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| 1 | Had Grafts prescribed this as well | Weight Gain, Depression, Feeling of unimportance, reclusion, Low testosterone, Pain in Lower Ribs, High BP, Chronic Fatigue, Joint Pain, Grey Circles under Eyes, Etc.Etc. | I felt it important to add to your forum after reading some of the April comments I saw abou the "You knew there could be side effects, so it's your own fault, BS." Show me where these side effects are listed on the Merck web site. I couldn't attribute depression, low testosterone, or weight gain to propecia, because it said nothing about it. I din't have any sexual side effects then. I do now. I guess anyone would with the testosterone levels of a 5 year old girl or a 90 year old man. For the Smart A's out there that want to defend them. It's fine it's your opinion. I suggest you go get your Testosterone levels checked today and monitor them annually at the very least. Maybe if you see hat you are headed for a Testosterone tank or something of that nature then you may quit and try something safer.As much as you piss me off to think people are making this up. I wouldn't wish this hell on you. B | M | 35 | 370 days | 12/2/2007 | 1 | hairloss | inreased liver data (GPT(ALT),GOT(AST),GGT,3-4 times higher than normal). I have the same side effects most poeple arediscribing here:anxiety + panic attacs, extreme fatigue, major brain fog, poor memory, lack of energy and drive, horrible heartburn attacs, chest pain close to heart, dizzyness, blurred vision, muscle weakness, enlarged breasts, no sex drive, decreased semen. | I took propecia for 3 years i had also higher AST ALT GGT (3-5 times). AST ALT is getting in normal range 3 years after stopping propecia. , but GGT is still 3 times higher than normal, and i still have pains in my liver area.is here anybody who have the same problems?joo | M | 3 years | 11/17/2007 | 1 | hair loss | low to zero libido, mild depression, inability to concentrate and maintain erection, brain fog. | I knew about the sides but tried finasteride anyway. It has taken me 3 months to realise how much it affected me. I could potentially handle the lowered libido while the drug does it's thing but the mental fatigue due to playing with my hormones was too much to handle. late afternoon drowsy feelings steadily became a malaise that lasted almost all day, making work very difficult. On top of that, the mood swings from week to week were irrational and very unlike me. I was someone in good health with high energy before starting on fin! Having been off it for almost a week, I can slowly feel myself returning to normal. I believe even as little as 1/2 a mg every other day was enough to cause problems for me. I would not recommend taking this drug without strict GP supervision and even then, probably not! It's taken a forum such as this to realise I was right to be concerned. | M | 37 | 3 months | 10/30/2007 | 3 | dont want to be bald | i dont think i experienced anything serious....may have lost some strength in the gym. | Here's the deal. This drug is no miracle. It may slow your hair loss but it will happen anyway. Everyone can tell you are still balding anyway, and that is the reason why most people take this drug. They are afraid of what people think. If you have "chrome dome" or "comb over" genetics its gonna happen. Life isnt fair. Shave your head. The drug companies that market these products especially Merck Frost are, for lack of a more suiting word, evil! They make a profit off your misery and misfortune. They dont tell you there are cheaper ways to purchase the drug, and dont release studies that claim lower doses than 1 mg day may have the same effect. They dont tell you this because then they dont make the big bucks. Also, by buying these shitty products we just prolong the breakthrough us baldies and our future bald kids will need. A treatment at the genetic level. Hey...baldness sucks...if anyone tells you their hair loss doesnt bother them at least a littl | M | 27 | | 9/24/2007 | 1 | Girlfriend of Propecia taker | Before my boyfriend started taking this drug we were very happy together and had a very healthy sex life(4-8 times a week). He's been acting cold and distant for weeks (has been on Propecia for 5-6 months) and we've had sex once in the last month. He broke up with me last week because he doesn't feel attracted to me any more (he hasn't slept with anyone else and has masturbated twice in the last month, so it's not just me!). He says he can't think of having sex with anyone at the moment. In addition to the sexual side effects he has become depressed, demotivated and generally unhappy. He says he needs a break from me because he feels completely confused with everything going on in his life and doesn't want to be around other people. Whilst there are other factors which are the underlying problems, he has only been like this since taking Propecia and I strongly believe the medicine is doing this. He is not the same person he was 6 months ago. He thought it was me who had changed but luc | well, his hair has stopped falling out, but I think most people would rather be happy and healthy, and have their partner back to normal. | M | 24 | 6 months | 8/31/2007 | 5 | Hair Loss | Mild decreased libido. | I have been on Propecia since 2003 (4 years). I have regrown almost all of my hair to include the front (forehead area) which Propecia claims will not regrow. I still have some thinning on the crown, but much better than it was. My sex drive is somewhat decreased, but nothing unmanageable. Also, I have had two kids while on the drug with now sperm count issues. | M | 28 | 4 years | 8/23/2007 | 1 | hair loss | pressure in head, way lower lobido, dizzyness, depression, NO MOTIVATION NOT EVEN FOR BEER DRINKING WITH FRIENDS.OR GOLF..OR GETTING OFF MY ASS... | I FEEL LIKE I CANT MOVE..i cant do anything...i have no motivation period. this drug sucks and THE MAKERS OF THIS DRUG AND THE STUDIES, SHOULD BE FORCED TO TAKE THIS DRUG FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES....MERK CAN BURN IN HELL I HOPE THEIR IS A LAWSUIT ILL PUT MY NAME ON IT | M | 28 | 22 days | 8/17/2007 | 1 | I was balding since I was 15 y.o. | Huge decrease in sex drive, it's basically non-existent; when I do orgasm there's barely any sensation, it's basically no orgasm at all; a few small droplets of semen weakly bubble out, before Propecia a bigger load would shoot out; grew female breast tissue ("Man boobs"), also starting to get very soft female like lower abdomen fat around midriff, it's giving me a womanly shape. | This stuff is poison! I want to sue the pants off Merck for lying to everyone that this wasn't that dangerous (it's b.s.!)! But mainly I just hope and pray that some day I will become half the man I used to be. This stuff is unbelievably scary and will alter your life forever! I'm suicidal b/c of the side effects. I was on it for nine months and everything was fine then all of a sudden the aforementioned side effects hit me and I was terrified. I stopped Propecia cold turkey almost two years ago (after using it religiously for nine months) and not one of the side effects has gotten better at all! I'm thinking of killing myself b/c I'm no where near the man I was before this absolute poison! DO NOT TOUCH THIS TRASH! I don't know how Merck's executives can sleep at night realizing what they've done to so many balding men. I repeat: PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS POISON, it is not worth it! | M | 35 | 9 months | 8/14/2007 | 1 | If you want help or answers, go to www.propeciahelp.com | M | | 7/19/2007 | 4 | Hair Loss | No side effects other than hair shedding | tHIS DRUG ROCKS | 36 | 8 days | 7/11/2007 | 2 | Thinning hair | Slowed the balding process considerably. Prolonged use caused dull pain in my prostate that would be bad one day but not noticeable the next. Anxiety, panic, and depression. My doctor never informed me of any of these symptoms and to his knowledge he's never heard of any of them. GPs are not informed about this medication. I do believe that Propecia worked for me but I have no doubt that it left me for the worse. I got 7 more years out of my hair that I probably wouldn't have without it but.. I used to have quite a few sad depressing days (for no reason) when taking this but never thought it had anything to do with Propecia. | I stopped October 2006 (due to funds) and got my first HUGE panic attack in January 2007 and had anxiety/panic disorder since. Again, I never thought it had anything to do with Propecia until after somewhat recovering from this anxiety (without medication) I decided to start Propecia again. WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE!!! Right after the first pill I felt panicked and anxious and it's been getting worse (I only took the 1 pill). That's when I looked for info about it. Propecia screws with some chemicals in your brain that could cause you to feel or develop anxiety/panic/depression. If it's screwing with your head who knows what prolonged use (7 years)will mean and do you really want to be putting this in your body? The gamble is NOT worth it! Just be a man about going bald: keep your hair short, go to the gym, and try improving what really counts: YOUR PERSONALITY! | M | 37 | 7 years | 6/29/2007 | 4 | male pattern baldness | None that I can link to propecia specifically. I have erectile problems with some women, but not others, and I think this is not due to propecia | The drug has definitely slowed hair loss and kept my bald spot from growing much. Much less hair in the bathtub. No side effects - I'm puzzled by the hysterical posts about this. My big gripe is the cost - the price has gone up, not down. And my dermatologist refuses to prescribe proscar, which is the same thing except you have to split the pills. | M | 61 | 6 years | 6/28/2007 | 2 | Male Pattern Baldness | gynecomastia (breast growth and enlarged nipples) decreased sex drive, weaker erections/no morning errections. biggest problem (which i realized was related to propecia after reading this site)was increased anxiety and fear of danger for no reason, and a mild depression that ive never felt before, its definately more of a sadness. Ill think about sad things for no reason even to the point of crying, its pretty strange and something that i never used to do. | id say theres enough anecdotal evidence to show that propecia does cause more side effects than Merck claims, and these problems seem to persist after stopping propecia for some men. Im going to stop taking it tomorrow. | M | 21 | 1.5 months | 6/27/2007 | 2 | Male Pattern Hair loss | less erection, foggy brain, depression, anxiety | I am one of the guys that started taking Propecia the day it came out back in 97. I was 25 then. I had absolutely no care in the world, no health problems at all. I remember a specific day about 1 month after starting it, when I had this horrible depression settle in on me. I wanted to kill myself for no reason. I was not anxious about my hair at the time and I wasnt even thinking about the propecia causing anything becase it was just to regrow hair, and the listed side effect was sexual. 1 year later I went on my first antidepressant, and my life has never been the same. I have taken propecia on and off now for 10 years, and overall I think it did slow my hairloss down, but didnt stop it. My depression got so bad that I had to take a leve of abscense from work. I stopped taking proecia about a year ago and the depression subsided over time. Now tell me how my depression could get better when I am conciously aware that stopping the propecia would make more hair fall out? My doctors wou | M | 35 | 10 years | 6/20/2007 | 5 | Hair Loss | No sides so far | Seems to be slowing down hair loss and some thickening | M | 36 | 7 months | 6/19/2007 | 1 | hairloss | I was an am still unanble to achieve and maintain an erection and I also suffer from a brain fog that makes concentration very difficult. | I started using propecia about 2 years ago. At first it really did work amazing. I couldn't believe the new hair that was coming in on my crown. At about 10 months everything changed. My errections became weak and eventually I was unable to even get hard, even with a sex drive. The brain fog set in as well. Maybe the % of people who suffer is small, but I assure you, I would never have taken propecia if I had known it would do this to me. | M | 1.5 years | 5/23/2007 | 5 | Propecia | I havn't had any yet | I have been on this drug for 1 year and have got some benefits. | M | 19 | 1 years | 5/17/2007 | 1 | Propecia caused permanent hormonal damage within my body | this drug is no joke everyone. I've suffered from terrible side effects that became noticable after about 8 months of use. Stay away from this drug if you want to remain a physically and mentally healthy male | M | 31 | 8 months | 5/17/2007 | 2 | thinning hair/hair loss | THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE ENDLESS! Have the hair restoration surgery and go on an herb. | Ladies and Gentlemen, 90% of the side effects listed on this site that are from other people are absolutely true. ex: erectile dysfunction, lower semen volume, breast enlargement, etc. This drug was never studied for more than 5 years in clinicals (There were only 32 men entering the fifth year of the study before the drug got approved. The longer you take it the worst it is. Btw, I work in the industry and know very well how drug companies skew numbers in their favor. It tells you something when a pregnant women should not even handle a propecia pill because it will cause an sexual/reprodcutive abnormality to the fetus. THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE ENDLESS! Have the hair restoration surgery and go on an herb. | M | 28 | 1.5 years | 4/27/2007 | 1 | gynecomastia (male breast enlargement), extreme testicular pain, anxiety, lack of sex drive, inability to maintain an erection, brain fog | ive been off this crap for three years now and im still not completely back to normal.. i still have some gyno and brain fog. the others seem to have normalized or minimized. (but only just recently) for anyone considering taking this drug. Dont' do it! i would condemn this drug in the most whithering terms. Remember the question isn't how much hairloss bothers you.. the question is whether you'd trade hairloss for chemical castration. Not to put too fine a point on this but..if i could find the creator of this poison, i'd cut his throat in a church. | M | 33 | 6 months | 4/27/2007 |