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 |
| 3 | Thinning crown n receding in front | Less desire to have sex, lower ejeculation, Backpain(not sure if it's related). Feeling less motivated to work out(also not sure if it's related) other than those I don't feel any difference. In some why I feel calmer these days | I was very sexually active. This drug does lower your sex drive but not to a point that like most of you have commented. I have only been on this drug for 4 months so I cannot say if it would get worst for the long term for total loss of sex drive. So far I'm a little happy of the low sex drive since I always think I'm overly active. My hair stop falling out like mad after the 2nd month. Now the drug is just helping to keep what I have. I feel less depress after taking this drug since I know this is all I have to keep what I have. I some how find that sticking to the drug for a few years and not read too much over reacting reviews is the best cure. Beside lowing my sex drive(but I'm still very very horny:) everything is OK.....O yea maybe the backpain BUT i'll see | M | 27 | 4 months | 8/7/2006 | 2 | becoming bald | I took it for 4 years, i can tell that its help, i stop losing my hair, there was a lot of comment from my friends that become bald and im not, But and BIG but!! there is a price, i had a few side effects: 1)reduction in ejaculation. 2)sometime unbearable pain in my left testicle. 3)got overwait, in my face. 4)my breast got bigger like a women. Those phenomenons that i mention i read that im not the only one that have it, i stoped taking it, i prefer to be bald, im a married men that want to have childrens, my opinion is not to take it, its a lot of mony and you hurt your health. | it has help but there are side effects that i dont like. | M | 32 | 4 years | 8/5/2006 | 5 | This drug is a nasty piece of work. I still have side effects long after i stopped using it. My penis is scarred, it appears a lot smaller and has very little feeling. On top of that i still cant get it up and i have no sex drive. Ummmm...I THINK A PENIS NEEDS DHT TO LIVE. Or perhaps its just pure co-incidence that within 6 months my healthy 23 year old penis just about fell off and stopped working!!! Not to mention all the others who are in the same boat - that must be a co-incidence too. | Where is the Therepuetic Goods Administration and the FDA on this one? Finasteride needs more research - big time | M | 23 | 6 months | 7/27/2006 | 4 | Hair Loss | After taking the drug for two years, I now experience extreme fatigue, anxiety, depression, dizzyness, blurred vision. | Hair stopped falling out, and in fact starting growing back again while taking the medication. But when I stopped, the hari has fallen out again very rapidly. Don't recommend this drug. Very poisonous and adverse to one's health. | M | 34 | 2 years | 7/25/2006 | 1 | Hairloss | I lost all of my sex drive, i still have very watery semen and quite less than the usual amount i used to have, i gained weight which i cant lose, have constant low back pain, pain in groin and testicular area, loss of focus, loss of interest in daily and sports activities, shrinkage of the penis around 4-5 cm, and a strange curvature had developed to my penis(i think i m getting peyrones diseas). My cousin also got similar symptoms and so has another friend of mine from the university but to a less extend. Ah, i also cant get a proper erection since my penis is too small now, and i cant hold the erection for more than half a minute. I also noticed that i feel very weak like sick the day after i ejaculate and have no morning erections whatsoever. Last but not least i feel weird when some woman approaches me, i prefer not thinking about sex since i cant satisfy them anylonger. I USED TO BE EXTREMELH ATHLETIC AND SEXUALY ACTIVE, I WOULD THINK OF SEX ALL DAY LONG, now i cant imagine the | 3 yrs without SEX. I wish i had the courage and mental strength to file a suit against those people, they dont understand what i have been through for no apparent reason. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG | 26 | 2 months | 7/24/2006 | 1 | thinning hair | Difficulty getting/keeping an erection--even morning erections stopped. I stopped taking it several days ago and had a full morning erection today, which reminded me of the good old days and prompted me to do a search and find this board. Now it all makes sense. On Propecia, my sex life continued only because I took Viagra in high doses every time I had sex for the last year. | I don't know that it had any effect on my hair thinning, which is not dramatic at all. I have a hard time believing that sexual side effects of this drug are rare, but then of course I'm only one person. Thank God for this board. I would love to see a lawsuit, but am skeptical of the chances of success. First we need accurate info on the actual prevalence of side effects. | M | 38 | 4 years | 7/24/2006 | 1 | Hair Loss | If you get constant headaches, stop taking this poison! Been off it for 2 weeks now and my headaches have cleared up. | Orgasms are much better now i've stopped taking this crap now too. | M | 18 | 3 months | 7/20/2006 | 1 | hair loss | Rapid weight gain that just stuck and was hard to lose. Voice changed and got higher pitched. Lack of overall motivation and "umph". Lips swelled on some days and not on others. Felt so not like "ME". Hard to explain really just felt a lot weaker and not very masculine. This stuff really does a number on the male hormones. And last of all, lost all connection to my penis both physically and mentally. My nut sack just hung there and always felt watery and.......useless. Lost a good amount of lengnth and thickness in my penis. Disgustingly watery semen IF and when I ejaculated. Oh yeah and by the way.......DIDNT GROW ANY HAIR AT ALL. As a matter of fact I LOST hair and my hairline never looked sh*tt*er!!! | I am a 32 yr old norwood 2 with diffuse thinning and read a lot of posts and did a good amount of research prior to going on 1/4 proscar daily. I had been on it for a week when I noticed a massive penis shrinkage and loss in libido. It was only after 1 month and 2wks of usage did alarm bells really go off and I made a correlation between the drug and some sides that I was exhibiting that were never mentioned in the pamphlet or website or message boards. My advice to those of you that are truly desperate is to really weigh the bad with the very little good that this drug promises. I had personally gotten to the point where my hair loss hurt so much that I was willing to do ANYTHING to address it but after my finasteride experience I truly feel that there are billion better ways to dealing with my hair loss and that includes just succumbing and letting the unfairness of nature do its thing. "Balder Beware!" before popping that pill. I will not advise not to do it because I trul | M | 32 | 6 weeks | 7/19/2006 | 1 | Hair Loss | I don't know if my hair really stop falling because I was only 21 at this time, it was using it for prevention. But I was a very horny guy with a LOT of sex drive. After 2-3 months of taking it I had no more libido! I've stop now for 2 years, my hair are faling again, but I can have a normal sexual life again.. but feeling not as hot as before. | I don't recommend it. If you don't enjoy sex, go for it.. I got a new girlfriend at 23 and she was asking if she was attractive because I have difficulty having sex with her. After 2 moths of stopping the medication I was back to almost normal and she was not believing it... that's a good resumé I think.. | M | 26 | 2 years | 7/17/2006 | 3 | Hair Loss | Been on propecia for 3 months now. For the last month i have had a constant headache. Thought it was related to my eyes, prescribed some glasses but no change. Stopped taking propecia 4 days ago, no change yet. Will see how i go, but i mean...i've been fine for 25 years, only change in my lifestyle / eating etc.. is propecia. If no change will have to see a doc, this is BS. | Anyone else experiencing headaches from taking propecia? The 35 year old above, how'd you go - still ear ringing / headaches now you have been off propecia? | M | 25 | 3 months | 7/16/2006 | 3 | Thinning hair | Low testosterone levels, no sex drive, problems maintaining an erection, anxiety, depression, etc. | I have been taking the medication for a long time but have not really noticed any noticeable results in regards to my thinning hair. I was not bald but did have a receding hairline. I accidentally stumbled onto this website and it was a godsend. I did not connect all the issues I have been having to the use of Propecia. I am glad there seems to be a reason for my condition and hopefully stopping the drug would help my condition. What is most surprising and disturbing to me is the fact that the company that manufactures the drug and the doctors whom prescribe the medication do not seem to be aware of the additional side effect not mentioned in the drugs overview. I have a friend that has been using the drug for a couple of years and has started to have enlarged breasts and tenderness. The doctor advised him to stop taking the drug. Has anyone’s side effects decrease or disappeared after stopping the use of the drug? | M | 32 | 7 years | 7/12/2006 | 1 | hair loss | I am so glad to have finally looked into the side effects of Propecia. After taking the drug for about 4 months I started having a foggy head, blurred vision and feeling like I was on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Stress causes this and I was stressed out at the time so I saw a Natural Medicine doctor and she helped me with some homeopathic remedies. It took about 4 months of visits to feel normal again, but since last week I am back to being stressed out! I am going to stop taking the drug and send the unopened botles back to my Dr. who prescribed it! | I just hope that after taking the drug for 9 months that I can get back to normal! As for hair loss, I still loose quite a bit of hair daily but it does look like my hair has thickened over the 9 months, but it is not worth it! What are you guys going to be like in 10-20 years when other side effects ruin your life? | M | 42 | 9 months | 7/9/2006 | 5 | Hair loss | DANGEROUS! Stopped hair loss BUT: persistant acne of the scalp; increased stomach acidity; mental foggyness; male breast enlargement; exercise demotivation; shrunken unstimilated penis; bald spots on facial hair areas (lower face and neck); disturbed sleep; increased urinary frequency and discomfort; changes in sensitivity to alcohol and caffeine. | In consideration of the apparently extensive side-effects not listed by the manufacturer nor the FDA, be sure to weigh your desire to halt your hair loss against the probability of experiencing these, and possibly other, side effects. I know it would have changed MY decision to go on this drug! After all, no legal judgement against the manufacturer will alter the permanency of these side effects for YOU! | M | 41 | 4 years | 7/2/2006 | 5 | HAIR LOSS | Im 21 Ive only been taking propecia for a month and havent noticed any increase in hair but it sees to have stoped shedding. In terms of side effects there is no question that Im more horny than ever. Looking at a picture of an average female gets my heart racing. Ejaculation and erection unchanged. However Im having mild stomach aches ever day and Im quite sure its from the drug. Ill keep you posted. | this drug was recommended to me by a friend who is 22 and he claims to have had no side effects, so i am hopeful. if they hair remains unchanged from now and the stomach aches subside, the libido increase alone will be worth it | M | 21 | 1 months | 6/28/2006 | 2 | Hair Loss | Loss of sex drive and libido, breast tissue growth, strong pain in right side... possibly kidney pain, muscle loss, still losing some hair. | Propecia seems to have kept some hair but I am still losing it. The side effects are not fun. I am worried about losing hair but I might just stop taking this drug because between growing breasts and having serious pains in my side, it's starting to not be worth it. | M | 29 | 2 years | 6/28/2006 | 3 | thinning hair | I started feeling Anxiety and having panic attacks during everyday life situations. Fear of public speaking/social engagements led to some depression and lots of sleep problems. | I started at age 22 and the drug really worked for my hairloss. However, the anxiety and panic attacks really effected me. | M | 28 | 6 years | 6/27/2006 | 3 | Hairloss | Decreased Libido, watery sperm, Panic attacks (Badly), foggy brain, poor memory, testicular pain, depression. | For hair it worked great after about three years hair started thinning again, switched to Minoxidil and my hair grew back. I think cycling between the two is the best approach, though I will never use propecia again it made my life hell. | M | 36 | 5 years | 6/21/2006 | 3 | Hair Loss | A slight enlargement of breasts. Worse problem is inceased anxiety. Now I have intestinal problem that I am currently going to doctor for to figure out. I have loose stool ALL the time. Somewhat uncontrollable bowel movements. Very uncomfortable in public and starting to effect my work as I am a travelling salesman. Anyone else having this problem? | My doc asked me to stop for 1-2 months to see if my stomach gets better. I think I will do that and used ROgaine. If I start loosing my hair really noticably again, I may move to taking 1/2 pill and see if that does anything. If not, I will quit altogether and save my $70 a month for hair replacement. | M | 32 | 14 months | 6/11/2006 | 1 | Hair loss | Within 1 month, I had a blackout at my computer and had intense dizziness, fatigue, brain fog and also the painful testicle and depression. Have paid thousands of dollars getting lots of tests, to be told I have chronic fatigue syndrome. It has been over 1 year since I got those side effects, and I'm not better. I would be interested in talking to others who wish to make a class action law suit. It has totally ruined my life and I'm glad to see that others are stating what has happened to them. I didn't think it was the Propecia doing the damage, ans so only gradually stopped taking it, but too late the damage was done.... | Do not take this medicine - it may work for a small number of people, but it seems the side effects far outweigh the potential benefits. My personal experience is one of great suffering and hope that no others have to suffer the endless nightmare of no energy, depression, constant dizziness... | M | 28 | 5 months | 6/11/2006 | 5 | hair loss thinning | Well after reading most of the listings, I agree on most of the comments here. I was really worried about before I taking this drug and did a lot of research before I took this drug as I am believer of taking drug can change your body and it will ended up long term suffering. Well, It didn't failed me. I had moody feeling and felt like i was getting homosexual(gay). Had really bizzare feeling and I felt this drug changes my hormon into something that is not me. | Yes. I had regained my hair after taking for about 4month I gave it up because of side effect and turned back to minoxidil which is less risky than PROPECIA. It helped a bit but it wasn't the cure for temple hair loss. But I felt much better after 1year stop taking profecia and am slowly changing back to what I was. Healthy active guy! My rating is 5 because you will not see my adivce if it's at the bottom. anyway choose it carefully and don't risk youself. getting bald is not attractive but better than being gay~! | M | 24 | 4 months | 5/26/2006 |