Super Noob Question about asking the Doctor for a prescription

[Kurchak31]

So I actually don't know how this works. I kinda have a doctor assigned to me but thats just through the company I don't ever go to the hospital.

Do i just call the hospital and ask to schedule an appointment with my doctor because I'm balding? It just sounds wrong to me that they'd accept that as a reason to visit the Doctor.

 

[xetudor]

Lolz, here I just go to my doctor's office whenever I want. It's even recommended to visit it often, to check your health. Ask for an appointment and then ask the doctor for Propecia, FDA approved medication for hair loss. Don't start going all melodramatic about side effects and stuff and you will get a prescription.

It's recommended to see the doctor whenever you notice something has changed and it's also better to get regular checkup.

 

[Iopu]

If it does happen that your doctor doesn't want to prescribe it. A hair transplant surgeon most certainly will.

 

[Rudiger]

Don't start going all melodramatic about side effects and stuff and you will get a prescription.

Maybe I'm falling for media lies but it has been widely reported (albeit, maybe mainly from just one actual source/research data) that there's nothing melodramatic about people who have suffered from propecia, in fact it sounds awful.

Am I being a noob here in thinking that?

 

[Agustin Araujo]

Maybe I'm falling for media lies but it has been widely reported (albeit, maybe mainly from just one actual source/research data) that there's nothing melodramatic about people who have suffered from propecia, in fact it sounds awful.

Am I being a noob here in thinking that?

The individuals who claim that they've 'suffered' from Propecia have nothing but completely vague anecdotal evidence to back up their claims, and are unreliable. And no, you're not being a 'noob' in thinking that, you've just been mislead and given the wrong impression about Propecia, that's all. Propecia (Finasteride) has a good safety profile. Getting side effects from it don't happen often and occur in around 2% of cases, and will subside if treatment is discontinued.

 

[Rudiger]

I've done some digging since writing that post and wow, where did these news articles get these studies? One of them claims over 90% of propecia users experienced complete erectile dysfunction, and 50% of them continued having dysfunction years after stopping their brief treatment. Did the hair transplant industry pay these journalists or something?

But anyway, the further digging I did came up with similar results to what you're saying, that's made me feel a lot better.

 

[Agustin Araujo]

I've done some digging since writing that post and wow, where did these news articles get these studies? One of them claims over 90% of propecia users experienced complete erectile dysfunction, and 50% of them continued having dysfunction years after stopping their brief treatment. Did the hair transplant industry pay these journalists or something?

But anyway, the further digging I did came up with similar results to what you're saying, that's made me feel a lot better.

Yes, they're just claims, no real solid scientific evidence. I personally cannot find any good credible info on why Propecia has gotten such a bad name. There are many other medications out there that can cause much worse side effects and even death, yet don't get anywhere as much attention as Finasteride does.

I'm glad that I've been able to help you out.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

I've done some digging since writing that post and wow, where did these news articles get these studies? One of them claims over 90% of propecia users experienced complete erectile dysfunction, and 50% of them continued having dysfunction years after stopping their brief treatment. Did the hair transplant industry pay these journalists or something?

But anyway, the further digging I did came up with similar results to what you're saying, that's made me feel a lot better.

Welcome back.

 

[Rudiger]

As in, after my digging, or you think I've been a member here before?

 

[abcdefg]

There are places like propecia help where people that think or did have sides gather to discuss stuff. If a doctor polled or checked on them they might come up with high figures on sides. All the details do matter very much but most of the time people gloss over or just dont pay attention to them so they can summarize stuff into a quick sentence but they end up twisting the truth.
I do think a lot of studies though even large ones like propecia had could have bias in them or just were not large enough samples to get a true reading of sides. Erectile dysfunction is a very hard to thing to measure so a lot of it is probably polls and it changes as you get older anyways. There is a small chance propecia can cause sexual sides just leave it at that. Your always taking some risk using any internal drug period.