Okay you did extensive research and you think it's safe now right? Problem is the sources of your research are untrustworthy, I'm sure you know about Vioxx and the recent articles about Merck covering up data from fina right?
Btw, here's a guy just like you who also did his "research" he thought just like you, only a minority or in his case only 1% could experience side effects. Here's the thread, read the opening post
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=158889153 ... you know where he is now 5 years later? Propeciahelp. He was just like you.
And lol if you think 3 months is a long period. You do know and realize you're taking a hormone treatment right? Most people experience side effects later on, I didn't notice any serious one my first year of usage.
Again, the official studies are crap. But you belong to the group who's young, balding and desperate so I'm sad to say you will have to learn the hard way. (and don't take that as an insult, I was like you too)
Btw, you do know we're in a troll thread right? And yes I stand by my statement, fina is poison. Sorry if that hurts your feelings. And take what you want, I'm not here to convince you.
This is a horrible post.
Take this by paragraph
1- I have done proper research, and I am taking known risks, albeit very minor ones. No drug is taken without a risk, whether it's minor or major, it is what it is. Of course I know about the court document sealing. I'm assuming you know very little about the male hormone system, how it works, and how, in the extremely rare event that someone has prolonged side effects, to reverse them.
I didn't even read it. Waste of time. You're saying he was just like me? How could you possibly know that....moving on to the next non point.
No. 3 months is a long time (in terms of seeing side effects, most see them early) going by any scientific study information available, as well as my own anecdotal information by people I know, as well as from dermatologist anecdotal information by their patients. You finding a guy and posting a thread is not a scientific study. And you don't have one to refute this claim. Do I know it's blocking the 5AR enzyme, which in turn is stopping the conversion of test to dht, and that my test and estrogen levels are up slightly as a result? No, that's the first I've heard of it. Maybe I should start looking it up on the guugel.
The official studies are not crap. The statement in and of itself is ridiculous. Even if the studies were downplayed by half, most people would still be just fine on finasteride, to the tune of 95+%. Further, I've seen you cite small, obscure studies that nobody would deem reputable, yet you call extensive, highly funded studies with thousands of men "crap". And again, you're wrong. I'm not young. Not in the sense that I'd be younger than you, nor naive to virtually anything you are accusing. Desperate you say? Not really. I've been dealing with this for a long time, and at 34, was the first time I applied minoxidil, and at 36, finasteride. I could've done it a lot sooner if I were this desperate panick-stricken young man you somehow claim me to be haha. You also say I will "have to learn the hard way", as if it were a guarantee haha. Come on man, millions of men take the drug, if it were a certainty to be fucked after even 2 years, this drug would've went down long ago. So absurd.
Finally, yes I know where we are typing. And no, my feelings aren't hurt. Why would they be.
Anyway, even if someone was a borderline case, and it threw their hormones into sub-optimal levels, and they were experiencing side effects, which is possible, just stop taking the drug. And then, if that person were to be part of this even smaller % of ppl who have persistent sides due to hormonal levels being low (typically), then there are drugs to counteract that. It's really not hard to do in fact. It may not be a perfect solution, but it's there.
Bottom line is any drug to be taken daily is going to have risks and rewards, you have to weigh them yourself and make a the decision that's right for you. It's just how it works. And if I end up getting side effects (at this point the chances are extremely slim), well, I made the decision to take the drug knowing full well what can possibly happen, and I've nobody to blame but myself.