Propecia and prostatitis, long term use, etc.

[calories]

I'm 27 and I've been taking propecia for 5 or so years now 1mg daily (along with using rogaine) with no noticeable side effects and definitely slowing my hair loss. Recently I was diagnosed with prostatitis after months of urinary problems including frequent urination, urgency, urinary hesitancy, groin pain, etc. and put on ciproflox for about six weeks. I've been recovering slowly for about two months now and my symptoms are still not completely gone. My urologist did not assume any correlation between the prostatitis and propecia usage, but he did suggest I cut down on the propecia. Has anyone else had any similar situations like this? Am I paranoid?

I've cut my propecia to 1mg of every 48 hours now, and I will probably continue to take less than the recommended dosage until I decide I'm done with propecia. I'm beginning to worry about long term effects and I know I want to be off of it within the next few years. Any suggestions for a natural replacement?

 

[Lessofarockstar]

I'm 27 and I've been taking propecia for 5 or so years now 1mg daily (along with using rogaine) with no noticeable side effects and definitely slowing my hair loss. Recently I was diagnosed with prostatitis after months of urinary problems including frequent urination, urgency, urinary hesitancy, groin pain, etc. and put on ciproflox for about six weeks. I've been recovering slowly for about two months now and my symptoms are still not completely gone. My urologist did not assume any correlation between the prostatitis and propecia usage, but he did suggest I cut down on the propecia. Has anyone else had any similar situations like this? Am I paranoid?

Isn't prostatitis related to excess estrogen (or isn't it a possible reason)?
In that case yes propecia could be the culprit...

I've cut my propecia to 1mg of every 48 hours now, and I will probably continue to take less than the recommended dosage until I decide I'm done with propecia. I'm beginning to worry about long term effects and I know I want to be off of it within the next few years. Any suggestions for a natural replacement?

There is the immortalhair regimen, or a topical approach with spironolactone/revivogen etc. I am considering these things myself as I don't seem to be tolerating finasteride very well. Probably I will go for a combination of the two.

 

[momo]

I heard of many people having the groin pain while on propecia. I myself had the pain after cutting off the dosage. The pain stopped 1 month after I stopped propecia.

 

[camobear777]

I had Prostitutes twice while I was on Propecia all with in a 12 month period. I had to stop due to side effects, unfortunately my body could not handle the medication. Since I have stopped everything is back to normal and Prostitutes is all gone.

 

[Bryan]

I had Prostitutes twice while I was on Propecia all with in a 12 month period.

LOL!!!!!

Couldn't find a girlfriend, camobear?

Bryan

 

[Sarangravii]

Hello Calories.

I've recently been afflicted with something, and also recently stopped using fins. I do not truly know how related these two issues are, if at all, but since I suspect I have prostatitis I'd like to ask about your symptoms.

Mine started rather suddenly one day as an issue with starting to urinate(hesitancy etc), (same day as last finasteride, incidentally), then two days later pain in the testicles.

A week later, and those symptoms remain, only the pain has gotten less and the difficulty in passing water worse. No real peeing urgency, no nightly visits, just that, and according to my GP (who put a thing with 5 colors in a urine sample and abruptly told me I did not, in fact, have diabetes, a sexually transmittable disease, an infection or dropbearitus). Beats me if those things can detect bacteria from bacterial prostatitis though?

 

[powersam]

i thought finasteride was used to treat prostatis.

 

[Sarangravii]

Finasteride is used to treat an enlargened prostate, and as far as I'm aware, an inflamed prostate ala prostatitis isn't necessarliy == an enlargened prostate .