24-01-2024, 07:36 PM
You're welcome Karen ....
Apparently the side effects of Finasteride were so numerous, the government mandated warning labels and possibly more. I say possibly because I did some serious research into Finasteride last September and I've forgotten a lot of the specifics.
There is a ton of information posted online, but most of these articles just dance around the subject of the side effects. It's my opinion that the suicide & depression aspects are related to losing the ability to attain an erection. Granted, not everyone experiences all the different side effects, but enough have reported them for it to become a so-called issue. If you haven't had this happen to you, serious congrats.
They do a good job of hiding the info about loss if erections. I swear I think a lot of these web pages are only created just to sell ads, because all the info contained within is just regurgitated from other sources.
Side-Note .... Go on a website looking for a recipe. Sift through all the ads and "keep reading" and "scroll for more", when all you want is a recipe. The website author starts out her story about how the she grew up on her Grandfather's farm. He was a hard working man who raised three children and provided for his family with the fruits of the land. He survived the war only to come home to a factory job where he lost three fingers. He was an angry man.
At this point you're thinking, just give me the damn recipe!!! .... Rant-Off, but you get my point.
What I found when I did a deep dive into medical research sites like PubMed is that Finasteride can literally damage the penile shaft so as an erection is not obtainable. All these aforementioned websites about PFS will say that these symptoms can last for years after cessation of the medication, or you may never recover at all. What they don't tell you is that Finasteride can damage the penis mechanisms that cause & keep an erection. If this hasn't happened to you, congrats, but it's a very common occurrence with this medicine. You have to do a deep dive into research to even find this, but it appears that this is the root cause of losing elections and the cause of depression, etc.
I still have my six month supply, and I will start taking it if hair loss makes a turn for the worse. Currently I'm on Bicalutamide, which has its own set of concerns, but so far it's working okay. Eight years of NBE/HRT have already done a number on my package, but erections are still possible. I'm much much smaller than I was before, but I deal with it.
I hope that helps.
Apparently the side effects of Finasteride were so numerous, the government mandated warning labels and possibly more. I say possibly because I did some serious research into Finasteride last September and I've forgotten a lot of the specifics.
There is a ton of information posted online, but most of these articles just dance around the subject of the side effects. It's my opinion that the suicide & depression aspects are related to losing the ability to attain an erection. Granted, not everyone experiences all the different side effects, but enough have reported them for it to become a so-called issue. If you haven't had this happen to you, serious congrats.
They do a good job of hiding the info about loss if erections. I swear I think a lot of these web pages are only created just to sell ads, because all the info contained within is just regurgitated from other sources.
Side-Note .... Go on a website looking for a recipe. Sift through all the ads and "keep reading" and "scroll for more", when all you want is a recipe. The website author starts out her story about how the she grew up on her Grandfather's farm. He was a hard working man who raised three children and provided for his family with the fruits of the land. He survived the war only to come home to a factory job where he lost three fingers. He was an angry man.
At this point you're thinking, just give me the damn recipe!!! .... Rant-Off, but you get my point.
What I found when I did a deep dive into medical research sites like PubMed is that Finasteride can literally damage the penile shaft so as an erection is not obtainable. All these aforementioned websites about PFS will say that these symptoms can last for years after cessation of the medication, or you may never recover at all. What they don't tell you is that Finasteride can damage the penis mechanisms that cause & keep an erection. If this hasn't happened to you, congrats, but it's a very common occurrence with this medicine. You have to do a deep dive into research to even find this, but it appears that this is the root cause of losing elections and the cause of depression, etc.
I still have my six month supply, and I will start taking it if hair loss makes a turn for the worse. Currently I'm on Bicalutamide, which has its own set of concerns, but so far it's working okay. Eight years of NBE/HRT have already done a number on my package, but erections are still possible. I'm much much smaller than I was before, but I deal with it.
I hope that helps.