I either end up depressed by going bald, or I end up depressed with finasteride sides, it's a lose lose situation so in my opinion I think finasteride may be a higher reward risk situation, as even if I get sides I'd be depressed without sides, but bald.
Yes but I would not chose it as a first line of treatment unless you can't take finasteride.
ethics.harvard.edu
I am not convinced you understand how studies and FDA approval works specifically how they use test subjects to represent the global population. The drug is determined to provide benefits that outweigh its known and potential risks for the intended population. ... Evidence that the drug will benefit the target population should outweigh any risks and uncertainties. This does not mean a drug needs to be completely risk and side effect free. For a drug thats used by an excessively large group of people it should not shock you or anyone when you find 100s of people who experience adverse side effects. The point is the benefits for the vast majority outweigh potential risk.
Do you believe it would be stupid for me to wait 3 months to see if my hair gets better with vitamin d supplements?
www.drugwatch.com
You can hold off if you need to. It's your choice how you want to treat your situation. If you have one uncle bald it shows you have a family history of balding so you might have inherited the gene. Doctors are not always right about everything.
Yeah saw a trichologist 10 minutes ago, she also said male pattern baldness. Rough. Finasteride it is. But the people on my post are anti finasteride, I have a few comments saying don't take it.
Go topical finasteride instead of oral if you are so worried. You have to do what is right for you. The people on this forum can only make suggestions.
I understand. Topical goes systemic too anyway. Guess it's a risk reward situation and no one can actually help but myself. Guess I'm just venting because I'm scared of sides.
How very American, Oxford University ranked 1st overall, giving it the title of best university in the world. Harvard ranked 3rd (Stanford took 2nd place).I'm well aware of how studies are done.
Studies and data from trials can be falsified/manipulated.
I'm also well aware of how the world works and how scientists and board members in regulatory bodies can be bought off. There is corruption even in governments of every country as well as corruption in every industry, the fact that you don't believe there is any corruption in the FDA or the pharmaceutical industry is laughable because you seem very naive.
The world is ruled by money and connections. We literally have the No. 1 Best university in the world (Harvard University) saying this about the FDA, we also have multiple other huge sources saying that the FDA can't be trusted.
Serious Risks And Few New Benefits From FDA-Approved Drugs | Health Affairs Blog
Let's look at the Food and Drug Administration’s failure to protect the 170 million Americans who take prescription drugs from adverse reactions that are killing more than 2,400 people every week. Annually, prescription drugs cause over 81 million adverse reactions and result in 2.7 million...www.healthaffairs.org
Misplaced Trust: Why FDA Approval Doesn’t Guarantee Drug Safety
Americans trust that drugs approved by the FDA are safe, but this is not always the case. We hear from advocate Kim Witczak, who lost her husband in 2003.
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is supposed to protect Americans from harmful drugs. But in reality, FDA-approval does not guarantee safety. Critics say Big Pharma funds FDA reviews of new drugs, creating a conflict of interest. The agency is too focused on approving drugs to appease Big Pharma and it lacks the proper authority and funding to protect the public"
Like I always say, Big Pharma secretly funds trials. It's pretty obvious the FDA can't be trusted as well as those pro-Finasteride studies which can easily be secretly funded by Big Pharma, especially when theres so many studies that prove completely opposite results showing how bad Finasteride truly can be.
You need to make a choice, either accept hair loss this is the healthiest option to be completely honest. Or treat it, I personally would try finasteride out first.
Will take finasteride, but
I understand it's a massive risk, but to be honest I'll be severely depressed if I go bald, which actually is a 100 percent chance of happening before 35.. Two professionals confirmed unfortunately... I may have to risk and if it causes sides its my fault and I'll join your side in being against it
Thank you. Gonna try topical like you said though.
