Seeing your doctor

[petemitchell]

After reading this website back to front for the past week or so, I've decided to get on the propecia as soon as I can and hopefully buy a Lasercomb when I get paid at the end of the month.

Just wondered what everyone's experiences are with going to see their GP? I haven't been to mine since I was very young and am wondering if they actually take hairloss seriously, or if he's basically going to look at me as if I'm wasting his time. Do they carry out any tests? Is there anything I should ask him?

I'd really appreciate advice guys.

 

[Dick Hyman]

I'm going to see a derm next week about propecia. I want to get a professional opinion on the drug. Reading this site has made me confused about propecia at best. I feel it is a very helpful site, but the horror stories seem to outweigh the positive and I think I'm letting myself freak out a bit too much over something that the FDA has approved for hair loss treatment.

As far as your GP not taking you seriously, that's bullsh!t. If he won't take you seriously, don't give him your money. There are plenty of doctors who do their jobs right and you don't need to pay some jerk who doesn't want to help you. IT's not like there a shortage of doctors out there.

As far as questions I will ask my derm: I'm going to ask him what percentage of his patients who take propecia see positive results, what percentage shed, how often the shed lasts I'm going to ask him about side effects and how common they tend to be among his patients. Hopefully he will be losing a bit of hair and I'll ask him if he takes propecia. If so how's it going, if not, why not? I'll ask him about his grundle, and if he prefers to shave it, or get it waxed.

If the meeting goes well, I expect to walk out of there with 2 prescriptions in hand: 1 for propecia (which I will give to my dog Betsy, who is suffering fom diffuse thining around the paynis), and one for cod liver oil, which I will give to my new sister-in-law as a wedding present.

Hope this helps,

Richard Theisman

 

[Thinning]

Dont waste your time going to a doctor unless you want a blood test.

 

[Guest]

The best thing to do is to get a professional opinion before you start taking a drug like propecia.

 

[petemitchell]

Dont waste your time going to a doctor unless you want a blood test.

I need to see my doctor though so he can prescribe propecia. Wouldn't a blood test be beneifital if only to make sure everything else is healthy?[/i]

 

[petemitchell]

How long have you been using the Lasercomb for Simon? Is it any good?

 

[Thinning]

Dont waste your time going to a doctor unless you want a blood test.

I need to see my doctor though so he can prescribe propecia. Wouldn't a blood test be beneifital if only to make sure everything else is healthy?[/i]

You can get a script online.

 

[petemitchell]

Dont waste your time going to a doctor unless you want a blood test.

I need to see my doctor though so he can prescribe propecia. Wouldn't a blood test be beneifital if only to make sure everything else is healthy?[/i]

You can get a script online.

I want to keep things simple at first, try propecia itself and not cutting up proscar. I know it's more expensive but if the propecia's working in a few months without any side-effects then I'll consider buying proscar instead.

I live in the UK by the way.