PROPECIA Reviews (FINASTERIDE)Average Rating: 2.3 (500 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PROPECIA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PROPECIA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | haireloss | none | very good | M | 48 | 20 months | 10/8/2006 | 5 | Crown Hairloss | Help!!! I stopped Propecia 4 months ago and my side effects continue. The erection problems went away, I do not feel like I am burning up and my testicles stopped hurting. I am still having headaches, greasy face, brain fog, fatigue, lightheadedness and nausea. To sum it up I feel like I am walking around drunk all the time, totally out of it. Those of you who have had problems with your head, how long did it take to clear up? I am so sick of feeling this way and any insight will be very much appreciated. | It stopped my hairloss but the sides far outweigh the benefits. | M | 36 | 4 years | 10/8/2006 | 5 | Stop Hair Loss | Absolutely None! However, this is the only medication I've ever taken regularly and I'm very concerned about possible side-effects and long term effects. | I take generic finasteride 1mg/day (though i usually forget ~2x/week) and it costs me ~$225/year through online mail-order. For a year before I started taking it, my hair signficantly thinned on top and a bald spot appeared and grew in the normal area, but I had only a faintly receding hair line. About a month after starting medication, I no longer seemed to lose hair. Now my hair has seemed to gain a little back. People no longer notice that my hair is thinning. The bald spot is still there, but under control. | M | 25 | 1.5 years | 10/5/2006 | 1 | Hair Loss | Tried Regaine, that made me feel dizzy and generally awful so only other real option was the very expensive propecia. After 2 weeks was a distinct lack of sex drive, no mistaking it. I had heard about it before but after 2 weeks i'd assumed all was ok and had stopped worrying about it. Constant 'cold shower syndrome', ejaculation / erection harder to achieve and my girlfriend was getting paranoid. Seriously dangerous stuff and not worth it all. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!! I feel sure the 1% side effects is a crock of pap, I suppose getting a realistic idea of how bad propecia actually is, is difficult as it is an embarressing issue for many. | M | 29 | 2 weeks | 10/5/2006 | 1 | hair loss | hey guys i took propecia last year for 3 months ... i am a medical student so i drin too much coffe (3-4 cups /day) hpowever i never had symptoms i had while i was taking propecia , it in creased my anxiety soo sooo much , and started to have fibrillations all over my body , i stpopped propecia then i thought it would had been caffeine effect ... however i never have such symptoms while taking caffeine alone .. now its been 1 month im taking back propecia and i have a chest pain ... i think this drug is DANGEROUS ...what u think all ? | M | 23 | 1 months | 10/4/2006 | 1 | Hair Loss | Extreme fatigue, testicular pain, depression and mental fog to name just a few. I have been on and off this poison for 7 years not believing that it could be this that's causing my problems. Well now I'm convinced. By the way, I was recently diagnosed with CFS. Doctor actully told me to get of this shit ...his actual words. To late for me though the damage is probably permanent. | When I was on it, it did work but I'll take my health over this crap any day. BALD IS BEAUTIFUL !!! | M | 45 | 7 years | 10/4/2006 | 5 | Thinning on the crown | My rating is less than 0. I have major brain fog, feel detached like I am there but really not, can't remember things in meetings, have a hard time articulating what I want to say, feel lightheaded and ringing in my ears. My sexual side effects was not able to achieve a full erection. Had sperm count checked and everything was great. Was checked out by a neurologist and he did an MRI and everything checked out normal. He chalked it up to anxiety and gave me xanax. I take 1/2 tablet before bed and I do feel slightly better, like maybe 75%. I went to an ENT and he did an ENG and when they blew the hot air in my ear my test went off the charts, they could not chart me. They asked me if I have had migraines in the past or if I feel anxious. I have had neither up until I took this medication. I was happy, healthy and extremely outgoing. Now I feel out of it all the time. I have been off Propecia for exactly 3 months and I still do not feel any better. My erection problem went away in a coup | If any of you have had the same problems and have stopped Propecia can you let me know how long it took for your head to clear up? I feel like I am cheating my family and myself out of the quality of life we deserve. | M | 35 | 3 days | 10/1/2006 | 5 | Thinning Hair | Almost immediately I noticed anxiety and mood swings. After two months of using I noticed a change in the color and texture of ejaculate from normal off-white to a yellow, gel-like texture. In addition, my former girlfriend has been ill with some mysterious sickness and I'm concerned it's from Propecia. | My rating is a 1! DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! I'm amazed at how many people have had the same result. I feel like my world has been turned upside down. I started taking Propecia when it first came out in 1997 and used it on and off until 2004. After being off of it for almost a year many of the side effects were reduced (change in ejaculate, mood swings and anxiety) but not completely gone and have been replaced with depression and general lack of energy. | M | 35 | 8 years | 9/27/2006 | 4 | Hair loss | Absolutely none that I can notice | Very satisfied. 1000% easier than having to apply something to the scalp twice a day. | M | 30 | 3 years | 9/22/2006 | 3 | Hair loss | A big decrease in sex drive, difficulty getting an erection and some testicular pain. Once I got the erection it would stay. Oh, and not one erection in the morning! So I don't think it's psychological. | It did stop hair loss. But the side effects made me stop taking it. What's the point of having hair and not being able to have sex. | M | 28 | 5 months | 9/21/2006 | 4 | thinning hair line | I have lost all interest in sex. My penis has no feeling, and getting an erection is nearly impossible. But...my hairline is looking good. I am suffering from severe depression and have thoughts of suicide. These sexual side effects are affecting my marriage. I don't know what to do? | I found out my anti-depressant, Effexor, also has a side effect of reducing sexual drive. So with Propecia and Effexor, I am getting a double whammy. Please don't consider taking either of these drugs. | M | 58 | 4 years | 9/16/2006 | 3 | Hairloss | I think this medicine caused me to develop Seborrehic demrititis. I also feel like it causes your penis to shrink/not reach full erection potential. Also think it causes you to lose muscle mass and feel more fatigued. | It works for hairloss, but I think the side-effects are too much. | M | 3 years | 9/13/2006 | 3 | alopecia | Finasteride works insofar as it has stalled my hairloss, but with unacceptable side-effects. I've had chronic prostatitus (urgency) and have probably trashed my liver with all the cipro the stupid urologist made me take-- insisting that the problem was bacterial rather then the finasteride. I agree with most of the comments posted here; chronic "cold-shower" penis, significantly lowered ejaculate volume and abnormal semen consistency, supressed libido, aching testicles, and shrunken prostate which caused my prostatitus (urine urgency and incontinence). DHEA, an andro-hormone, which can be obtained over the counter or at GNC-type stores, is the antidote. Within hours of taking 25mgs, my symptoms completely disappeared. I'm off the finasteride -- and very happily so. Your body produces testosterone for a good reason -- it regulates your entire endocrine system. My advice, get off the chemical castration, cut your hair super-short, and focus on building your body. | M | 35 | 6 years | 9/13/2006 | 3 | Slight headaches and upset stomach. Might try to lower the dosage. | I first started taking finpecia and had headaches and felt nauseous all the time. Switch to propecia and the side effects were not as bad. If finpecia has the same ingredients why were the side effects worse? I wouldn't take finpecia or fimpecia | 34 | | 9/10/2006 | 4 | hair loss | I'm not really experiencing any side effects and I've been taking propecia for about 3.5 months or so. At first, I was using minoxidil 5 % as well, and my hair loss completely ceased and I began to regrow a good amount of hair, filling in my crown and frontal areas. My sex life increased by about tenfold. About three weeks ago I started experiencing major shedding, more shedding than I have ever recalled in my life. Is this temporary? Does anyone know? | Up until about three weeks ago... badass. | M | 22 | 3.5 months | 8/28/2006 | 2 | receding hairline | increased libido at first....that was it. | Propecia thinned out my enitre head of hair. The shedding never stopped. They said to use it for a full year but the new hair never showed up. I now have less hair than before. I am stopping propecia. I've heard there is a good chance some of the hair will return. However, I did use Rogaine on the front hairline and that HAS WORKED. | M | 29 | 1 years | 8/22/2006 | 1 | DON'T TAKE IT!!!!!!! | A man/woman who loves the real you doesn't care whether you have hair or not. They love the you that you carry inside you. Please do not fall into the trap and think you have to take this drug and similar because people with think less of you or find you less desirable. I am sickened that this drug has so many side-effects and is available on the open market, while drug companies line their pockets; laughing at the premiums people pay because of their fears and inadaquacies. I can imagine that it is hard to cope with hair loss. Please be strong, be confident in yourselves, don't ruin your lives and throw away your money. We all have to come to accept our body changes as we get older and learn to love ourselves more. Propecia offers a short term solution with many damaging side-effects; once you stop taking the drug, you lose the hair you would have lost anyway. So people become scared to come off it, - ultimately, limiting themselves to a life without a partner or children. You cannot | M | 28 | 7 weeks | 8/19/2006 | 1 | Shedding | Hair loss did slow down, But got problems getting/maintaining a firm erection, mood swings, "noise" in my head, general loss of energy, general accumalation of fat around the body. Also, started getting this strange "spongy" feeling in my mouth, as if something was putting pressure on my gums. I used to feel very driven and aggressive...now I feel kinda passive about life, and don't really have the motivation to go out and live with a vengence. Just keep dwelling on negative thoughts and feeling melancholic. Found this site and started realising I wasn't alone in the general symptoms. Have decided to drop it, and am working out quite a bit as I hear it helps the body regulate/re-adjust the hormone levels. I'm about one month without the stuff and I'm feeling my head clear up and sex drive coming back, but very slowly, changes noticable only week by week. Hope I get back to normal soon! | This stuff is real crap. STAY OFF IT!! IT AIN'T WORTH THE RISK! Your body produces DHT for a reason - set that off whack and risk messing up a whole of lot things that you didn't see coming. And the lowly 2% number of "unfortunate individuals" is definately fake! I hope I see a lawsuit on these assholes soon to make them take it off the market. | M | 25 | 4 months | 8/17/2006 | 3 | Thinning/recission | Small acne patches within the first week, but that soon disappeared. I have an increased sex drive and definatly lifting bigger weights. I heard somewhere you get an 18% increase in testosterone. Sounds about right. I have also lost a few pounds of weight. Possible worse short term memory only downside - not sure if propecia related. | Shedding has slowed but certainly not stopped. Hoping for some regrowth, no signs yet. Keeping fingers crossed! | M | 25 | 2 months | 8/11/2006 | 1 | hairloss | testicular pain, decreased erection size, jelly-like semen. | Even though I stopped taking propecia over a year ago, these symptoms have not gone away. Shouldn't they go away after some time? | M | 43 | 1 years | 8/9/2006 |