So many "reputable studies" that more and more doctors refuse to prescribe fina because they see more and more men with side effects from fina after stopping and more and more medical authorities sounding the alarm.
Finasteride has been added to the 'list of drugs to avoid in 2021' by a French Medical Journal
Translation from the Journal 'Drugs to be Avoided for Better Care 2021 Report'
'Finasteride 1mg, a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, has a very high efficacy in modest androgenic alopecia in men: it increases hair density only slightly on the top of the head (by about 10%), and only for the duration of the treatment. It exposes particular sexual disorders (e.g., sexual dysfunction in erection and ejaculation, decreased libido), depression, suicidal ideation and cancer of the breast. When a drug is the chosen option, local minoxidil used with care is less dangerous.'
Of course hair transplant surgeons want people to take fina, they're biased and only care about your hair and the results they bring, they don't care about your health.
And if you're pulling the anecdotal card, I can too:
Large fina side effect polls:
https://www.hairlosstalk.com/intera...es-sexual-side-effects-in-forum-users.122151/
160 people, 53% have side effects
http://www.haarweb.nl/forum/showthread.php?t=2848
545 people, 55% have side effects
I have too many patients suffering from post finasteride syndrome w irreversible cognitive and sexual dysfunction that I wouldn't use it for this indication. The pelvic pain from FTM in my opinion should be treated as menopausal atrophy/ GSM.
@MeTooPropecia
Sure so far you may not have sides (I see you're also only on it for 1 year, that's nothing), but that doesn't mean you're safe now, on the contrary. Many guys dismiss "less serious sides" like watery sperm or infrequent stings but that's a sign for worse to come. But like I said, in the end you can take what you want and I will and can't stop you, just like you can't stop me from posting the truth about 5ar inhibitors my weirdo friend.