Propecia

this drugs is EVIL pure evil...i want to cry all day how have i done to me???
i feel that my life willl never be the same again..
i am young i was happy and i was happy to imagine my future...
all i see now is desperation.
Not only Merck is reponsible for this, dermatologists also are for not listening to VERY serious
complaints..and not having any sense of critics whent it comes to cut a potent androgene just for haitloss...

I have so much hate built up because of all of this. I cant sleep cant eat cant do anything but think about the life i could have had without this drug being in my life. I have lost 55 pounds, nothing is beautiful to me anymore. I had a perfect deck of cards this life and propecia destroyed it all. Is it so wrong of me to blame the derm for all of this? To sell me on it he even said (while looking over at his female assistant, shaking his head) "I take it, my wife, she doesnt complain". After that the female assistant said to me "I think bald guys are sexy". Then the derm took his fingers, pinched my temples and rounded off the top of my head and said "if you dont catch this early within a couple of years you'll be completely bald". Is that a sell or what? First says something he knows would sound pimpin then scares the shit out of a young stupid me. He was an artist. Well done derm you made a sell that ruined my life. Anything ive ever done this life is wasted. Anything my parents have ever done for me is wasted. I've been into four detox units and two or three psych units. Im now on meds suited for bipolar individuals. I cant even function im so f'd up. I feel so much hate it hurts, its eating me alive. Well i wondered what was worse than balding, well i had to find out the hard way. Is it wrong of me to feel hate towards my mother? Because i do and that makes me hate myself even more because of all this. Oh and the guy who did my "exorcism" BAHAHA, yeah he and my mother are now getting married. I've come to the conclusion that this whole world is just one fucked up place with alot of fucked up people in it, and i wasnt until this drug. Honestly i gotta say i was very innocent to this world until a couple of years ago, didnt really understand it as much as i thought and when i finally did it was already to late. im sorry it might seem like i have no life and i just ramble but honestly the shitty thing is i dont have a life. I did not that long ago and was wanting to make it better but BAM hit the floor with no reason to get back up. I go over every situation since the day i took propecia and everything would b edifferent. I wouldnt be in this place right now.

This drug has destroyed my life in every way shape and form. I remember thinking at the young age of 21 that balding was the worste thing in the world. I was young and stupid. There wasnt anything to put it in perspective for me that balding wasnt the end of the world because nothing bad has really ever happened to me, never had a drug problem, never knocked up my girlfriend at a young age, perfectly healthy and from a good family. Say i had an addiction of some sort or floated over on a boat to have a chance at a better life i'd probably think balding was a piece of cake to come to terms with. I have always had a good reputation around my small town, always was a good member of my family, helped out people where i could, never caused any trouble growing up. Anyways when i was 22 i was finally facing shaving my head it was a big deal for me because i had always been very insecure about it...and why wouldnt a young person be with all of society's and media outlook on baldness. So my mother had the idea of going to the derm and seeing if there was anything i could do to prevent balding. I had always heard bad things about propecia and always said i'd never chance it. Being young and stupid the derm i went to sold me on the drug...i even said " i dont know ive heard alot of bad things about it'... he said a couple of choice sell/scare tactics (which i didnt know about pushing products till i got older) looking back now some really fine sell tactics to a young stupid me. Being in despair i said okay. Maybe it was psychological maybe not but the sides came. I ignored the problem for awhile and a couple years passed and the girl i was with during this whole time was okay with my condition. We broke up and i started focusing more on school and got into some secular reading and really starting getting going on my life...finally figured out the important things in life...found out what i was good at and found my passion. I just couldnt push forward with my life because of this. Anyways little did i know that i created such a bad demon that i held in for so long and when it got hit it got hit hard (another long story) my outlook on life sucks and i see nothing to look forward to. I came such a long way as an individual and now everything went out the window. I no longer care about my life, i have been through so much this past year because of this stupid drug. The two ironic things about this are balding was the best thing that ever happened to me, and two i am losing more hair now than ever because of malnutrition and anxiety/depression/suicidal ideation. I am living the life of a hermit and think of myself as a leper that nobody wants to be around. All because of 1 bad mistake i made my whole life is fucked. I have lost any respect i gained as a young man, lost all self respect, shamed myself and my family. I know im complaining but just thought i'd vent to anyone who has shared a similar story. People say things will get better you'll get through this...first off i shouldnt even be in this, and get better for what?..so i can live a half ass life..damn the person and the horse he road in on whoever thought up propecia..i took this drug only a few years ago and i have been doing some research and guys have been complaining about these sides since 2002!..WTF is that all about and they're still putting this on the market banging on guys insecurities to make a buck to ruin their life!?!?!..this drug stole everything from me..my career, future, family EVERYTHING

one pill did all of that....immediate penile shirinkage with just one pill...I think that's not possible. 

See http://www.propeciahelp.com for medical & media awareness on persistent Finasteride side effects.

For my complete story, please visit http://www.mypropeciasideeffects.com .

This drug destroyed my life, Testosterone production and endocrine system, just as it has many others before me. Now 5 years off the drug with little to no improvement suffering many permanent hypogonadal symptoms -- including erectile dysfunction, loss of libido, muscle atrophy, gynecomastia, low Testosterone, penile shrinkage, loss of morning/nocturnal/spontaneous erections and much more. All of this from taking a 5AR inhibitor to stop some hair loss, due to my own social insecurities about baldness at the time. Now, having to deal with permanent side effects and decreased quality of life really put things into perspective about what I gambled and lost, vs. what's truly important in life: being an able-bodied, sexually competent male full of health, vitality and virility, vs. a weak, insecure, hairloss-fearing person who takes an endocrine disrupting drug at any cost just to save a few hairs on one's head.

Do not touch this androgen deprivation medication unless you want to chemically castrate and feminize your body, impair neurological brain function, and acquire a hormonal profile of genetic 5AR2 deficiency (PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM). This drug is meant as androgen deprivation for PROSTATE CANCER and should only be prescribed in life or death situations. An unknown number of men worldwide who take and quit Finasteride experience permanent side effects, loss of Testosterone metabolism, and acquired hypogonadism/androgen resistance.

If you wish to risk this possible outcome just to keep some hair on your head, at least take baseline bloodwork before, while on and after quitting the medication so you can see what it is doing to your body. Be warned however -- there are no guarantees that if you get side effects or hormone problems, that they will resolve after quitting, despite what FDA and drug manufacturer may claim. You have been warned.

i am 30 yrs not on any meds noticed hairloss went on propecia took only one pill 1 mg and felt sick and spaced out all day and looked a mess and not myself then noticed that evening a perceivable shrinkage in the girth of my penis when i was urinating and some tightness. this so freaked me out that i will not take another pill.  the brain fog has left me as it has been 3 days but i still feel the tightness and difference of at least a 1/4 inch in girth.  will i suffer this forever.  has this screwed me for life.  have i altered my testerone levels will be impotent.  i am scared i have ruined myself forever.  please advise me.

I am a healthy 35 yr old male with no history of any neupological problems. after taking propecia I started having seizures. After I
discontinued the use of Propecia Seizures stopped.

Been taking Finasteride for four years for hair loss treatment. it works very well. My hair is much thicker and there is no further loss, however, there is a definite low volume of sperm during ejaculation that I have been experiencing for almost the same amount of time I have been taking the rug. As Evan V. replied, this drug really works -but you have to be willing to put up with this significant side effect hair vs low decreased ejaculation. I chose the hair. (vanity). =-X

I have been taking Propecia since 2001, I am experiencing a low volume of sperm during ejaculation. A recent semen analysis resulted in zero sperm count. If this is a result of Propecia, have you heard of any stories/situations where the production of semen has returned to normal after the male stop taking propecia?

oh, and i was 20 when i started it and 21 when i ended it... so don't think the effects only happen to older people

This drug works, and if u would like to lose ur manly hood at the same time, i would recommende this drug. :(