That is assuming that the side effect is caused by the reduction in DHT, and not some other possible interaction of having the presence of finasteride which YOU DO NOT KNOW.
Dude, what are you talking about? Sexual side effects are listed as a possible side effect by the manufacturer. Wether that's due to reduced serum DHT or 5AR neurosteroid inhibition or some other process, IT DOESN'T MATTER -- the fact is, the drug itself is known to cause these problems in certain men, no matter the dosage, as mentioned in various studies -- wether it's .25mg, 1mg, or 5mg.
Everyone knows this, so why are you trying to claim it could be due to any million of other "possible interactions" or "confounding variables" (as Pondle would say)? That's like trying to discredit that the drug can even cause side effects at all in the first place.
[quote:2z7iu01m]2. It is not one study, it is multiple studies that Merck has their hand in. But in the study you mention, you clearly did not read closely enough since I highlighted specifically ONLY Finasteride's side effects mentioned.
NO you did not, you only highlighted the word finasteride when the study clearly was the results of a combination of drugs.[/quote:2z7iu01m]
If you read them in detail you'd see that each study included a Finasteride GROUP on it's OWN, and side effects were listed AS SUCH for those independant Finasteride GROUPS, independant of other drugs.
Finasteride & Rofecobix
- Finasteride monotherapy
Finasteride & Tamsulosin
- Finasteride groups, respectively
Finasteride & Soxazosin
- Finasteride is mentioned as it's own study group
You are so unscientific and intellectually dishonest by only saying this is finasteride when there are two drugs administered. It could be the other drug, it could be a combination of the two. You do not take this into consideration, you only highlight finasteride which matches up with your already concluded belief.
See above.
This article has finastieride in combination with other drugs. Some of the other drugs have known side effects of which you constantly like to blame on finasteride alone.
See above. Finasteride was also studied as monotherapy and adverse effects reported for that study arm as such.
You CLEARLY do not take into account the conditions of these studies in which ALL THREE EXAMPLES GIVEN, also included ANOTHER DRUG.
See above, again.
You clearly are trying to divert the argument away from my main point by nitpicking at unrelated topics, which is:
Merck was involved in certain studies. This cannot be argued, as they note this themselves. If you do not think there is a possibility that such involvement might color the adverse effects percentages due to inherent bias and vested interests towards their drug, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
PS: I find it funny that you pick 3 studies where you try to confuse people by claiming other drugs could have been at fault, despite Finasteride being studied on its own within those studies -- yet conveniently ignore 2 OTHER studies where Finasteride is the ONLY drug mentioned, studies which also had Merck's involvement (and are labelled as such with RED TEXT and LINES DRAWN pointing this out).