Hi guys, I am not a big poster in this forum but have been checking all the developments for the past one year. This is the story of my fight against hairloss using Proscar.
I started taking Proscar(1/4 rd) about 6 months ago. I still remember the day I went to my doctor and asked for a prescription for Proscar for my hairloss. He just wouldnt give me the prescription. As he knew me pretty well he advised me not to take this drug as he heard pretty bad comments on this drug and its effect on sexual function. He told me that my hair looks fine at the moment and I would be better off trying Rogaine as it is much safer for me. He also told me that his friend who was a psycologist dealt with a few people who got divorced due to reasons relating to lack of sexual intimacy and some them were using finasteride for hairloss and the sides didnt go away even after 7 months after quitting.
I heard all this but it didnt dampen my spirit one bit as I thought I was only 24 and the guys who get the sides are propably in their 40's and experiencing ED from other causes. Anyway I was able to get a prescription and started taking quartered Proscar in april 2005 and about 4 months ago I developed ED with major loss in libido. I just couldnt hold an erection no matter how hard I tried. Now this is completely strange as I always had rock hard erections. SO I came back to this forum and followed the guys' advice that the sides will go away after a few weeks. I was lucky I went overseas by myself for 2 months so I had no pressure to have sex with my Girlfriend. Now from july to september I was trying my best to get an erection by watching p**rn and everything else but I just couldnt get a full one. So I stopped taking finasteride for the last week before I got back to australia and wolla I was able to get an erection after about four days of quitting. About 3 weeks ago I thought I will give it another go and started taking 1/5th of a proscar and guess what, within 3 days my erections were dead. I finally made up my mind that no matter what, I will not take proscar and put my sex life in jeopardy.
Now this is freaky, I called AMI about a week ago which advertises about a special Nasal spray for ED and the guy on the phone heard my story and said that he had atleast 30 calls so far from guys ranging from 20-40 suffering from the same problem. He also said that about 4 guys have quit about an year ago and still suffer from the sides.
I am not trying to discourage anyone from taking finasteride but am just putting forward the facts that I gathered. To me the no of cases suffering from sides seems to be far greater than 2%. Make sure that u quit taking finasteride on the first sign of any sexual dysfunction. If u want to try to see if they go away then its entirely upto u.
I started taking Proscar(1/4 rd) about 6 months ago. I still remember the day I went to my doctor and asked for a prescription for Proscar for my hairloss. He just wouldnt give me the prescription. As he knew me pretty well he advised me not to take this drug as he heard pretty bad comments on this drug and its effect on sexual function. He told me that my hair looks fine at the moment and I would be better off trying Rogaine as it is much safer for me. He also told me that his friend who was a psycologist dealt with a few people who got divorced due to reasons relating to lack of sexual intimacy and some them were using finasteride for hairloss and the sides didnt go away even after 7 months after quitting.
I heard all this but it didnt dampen my spirit one bit as I thought I was only 24 and the guys who get the sides are propably in their 40's and experiencing ED from other causes. Anyway I was able to get a prescription and started taking quartered Proscar in april 2005 and about 4 months ago I developed ED with major loss in libido. I just couldnt hold an erection no matter how hard I tried. Now this is completely strange as I always had rock hard erections. SO I came back to this forum and followed the guys' advice that the sides will go away after a few weeks. I was lucky I went overseas by myself for 2 months so I had no pressure to have sex with my Girlfriend. Now from july to september I was trying my best to get an erection by watching p**rn and everything else but I just couldnt get a full one. So I stopped taking finasteride for the last week before I got back to australia and wolla I was able to get an erection after about four days of quitting. About 3 weeks ago I thought I will give it another go and started taking 1/5th of a proscar and guess what, within 3 days my erections were dead. I finally made up my mind that no matter what, I will not take proscar and put my sex life in jeopardy.
Now this is freaky, I called AMI about a week ago which advertises about a special Nasal spray for ED and the guy on the phone heard my story and said that he had atleast 30 calls so far from guys ranging from 20-40 suffering from the same problem. He also said that about 4 guys have quit about an year ago and still suffer from the sides.
I am not trying to discourage anyone from taking finasteride but am just putting forward the facts that I gathered. To me the no of cases suffering from sides seems to be far greater than 2%. Make sure that u quit taking finasteride on the first sign of any sexual dysfunction. If u want to try to see if they go away then its entirely upto u.