propecia = hair loss as a side affect

[Wuffer]

You said it yourself; it's anecdotal, which means it's not a proven fact. It was never seen as a result from clinical trials, and there is no subsequent substantiated evidence that proves it as fact.

Just because you have hundreds of guys swearing up and down finasteride caused them to lose their hair doesn’t make it proof. There are a hundreds of other factors at play, the most notable being the users own perception which is usually very flawed.

If pharmaceutical companies based what they put on their product inserts on anything except medical reports and placebo controlled studies, there would be a thousand and one side effects listed for every drug. They don’t care of a forum is filled with people saying it does x, because they have never seen it resulting from their own trials. The day the FDA adds side effects to medications based on online reports is the day I move to Europe.

 

[Rawtashk]

Personally, I'd rather have a bad hairline than no hair at all. At least you can grow it out. Pretty hard to cover a giant bald spot if you don't take propecia at all.

 

[sandyc]

I've noticed quite a lot of posts about hairloss and shedding from Propecia in the last few days from posters with hardly any posts. Seems a bit suspect.

 

[Haim]

I just signed up last week. I wanted some help for my case. and I am reading alot of other blogs and forums were propecia has made hairloss worse. Honestly I don't know what to do.

+1, me also. and whats even worse is that nobody really knows. i made an appointment to the Dr, but i already know what he is going to say - "its not from the drug"...

 

[Rawtashk]

A shed is normal when you start propecia. Usually hits sometime within the first 3-5 months. Stick with it until you decide that it's not for you.