User Reviews for finasteride oral

This drug destroyed my life. Yes you read that correctly. Post-Finasteride Syndrome is a very serious and very real illness. Everything doctors are telling you about this drug's safety is wrong. There is a long history of controversy surrounding this drug....manipulated trial data, sealed documents, suicides, and more This drug should be banned. It has very little medicinal value and has destroyed far too many lives. There are milder products that serve the same purpose for enlarged prostateRead More Read Less

Horrible drug. Took for 3 weeks and sexual desire went to nothing. Also experienced an intense feeling of Doom and negative thoughts. Hope I never took it long enough for the extreme body hair growth and breast enlargement. I think urologists prescribe this stuff as an easy get out when they have no idea about the Prostate Gland and related problems!

I am lactose intolerant and this medication has lactose as a basic ingredient which gave me terrible gas and stomach cramps.

I took the 1mg Finasteride for 6 months for hair loss last year, despite my doctors apprehension to prescribe it. Honestly, while I was taking it, I didn't feel any of the serious side effects except for the occasional soreness in the testicles, which I didn't know was a result of the drug until now. On day one, however, I did notice a lack of erection and semen, but I think that was a result of me psyching myself thinking about the side effects rather than the drug actually affecting me. I did not feel anything again afterwards and I had no problem getting an erection or ejaculating. My hair, though, man oh man, I had no idea at the time how thick and full it had gotten! However, because my hair was still falling after taking it for 6 months, albeit at a reduced rate, I thought the drug wasn't really working for me so well. And when I had my consultation with my doctor at the 6 month mark, she was concerned about the sexual side effects, even though I hadn't experience any up to that point, she recommended I stop taking the drug considering my age. I was hesitant to stop but I agreed because, again, at the time I didn't think the drug was working for me. Obviously now I am regretting it because my hair at the crown is thinning and there is more receding hairline. I am thinking about getting back on the drug, but I am concerned if the side effects will suddenly kick in this time if I take it. Read More Read Less

Being a 49 yr. old male with thinning hair I decided to try 1mg of finasteride daily. After the 2nd month I started feeling anxious and a little down. I had a upset stomach and my libido was decreasing. I was starting to see some new growth at 3 months but I was seriously getting depressed and feeling very tired. I wanted to be one of the lucky guys who didn't get side effects and had/kept an open mind. I think my hair was filling in at crown area, so I do believe this drug is good for growing hair and keeping what you have. Just be careful and monitor your mood and sexual side effects. I am very disappointed I cant tolerate this medication because it seemed to grow hair well. Read More Read Less

Using for BPH, seems to be helping

Causes increased breast enlargement, not good and I don't know that it helps with urination problems!

I was prescribed this drug 5-7 years ago for enlarged prostrate. Noticed a decline in sexual drive, ejactulation and no noticeable ease of urination effort. Was then put on Tamosulin and had some improvement. Recent checkup doc prescribed Finasteride again to reduce prostrate along with remaining on Tamosulin. Now straining to urinate more....canâ??t figure what is going on. Samples of Cialis worked best but insurance wonâ??t cover...wonder if I can promise not to use it for sex?ð???

Have been taking for about 9 months and notices that my hair loss has stopped and hair seems to be a little thicker.. Also notice some fine hair growing on temples and front of hairline. My barber says many many baby hairs growing in on thin spot on crown. his old 66 year old is quite pleased.

I have been taking one Fincar (which is 5mg finasteride) daily for three years and I LOVE the stuff! BUT, I am not typical of the average patient user of it. I am three years into my medical regimen as a transitioning male to female transsexual, so I take it in conjunction with a daily dose of 10 mg Progynova (micronized progesterone), 100 mg Spirotone (spironolactone)and 6mg Estrofem (estradiol valerate). I love them all and what they all do together but I have no way of being sure which med is responsible for what. I have had continuous, consistently adequate breast growth and the normal minor 'growing pain' typically expected to go along with it. My testicles have atrophied (shrunk) down to the size of small grapes, which is delightful! My penis has not atrophied nearly as much as I had hoped it would,and it still too often gets erected in that disgusting male way but I am patient. My only ejaculate now is about a 1/4 to 1/2 thimbleful of a clear, watery liquid which pleases me, as it indicates little to no natural production of testosterone and semen. Overall, I NEVER feel the least bit masculine ever and never want to and even out in boy drag strangers address me as Miss or Ma'am and she and her so I am ready for full time female and 'bottom' surgery! Read More Read Less

I tried for 3 weeks and my prostate felt like I just got off a mountain bike riding for 3 hours. It was a very uncomfortable feeling and constant. I did not notice any improvement in urine flow. Still getting up 3 times per night. Quitting the treatment now and letting the Urologist know.

STILL GETTING UP 4-5 TIMES A NIGHT

I am 82, been taking it for 3-4 years and I feel better. Still go 4 x a night, but the stream is greatly improved. I have the feeling my prostate has been reduced.

I tried taking this at two different times, once at 51 years old and again at 53. both times i took due to a percieved thought i had a enlarged prostate, and was sold, by doctor, it could help my serious thinning in hair. Well first time i took for about a month and was on a cruise ship. I am in decent shape, and one morning i ran up a couple flights of deck stairs...done this a million times in the past....wow, could not get my heart to slow down. Normally i recover prett fast but it took about a minute for my heart to slow down....LONG time, felt like having a heart attack. Had another incedent while on excursion snorkling...scared the ....out of me. stopped the drug and when got home began working out....did a yearly phsical, and sugar was a little high, began treadmill 3 times week. year later decided to give another try for hair loss and perceived BPH, i say because i started drinking occasional pure cranberry juice, 8 oz daily for a week and think i may have killed a recurring infection in prostate. specialist said prostate was normal...but back to finasteride. Same stuff with the heart began happening after about 3 weeks. Hair did seem to get a little thicker but the heart thing was so damn scary i had to get off it...It took about 2 months to get back to normal but feel great again. Hair unfortunately did get more thin again but trying other things for that. full disclosure i drink about 12 oz coffee in morning, 12 in aftern oon and 8 oz at nigh so coffee may not mix well, i drink no alcohol and i smoke nothing. may have noticed a little less interest in sex but not problem getting it up. Read More Read Less

I started taking finasteride 1 mg for the hair loss 3 months ago. I wish I started taking it long time ago. When I first learned about finasteride (aka propecia), of course I started researching about side effects. Impotence and ED were the most scary ones, and I did find many scary reviews over the web. So I decided not to try it out. 10 years later when my hair was visibly thinning, I had no choice but trying it out. I absolutely have no side effects whatsoever. The research shows that less than 2% feel has any sort of side effects, and I am not in that 2% unlucky group. As always, happy customers tell 3 people, and angry customers tell 3000! I wish I started taking this pill 10 years ago.Read More Read Less

Oct 16 put on Finasteride but found it useless. Shortly after starting using a rash appeared on leg. Treated until Jan17 for Eczema then another GP said she thought it was an allergic reaction to Fineasteride. Stopped it immediately and rash improved slightly, but worse than that after itâ??s use became impotent because of this pill without doubt as it had never happened before with any other drug. Worse part of all itâ??s now March 18 and itâ??s still the same. Why NHS allow its use with such serious side affects is beyond me and mostly others.Age is totally irrelevant.Read More Read Less

Was on just Tamsulosin. Started finasteride 3yrs ago and PSA now back to nr normal. No longer have any urgency to urinate and get up only once a night. Prostrate has shunk a lot. But have erectile disfunction affecting a new relationship badly - viagra does not help and no semen now. Discontinuing but sticking with Tamsulosin.

I took Fincar 5 for three years to shrink a very large prostate that was causing bladder and urination issues. After two years prostate had shrunk to roughly normal size and bladder/urination issues improved significantly. However in the last year year prostate grew again and all the bladder/urination issues returned with a vengeance. I had TURP procedure two weeks ago removing three quarters of my prostate and am again urinating "like a horse" :-) - and infrequently get up in the night. Side effects I experienced on this drug were reduced libido, lazy erection and next to nothing ejaculation with orgasm.Read More Read Less

I am taking this Finasteride along with Tamsulosin .4MG (twice daily). I have BPH which got progressively worse. I had the usual symptoms, i.e. getting up 2 to 4 times a night to urinate. I could live with that, but sometimes, I couldn't urinate even though my kidneys wanted me to. If I slept too long or was driving with no place to stop, it would just shut down. Considered Greenlight Laser Surgery, but tried adding finasteride and its seems to help. I did have problems with low libido, much reduced seman, and swelling in my breasts (they used to be "pecks"). Hair on my head does seem thicker. I am 75 and miss the good old days, but it is nice to pee when I feel the need.Read More Read Less