BruceLee said:
Hairybush1 said:
I find it ironic that men who are taking Propecia and altering their hormone levels would be so quick to jump on men that take steroids.
The fact of the matter is both can be equally damaging to the body depending on the dose, the duration of time on the drug and how the individual will react to the drug.
Although... you dont come across a constant barrage of threads realted to health issues from men taking steroids when comparred to men who take finasteride. Go check a bodybuilding site sometime and try to find men that complain about steroids causing health problems. Then compare it to the amount of men who have had health related horror stories from finasteride.
Not very scientific--I have done a Google on steroids and side effects. Try it, there are meta analysis that will literally make your hair fall out just reading them. And these are not forum chats, these are published studies and analysis from med school professors, etc.
If you try to equate the two scientifically, sorry, you are not on solid ground here with your comments.
Sir, my comments, (scientific or not) are still very much valid simply becaue they come from EXPERIENCES of my own and/or others. I think that those are valid observations that deserve consideration. i can pull out one "scientific test" after another on just about any topic and the range of conclusions will be all over the map. That is the case with, low carb diets, the womans pill, hormone replacment therapy, antidepressents, milk, meat, etc...
However, when there are numerous amouts of men complaining about health issues due to what they think finasteride caused, that simply cannot go ingored, no matter what Merck or any other company has to say about it.
No one can deny the ABUSE of steroids is without danger. I am not disputing that and I resent that some of you think that us users are too dumb to understand some the dangers of participating in steroid use, BUT you come off as hypocrites if you think that finasteride is not without its dangerous as well.
To date, there has not been one proven steroid related death. That is a fact. This can not be denied, so the argument is moot. Most side effects from steroid use can be comparred to sides with finasteride. So how is one worse than the other? Oh, because Merck has "scientific tests" that say finasteride is well tollerated?
Most steroid users are not abusers. We will never see any health problems due to our use and I think this can be verified if one spends some time talking to actual people who engage in such activities. i dont think that its fair that some of you take cheap shots at steroid users when you just might find yourself holding a dead penis in your hand from your finasteride use in the future. Dont laugh, as it has been the experience of some finasteride users but that hasnt stopped any of you from engaing in its use. So which one of use is dumber than the other?
