Propecia Dangers on BBC Radio1 / BBC News

[hairhoper]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12040303

Merck say they continually monitor its safety and have recently changed the labelling after reports of sexual side effects continuing after people had stopped taking the drug.

Scared me a little to wake up to this today. Guess it's nothing I didn't already know but to hear it from the UK's biggest radio station when I was lying in bed... My stomach kinda turned :/

Can't believe there are no studies that confirm if impotency can continue (or even begin) after discontinuation of the drug. Merck must know something.

Any thoughts, am I insane to be taking this drug at 25?

 

[Mens Rea]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12040303

Merck say they continually monitor its safety and have recently changed the labelling after reports of sexual side effects continuing after people had stopped taking the drug.

Scared me a little to wake up to this today. Guess it's nothing I didn't already know but to hear it from the UK's biggest radio station when I was lying in bed... My stomach kinda turned :/

Can't believe there are no studies that confirm if impotency can continue (or even begin) after discontinuation of the drug. Merck must know something.

Any thoughts, am I insane to be taking this drug at 25?

Insane, no.

But it's a risk. Just monitor yourself closely if you feel the need to take it.


Be under no illusion though. I have first hand experience, finasteride is a bad drug if you are unlucky to experience sides. Mine have got worse since going off the drug - weak erections, penile pain and shrinkage. Hormonal imbalances. Its not joke.

 

[Draco88]

Nothing like a news article to set you thinking down a negative track :thumbdown2:

 

[captain_que]

Just goes to show how much you can trust pharmaceutical companies. Not saying everyone gets sides, but they can shove that 2% and that it passes with discontinued use right up their ***.
it comes down to the fact that it´s a risk you have to decide for yourself if you´re willing to take, that might have serious consequences. Most people that have been around boards like these know that, but putting that on a company website wouldn´t be good for sales numbers now would it.

 

[barcafan]

they're admitting to as little as possible right now. More information will start coming out and theyll start shitting their pants, theres lots of independent studies being done as we speak

 

[Ende]

It's going to be a lawsuit... I'm just curious about if they manage to keep everything under control until Propecia's patent expires.

 

[hairhoper]

And this forum shows its bias by side-lining these 2 BBC threads to the side-effects subforum.

It is major that this made it onto BBC news, anti-androgens forum made sense, but this is not just about side-effects, this is also about Merck changing its labeling as well.

Haven't seen any follow-up on the labeling change mentioned in the article, wondering if that was something that happened ages ago or recently and if it actually now states that long-term side-effects can occur.

Any propecia users noticed a change in packaging recently (if any frequent the side-effects forum *rolleyes*)?

 

[Timi]

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[samlauncher]

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