :/

Side effects are real, finasteride is poison, period.
If I will recover I will do Rogaine. It is going to be good solution for me, because no one in my family is bald, dad, grandfather... They are just thinning/miniaturized.
 
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You're not alone, there are more of us here who got fucked over by this drug, this just isn't the place to talk about it because of the blatant denial-cope and apologists who are still taking it on a daily basis.

The worst sh*t happens when you stop taking the drug, by far. Doctors you can forget about. They don't take anything seriously, even well known diseases they are almost worthless for, I wouldn't even bother mentioning permanent Finasteride sides to them which are only now just being recognized by clinical studies. Merck trials for Finasteride were probably intentionally done poorly or simply frauded, wouldn't be surprised they were in bed with the FDA to sweep under the rug the adverse affects of the drug and faked trial results.

In my opinion you should start Minoxidil, f*** the pharmacy you can get it online on eBay Kirkland 6 months supply for cheap. It can buy you a few years and get on Trinov and Sandalore as well. Safest long term regimen for now most likely.

Take care bro.
 

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Thanks. Until I get better I won't take anything else for my hair.
Merck should be ban after "vioxx".

I am having testicle pain, with means that something is happening there. Hopefully it's my hormons come back to normal state.
 
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