Just Started Propecia and questions about SIDE EFFECTS

[ken1234567]

Hi,

Just started propecia at 0.5 mg dose every other day for the past week. I noticed low volume of semen, and weaker and less firm erections. My question is should i push through the side effects and see if they disappear ,and how long will that take. Or is it mental at this stage.

thanks

 

[Diffuser44]

I would just take 1 mg daily. Keep a reference on how firm your erections are before you got on the drug. If after 1 to 2 weeks and the dementors have sucked the like out of your dick it's time to quit.

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I think when people take smaller doses it is a sign they are petrified of sides. Same with every other day. There's no significant difference between .2 mg and 5 mg.

 

[ken1234567]

i am tapering up to the 1mg dose in couple weeks so by body adjusts

 

[Fermat]

There's unlikely to be much of a difference in sides between 0.2mg and 1mg, but there also shouldn't be too much difference in the effectiveness of the drug either, so if 1mg worries you too much, it probably won't hurt to just stay on 0.2mg, but if youre going to 'work up' to 1mg, you may as well just go straight to 1mg daily now.

And I'd say just stick with it for a month, if sides don't improve by then, then unfortunately you are one of the few who are intolerant to it. But for a lot of people who get sides at first, they either improve or disappear completely.

 

[Diffuser44]

I read that only 43 percent will have sides go away with continual use. Some even get sides from continual use. Also I'm highly speculating that many people actually do get sides and are indenial over them. Kind of like the nocebo effect but they want to keep their hair so badly the don't realize they have side effects.

 

[Da Crow]

I've been experimenting with different plants and supplements.

For semen volume:
Lecithin, arginine, zinc, magnesium, maca

Erection (I've had 15-20 orgasms the past week):
Catuaba, maca, zinc, longjack

Don't forget your omega 3/6/9 ratios, trifortified with exercise and diet.

Good luck

 

[zzzzz]

there will be zero difference in sides between .5mg and 1mg they have nearly the exact same serum dht inhibition you aren't working your way up to anything

sides are typically the worst when you start and get better. If they are minor especially just hold out for a month and hope they get better

 

[Diffuser44]

Is there anyone that doesn't experience sides initially? These Merck stats are crap. I think men especially 90s men before the v**** hype came about were too embarrassed to talk about erectile dysfunction with their doctors. Here are reasons why sides are under reported: 1. embarrassment/pride. They don't want to share that they've lost their erections even to a doctor. even more likely if it's a female doctor... 2. For fear that they will be taken out of the study. Men taking a hair loss pill really want to keep taking it so they can keep their hair. Why would they admit to having trouble maintaining an erection for a long period of time. 3. They didn't even notice the sides but the sides were there. Some men might be completely oblivious to the sides in the first place.

I think the actual sides would look more like this: decreased volume in semen 75 percent. Watery semen 33 percent. Less firm erections 25 percent. Erectile dysfunction 10 percent. Impotence less than 1 percent. That's just my opinion. I also believe finasteride makes you more sensitive to pain. Everyone gets ball ache but when you get it on finasteride it all of a sudden becomes a big deal. It's the same ache as before but you're just more sensitive to it.

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I think many of the erection issues has to do with the shrinking of the prostate. Let's say you paranoia masturbate 4 times after one pill. Your dick will be limp
for the next 2 days because you are out of reserves. Well with a shrinking prostate the refractory and reserves become less. It takes longer to recover from your last ejaculate. Does that stop you? No! You are more horny because your testosterone is up. Causing you to ejaculate more. Now your erections strength goes away. What's the solution? Nofap. The longer you go without ejaculation the more stiffer and frequent your erections will be. Now if you're one of the true less than 1 percent that get impotence after 2 weeks you should quit pronto. But I've never had a period where i
couldnt get an erection on finasteride. Once I paranoia masturbated 5 times and psychosomatically freaked out a day later because I didn't get morning wood and could only get an erection after 5 minute of mastubating. There's always a catch 22 to sides with finasteride. If you're thinking and worried about your boner then it won't be as hard as you want it to be. Yet if you really were having a problem you might not even
know it until you had sex. And even then it might not work out of first time
performsnce anxiety. Then you have the original cause for this side in the first time. It was given to old men with prostate issues. Was it the finasteride or just their inflammed prostete. Does the same wait 6 months apply for their boners as it does our hair? The true sides I'm worried about is the stuff silently waiting in the weeds that we will never know were caused by finasteride due to lack of research. Like when they discover type 4 5a reductase. Cause it will happen. And this new type 3 5a reductase where people have a deficiency are retarded.
Does it affect us or just prenatal babies? Who the **** knows. All we know is that men are reporting no problems. Whether they are cprrect is the question.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I never had side effects from any medication before...ever. I took finasteride, and within a few days I felt a little off with erection quality. It stayed that way for a few weeks. I could get it up, but it wasn't my best work. All men know the difference between an erection and an ERECTION. After about week 4 I had a day or two where I couldn't get it up at all, which was scary as Hell. However, I stayed the course, and ever since I have been back to my old self with erection quality. Slightly watery semen aside, all is well. I think the key to successful finasteride treatment is just staying the course, and not getting scared off at the first sign of any side effect. I think more people experience sides than reported, and how could you not considering the adjustments your body has to make? That being said, the chances of getting the dreaded permanent impotence is very low.

 

[thechevyman122]

I've been on propecia for nearly a month. No sides at all, no signs of shedding. No signs of anything. I went into it NOT EXPECTING sides - And I also believe in the power of the brain self-inflicting sides.

I have however read that not experiencing sides means it may not be effective for you.

Oh well.

 

[Diffuser44]

Are you sure your finasteride is real? From online or a pharmacy near your home?

 

[thechevyman122]

From Costco.. I don't do online stuff, when it comes to just about anything. 1mg Generics btw. I'm thinking about getting a DHT test - If I have low DHT that will explain my lack of sides, but it makes my hairloss more of a question. Im 25 years old, so I could write it off as a generic hairline, but it has receeded nearly an 1" in the temples, and one temple is worse which makes me think its ealry male pattern baldness. (NW2ish).

 

[PreCueBall]

Has anyone looked into natural ways of curing the Propecia sides? I'm considering taking it right now considering the last few weeks I've had MASSIVE shedding going on to the point where I felt like I could pull all of my hair out if I kept trying. I imagine the cause of the sexual side effects is not only due to the lack of serum DHT but the increase in estrogen. So would natural anti-estrogens combined with optimal testosterone eliminate these sides?

People affected by sides, are you healthy/athletic? Do you lift weights at all? I have a suspicion that people who are impacted largely from finasteride are lazy ****s who don't hit the gym (no dissrespect to my brothers in arms, it's your lifetyle live it the way you want). I'm just trying to get an idea of my chances of not getting bent over and penetrated by the side effects.

PS. I tried to get my doctor (Canada) to check my testosterone, estrogen, DHT levels but he wouldn't unless I paid. I asked how much it would cost and he wouldn't give me a number and said several hundred dollars. Anybody experienced this problem in Canada or know a way around it without coughing up that much dough? Is there an alternative method to check those levels? I was actually prepared to go on Propecia assuming I would have these baseline test levels to compare with my Propecia levels... My docs a jerk if you ask me.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I'm not sure of the correlation between side effects and laziness haha. Anyway, I used to be an avid gym goer. I was in pretty good shape, not Muscle & Fitness cover shape, but good enough to be considered healthy and had some really nice arms and a solid chest. However, I have noticed the drug has sapped me of a lot of the energy I used to have. I just can't get that pump going like I did pre-finasteride. I used to go to the gym 5-6 days a week, now I'm down to about 3. I had some scares in the first 3 months on finasteride in the schlong department, but I've managed to level off (knock on wood -- no pun intended) and been able to get junior ready for battle more often. I guess those are the breaks when you're trying to save your hair from extinction.

 

[PreCueBall]

What was your regime with finasteride? Basic 1mg/day? Did you try any anti-estrogens while on it?

 

[stop dht]

Hmm guys i m a victim of sides too . 3 month on proscar i feel nothing u know not old orgasm not much sensivity not much nocturnal erections and no erection if i dont touch . I was using saw palmetto oral i used for 3 months just before taking proscar with not a single sides effect but with improvement .

I tried to take 1mg eod for 10 days still same then now trying to take 0.5 mg every third day or 3 times a week . I m %100 sure sides occured because of dutasteride i was using dutasteride eod whilst firsT 2 months of proscar . So lil better than previous month but not half of non proscar days past.

I got dont misunderstood but very sexy athletic body working out hard but still the same. I wanna deal with this sides cause proscar made miracles to me dat i wanna protect . But i got very crazy orgasm couple days ago so maybe dats returning normal , BUT İ M NOT SURE