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 | hair loss | Definite decrease in libido! Happened so gradually that it took a while to realize I just wasn't thinking about or interested in sex. Had trouble maintaining an erection. Went off it, and after two weeks I was like a little kid, constantly getting boners, thinking about sex. It was great to be back! | Worked for my hair loss, thickening it and slightly filling in the thin area. But the change in libido was DRASTIC for me, like going from 10 to 2. Not worth it. | M | 38 | 2 days | 12/16/2005 | 3 | hair thinning | decreased ejaculant. Happened slowly sometime after one year or so.After about third year have experienced dizzy spells and frightening bouts of heart palpitations when working out at gymn(sporadic episodes)Wore heart monitor for 24hours nothing showed. | Will stop taking propecia and look at alternatives | M | 35 | 3 years | 12/1/2005 | 1 | Hair loss | It was totally amazing in how much it really worked to regrow my hair. I am 20 years old and I was experiencing agressive male pattern hair loss at a very young age. I was very devastating and my doctor recommended propecia. I took the drug for nine months and it entirely stopped all hair loss. Everyday I swear I could see a few new hair popppin up. This is a very powerful and effective drug. If you want to stop hairloss and regrow hair than this is a miracle. But if you dont want to have stomach aches, anxiety, depression, problems with sex, testicular swelling, pain while urinating, or any of the other damadge this horrible drug does to our bodies stay away from it!!!! | It definately caused acne(rash on top of my head) after stopping the use of this drug. I got three panic attack before I realized and concluded that the way I was feeling wasn't because of the food I ate last night, or the pill I take for acne, but only PROPECIA. This shit really made me sick to my stomach everyday for weeks untill I finally realized that it was from the drug. I always took at it night so every morning I felt like shit. One day, (the day I realized my sickness was form Propecia) was a day I DONT TAKE THIS POISON!!!! I recommend everybody out there somehow or another deal with the depression of going bald any day over trying to render the realities of life with this drug. | M | 20 | 9 days | 12/1/2005 | 3 | hair loss | I've been taking propecia for 2 weeks and about 1 hour after I take it I get a slight headache. It lasts for a few hours and I feel a little grogy the whole day. I dont know if I will keep taking it. | M | 32 | 15 days | 11/30/2005 | 1 | hair loss | Acne, lowered libido, sexual side effects, e.g pain during ejaculation, pain in testicles. | It's quite clear the drug company is recklessly playing with our lives. The 2% severe side effects statistics are just ridiculous! Someone is making money while we jeopardize our health and sexuality. Guys, do yourselves a favor and don't take this drug! | M | 26 | 40 days | 11/29/2005 | 1 | Hair loss/thinning | I took Propecia for a year and a half without any noticeable side effects except maybe the fact that I didn't have anymore erections when I woke up in the morning. Then I started going out with a girl and everytime after I had an erection, I would have transparent secretions and intense testicular/groin/pelvic area pain like I had a baseball bat swing in the crouch. This would last for hours. Also, after reading this board I realise I got anxiety and panic attacks for no reasons as well as the other guys. I've been seeing a urologist and been diagnosed with prostatitis. Took antibiotics for 6 months. When I was taking propecia with the antibio the problem would not disapear, but as soon as I stopped propecia the pain would decrease although the secretions stayed. After stopping the antibiotics and propecia, the pain is still there and I'm totally lost on what causes it. I past all the tests too and i'm normal. The urologist diagnosed me with recurrent pelvian pain now. I think after re | I stopped loosing hair and regrew hair on the temples and my hair got thicker. Now I've been on and off for about 7 months and I lost most of what I regrew in the first year. Really efficient product but it scares me too much. If I'd started loosing hair at 40 years old I would accept it. I think 23 is a little too young to accept though. I think I will wait for further reasearch or new imporved products. | M | 23 | 1.5 years | 11/29/2005 | 1 | hair loss | I took this drug from 1998 to 2000 (just over 2 years). I immediately started experiencing agressive shedding after 2 months which lasted up until the 6 month along with mild acne. It was in the summer of 1999 that I noticed something unusual. I developed a very small bald patch near my temple (the size of a grain of rice). I did pay alot of attention to it. The overall hairloss was continuing a slow pace. By early 2000 I noticed that the hairloss was still continuing but now my facial hair has started to thin along with the hair on my legs and under my arms. After 2 years (the summer of 2000) I noticed a few more small bald spots in my scalp and my facial hair was very thin. I immediately stopped using Propecia and sought help. My hairloss was normal hairloss before propecia but after being off of it for five years I am in a constant battle with small bald spots all over my scalp, the crown of my scalp is very tender and my facial hair is patchy and has stopped growing in par | I might have had some very mild regrowth in my temple area but not worth mentioning since the side effects were horrendous. This drug has side effects that they don't mention nor do they mention is lasting effects even after discontinuing it's usage. | M | 36 | 2 years | 11/22/2005 | 2 | thinning in front | I slowly began to become unusually nervous, anxious and depressed after a few months of taking the medicine until i had to resort to taking anti=deppressants. I had never felt this depressed i think ever in my life. I'm not sure if it is just a coincidence or not, hoping I will began to feel better in a few days after stoping the pill. Sounds like i havent been the only one with this damn problem. Anxiety and depression should be listed | Has seemed to stop hair loss and thickened it a little bit, Not worth feeling this bad though. | M | 19 | 4 months | 11/13/2005 | 2 | hair loss | Have been taking propecia for about 3 years. For about the last half year have been feeling crummy. My eyes hurt, had brain fog, loss of energy. Early after taking propecia, my blood pressure went up, so started medication for that. I didn't know what was wrong, but I knew something wasn't right. Because I don't like to take medication, I stopped propecia about 1.5 weeks ago. I feel great. I think I will go back on, just to confirm it was that stuff that did it. | If you are taking this stuff and don't feel good, please try and just get off it for a couple of weeks. | M | 47 | 3 years | 11/7/2005 | 5 | Hair Loss | One thing I have noticed is that in my ejaculate I have some fluid that has some "elasticity" for lack of a better word. Not a lot but definitely there. I have been researching this for some time on the web and have not seen any answers anywhere. It does not detract from pleasure and may even add a bit of pleasure to ejaculation. It has not harmed my sperm count. I have 3 kids. If anyone has any idea what that might be I would be curious to hear. | My hair was starting to bald on my crown when I was 26. I started to take Propecia soon after. I have been on and off it for the past 8 years -- 80% on. My hair has no noticeable signs of balding anywhere. I am 34 now so I swear by the product. | M | 34 | 8 years | 11/4/2005 | 3 | Hair Loss | Hair stopped falling out. No problems with erection or ejaculation. Have been on medication for 2-3 years. For past six months have experienced: unexplained tiredness; difficulty thinking and remembering things; lowered sex drive; loss of energy. Have been trying to isolate reason as I am a happy person - definetely not depressed - also not under abnormal stress or anything. I've had a huge medical workup including tests for every disease and condition known to man. They found nothing wrong with me. Recently, I was told it could be propecia - but dismissed that idea. Then over the past week I didn't take propecia -just sort of forgot- but I started feeling better. Two days ago I took one (just 1 mg supply as I am young)before I went to sleep and, bingo, started feeling bad again in the night/morning. Stopped taking propecia intentionally yesterday. Feel normal again this morning. We'll see if I keep feeling better. Have been in agony for past 6 months worried about what this strange ti | I've given it a 3 because it didn't make my hair grow thicker - just slowed hair loss but will give it a 1 if it turns out to be the reason for horrible symptoms I have been experiencing for past 6 months. | M | 27 | 3 years | 10/31/2005 | 1 | starting to go bald | can't keep an erection, isn't as strong, right when it goes up it goes back down. could not have happened at a worse time, either. | i gotta get off this shit. | M | 21 | 1 months | 10/30/2005 | 4 | Hair Loss. | After a month and a half, I noticed that my skin had become incredibly oily and I developed spots. However, by using a simple skin care product for oily skin I was able to get that under control. Also, in the past few weeks I've noticed a decreased sex drive, although it is--or seems to be--stabilizing again. | I've been taking Propecia for just under three months now. After two months, I noticed that my hair loss had decreased significantly. Unfortunately, I've been shedding quite a bit of hair again for the past four weeks, though I've read that this is a good sign, since when a hair follicle is stimulated into the growth cycle the first thing it does is shed the old hair. (This phase apparently lasts around 4-6 weeks, so here's hoping.) Anyway, I have seen some fuzzy regrowth at the temples, where my thinning was a little noticeable. Propecia is supposed to work better for younger men who haven't been going bald for a long period of time, so I'm hoping for a lot more regrowth. | M | 19 | 3 months | 10/20/2005 | 1 | Receding Hairline | Severe depression. Anxiety. Have tried many times to get back on the drug but within 48 hrs of taking it I cannot stop negative thoughts. 3 doctors have said it is probably coincidence as there is nothing about depression in reported known side effects. But it definately changes the way I think. | Does slow my hairloss. A lot of people have no side effects and have great results. But anxiety should be included in known side effects as it seems quite common! | M | 44 | 6 months | 10/18/2005 | 3 | hair loss | first few weeks, felt very sweaty, hot and bothered. that calmed down after about a month or 2, 1 year later, hair stabilised but is still receding slightly,(maybe i look too hard) hair is noticibly thicker in the morning (used in conjunction with minoxodil) | am thinking of giving up, after a year almost taking it, my scalp itches like hell. and my testicles hurt every now and then, sometimes for days on end, like a mild tap to the testes. and the bloody thing is soo expensive (cause i dont trust onlline retailers selling the drug) so i pay a private company. | M | 24 | 1 years | 10/12/2005 | 3 | Hair Loss | Panic Attack's , Breast Enlargement, Moody , Tiredness , oh and more hair on my head / less on my body ! | I had been taking Propecia for around 2 years when out of the 'blue' I had what I now know as a 'Panic Attack'. This appeared to be triggered by me drinking a very large / very strong coffee. I put this down to cafeen intolerance and continued to take Propecia. For 9 months after I continued with the 'Panic Attacks' on an ad-hoc basis........ then I started to read about the link with Propecia ....... now stopped taking Propecia.... feel a lot better.... no more Panic Attacks .... stuck with the breasts though ! Only wish I had researched the side effects..... | M | 33 months | 10/6/2005 | 2 | hair loss diffuse thinning | watery ejaculation, harder to get erect penis, got depression and axiety for no reason (first time), trouble sleeping, sometimes i would shudder durring sleep for no reason | so far one month taken hairloss still slowly comming | M | 21 | 40 days | 10/5/2005 | 5 | Hair Loss | Only real side effect I can see is the increase in acne, and ocassional testicular pain (1-2 times a year). Some decrease in libido, but not much. Still able to get it erect in no time. Very large increse in ejaculate, but very watery looking most times. I suppose it could be a sign of low sperm count, but I don't want kids anyways so I don't really care. | Seems to be working for me, with no adverse side effects. Guess I'm one of the lucky ones by the looks of it. | M | 33 | 3 years | 10/4/2005 | 5 | Hair Loss | delayed ejaculation but was too quick before anyway. prefer it this way. | Works great. Definite regrowth on the back of my head. No improvement by the front of my head but no more loss. Exactly as advertised. | M | 27 | 7 months | 10/3/2005 | 4 | Hair loss | Started taking it about 2 years ago. My hair stopped falling out and grew noticably thinker. I have a much lower sex drive and the drug is pretty expensive. However, the amount of money I spend on the drug is nothing compared to the money I save by no longer having an urge to visit gentlemen's clubs. I was always in good shape, but feel like I am developing "man-boobs." Also, I agree with some of the posts that my penis got smaller or always seemed to be, as one guy said, in a constant state of "just getting out of cold water." | About one year into treatment, I stopped taking Propecia because my wife and I wanted kids and the doctor told me that my sperm count was low. After a few fruitless months we stopped trying to have kids. My wife noticed that my hair started falling out again. As such, I started taking Procia for a second time and my hair stopped falling out agin. In short, it rally works but there seem to be side effects. I am a little concerned about long-term effects, as I want to have kids in the next few years. | M | 31 | 2 years | 9/30/2005 |