Most of the people running ads are Attorneys .... aka vultures .... trying to make a buck off this stuff. The simple fact is, nobody .... and i mean NOBODY ... has ever taken Propecia (as far as I am aware in 13 years running this site) for a week, or a month.... had side effects .... discontinued treatment immediately when side effects began .... and was still forever laden with said side effects.
The people who have the problem (and are screaming the loudest) are the ones who took the drug, *ignored the side effects* out of a fear that they would go bald without Propecia, and *continued* taking it despite these side effects. For days, weeks, months, even years. Those are the people who may have ongoing problems afterwards, and even among them, i would say it is a very small fraction.
In such cases I have very little support for such individuals who are then trying to sue Merck, because I believe what they are doing is unethical and dishonest. Trying to blame someone else for a decision they made. And I can comment like this because I was one of those people. I had side effects, very bad ones - more than most anyone I know ... and I ignored them for nearly 2.5 years because of fear of losing my hair. If I walked away from that situation with permanent changes, the only one I would have to blame is myself. But then again, I think differently than many people.
That being said, there is absolutely no reason to believe that impotence will "kick in" once you *stop* the treatment. On the contrary, you will likely have a surge in DHT production, which will make you feel like a raging teenager for awhile, followed by an equilibrium and normalcy into the future. Certain things have stayed with me after stopping Propecia, but they were things I experienced while on it. And only 1 or 2 of the 5 or 10 things. Impotence was not one of them.
Because of this nonsense flying around I personally have had discussions with friends who want to take it, but are now terrified that if they pop a pill, they will have limp dick for eternity. That's how this nonsense information gets twisted. I try to explain to them that the vast majority of people have zero problems on Propecia, and those who do should simply stop taking it, for full recovery. Its not like you wake up one morning and you're impotent forever. Notice a problem? Stop taking it the next day. Problem solved. That's your responsibility. Keep taking it? Its your own fault. If everyone did that, nobody would be threatening to sue anyone right now.
If you take v**** and it turns your eyesight blue (documented side effect), and you continue taking it with blue vision for a year .... are you really gonna go sue Pfizer if your vision doesn't return to normal? I mean seriously ...
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