I have had to stop truck driving after taking the hairloss drug Propecia.
If you know someone who is taking this drug please share my story. Propecia lowers DHT all over the body and not just on the scalp. DHT is the most important hormone to a man. It is found everywhere in a man’s body. After taking Propecia I suffered severe side effects that were not on the drug label and have ruined my life.
My testosterone is now at the level of a 100 year old man, I am unable to get an erection and my genitalia has shrunk in size due to the DHT being cut off in my ■■■ organs. My Doctor tells me I could also get Heart Disease and Osteoporosis because of what’s happened to me.
You can read about the importance of DHT to a man here so you know I am not making these things up.
In a recent court case Merck the drug makers of Propecia have been hiding the real side effects of this drug for the past 20 years in order to make a profit. The US courts have agreed to seal the court documents so the public cannot find out that Merck has been hiding the real side effects.
There are now over 60 record suicides associated with Propecia however the real number is considered to be in the hundreds. Robin Williams was on Propecia before he committed suicide.
The number of men who could have symptoms relating to taking Propecia could be between 100,000 and 1 million. This is potentially a very serious medical problem that is being ignored by the medical community. Propecia is quite possibly the most dangerous drug on the planet right now.
I’ve never got this , if you’re going
Thin on top that’s just part of life (
I’m 58 and have a bald spot , not
Big but according to the mrs there is
One )
I don’t worry about it , as I say it’s
Part of life , growing old
I feel very sorry for you , but struggle
To understand why you took the course of
Action you did
One should treat fantastical (and no doubt well overpriced) quackery as one would back in the days of the film version of the wild west, when some travelling quack would offer the elixir of life, best answered by giving said quack a bloody good kick up the arse into the nearest pile of horse dung.
So, we start going bald or grey at an early age, so bloody what? we’re working class men for Christ’s sake not some wannabe male model or celeb.
The real women in our lives take us for who we are including the results of the years of graft we’ve put in trying to do our best, those females who can’t see the heart and worth inside aint worth bothering with anyway.
never understood the worrying over hairloss . 2 lads aged around 22 who worked for me accused me of causing their premature hairloss cos i gave them beanie hats which caused their hairloss which i admit DID seemed to kick in bigtime in the following weeks after wearing a hat . However i pointed out to them i wear same hat and have done many years still got all my hair
Look on the bright side.Nothing is as bad as watching powerless while your 85 year old Mum is taken out with a cocktail of Midazolam,Pregablin,Ativan,and Opiates of all descriptions including Fentanyl under the ‘palliative care’ regime.Which Social Services and doctors can force you into against your and your family’s wishes.
corij:
never understood the worrying over hairloss . 2 lads aged around 22 who worked for me accused me of causing their premature hairloss cos i gave them beanie hats which caused their hairloss which i admit DID seemed to kick in bigtime in the following weeks after wearing a hat . However i pointed out to them i wear same hat and have done many years still got all my hair
Grass don’t grow on a busy street…
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Jus’ sayin’ like.
I think it’s a bit short sighted to just say accept hair loss, although I have and do accept that I’m losing it on top and the rest is going grey, for some men it’s a big deal, especially if it happens when they are young and if somebody offers a drug to avoid it then that might seem like a wonderful thing, we’re all different, some of us might find other ways to feel young again, sports car, motorbike, dangerous sport, young nubile girlfriend. (I only have one of them, but I’ll leave you to guess )
I had a quick read through one of the links, it worrying what a drugs company can do, they’re accused of under reporting the side affects in testing, not putting enough information on possible side effects on the label, it seems to increase bit by bit as various cases surfaced and they were forced to by various countries and information about the drugs development kept secret by court order.
Now while many of us are not likely to take this drug, we might take another drug, and also face the legal and financial power of a major drug company being economical with the information it releases.
muckles:
I think it’s a bit short sighted to just say accept hair loss, although I have and do accept that I’m losing it on top and the rest is going grey, for some men it’s a big deal, especially if it happens when they are young and if somebody offers a drug to avoid it then that might seem like a wonderful thing, we’re all different, some of us might find other ways to feel young again, sports car, motorbike, dangerous sport, young nubile girlfriend. (I only have one of them, but I’ll leave you to guess [emoji38] )
I had a quick read through one of the links, it worrying what a drugs company can do, they’re accused of under reporting the side affects in testing, not putting enough information on possible side effects on the label, it seems to increase bit by bit as various cases surfaced and they were forced to by various countries and information about the drugs development kept secret by court order.
Now while many of us are not likely to take this drug, we might take another drug, and also face the legal and financial power of a major drug company being economical with the information it releases.
Try reading “Bad Pharma” by Dr Ben Goldacre.
Explains a lot about Big Pharma and how trialingcan be, and been abused.
He’s not an extremist loon, and has a creditable reputation.
His first book “Bad Science” is excellent too.
johnF40:
I have had to stop truck driving after taking the hairloss drug Propecia.
If you know someone who is taking this drug please share my story. Propecia lowers DHT all over the body and not just on the scalp. DHT is the most important hormone to a man. It is found everywhere in a man’s body. After taking Propecia I suffered severe side effects that were not on the drug label and have ruined my life.
My testosterone is now at the level of a 100 year old man, I am unable to get an erection and my genitalia has shrunk in size due to the DHT being cut off in my ■■■ organs. My Doctor tells me I could also get Heart Disease and Osteoporosis because of what’s happened to me.
You can read about the importance of DHT to a man here so you know I am not making these things up.
In a recent court case Merck the drug makers of Propecia have been hiding the real side effects of this drug for the past 20 years in order to make a profit. The US courts have agreed to seal the court documents so the public cannot find out that Merck has been hiding the real side effects.
There are now over 60 record suicides associated with Propecia however the real number is considered to be in the hundreds. Robin Williams was on Propecia before he committed suicide.
The number of men who could have symptoms relating to taking Propecia could be between 100,000 and 1 million. This is potentially a very serious medical problem that is being ignored by the medical community. Propecia is quite possibly the most dangerous drug on the planet right now.
What dose have you been taking?
Finasteride (Propecia) is actually used primarily to help with enlarged or cancerous prostate issues, in a man with a normal prostate it can help prevent prostate problems, but if he does get problems then they will generally be worse than in someone who wasn’t on the drug.
It has a side effect that can help prevent male pattern balding, but that is not its primary use.
When prescribing this drug for anything other than prostate problems then all the potential side effects should have been explained to you by your GP.
(Edit to add). Genitalia shrinkage and reduced function are well known side effects with this drug, and as above this should have been explained to you at the time of prescribing.
I’ve been on it at 2.5mg daily for many years and have had no unwanted side effects whatsoever.
But I do still have a full head of very long hair.
When the fringe was creeping back and about 1” from the Friar tuck halo, it was time to get out the bic razor and join em together. Now I’m a bald Adonis Grant Michell look alike fighting off the women, a quick splash of the “wash and gone” in the morning and I’m ready to fight em off.
Embrace to baldness, as there’s nothing more stupid the seeing a guy trying to mask their natural hair loss
No point in trying to stop nature because of your own vanity.
I worked with a guy in his fifties who used hair dye to hide the grey,he thought it made him look younger,he made himself look a right prat all because of his vanity.
muckles:
I think it’s a bit short sighted to just say accept hair loss, although I have and do accept that I’m losing it on top and the rest is going grey, for some men it’s a big deal, especially if it happens when they are young and if somebody offers a drug to avoid it then that might seem like a wonderful thing, we’re all different, some of us might find other ways to feel young again, sports car, motorbike, dangerous sport, young nubile girlfriend. (I only have one of them, but I’ll leave you to guess [emoji38] )
I had a quick read through one of the links, it worrying what a drugs company can do, they’re accused of under reporting the side affects in testing, not putting enough information on possible side effects on the label, it seems to increase bit by bit as various cases surfaced and they were forced to by various countries and information about the drugs development kept secret by court order.
Now while many of us are not likely to take this drug, we might take another drug, and also face the legal and financial power of a major drug company being economical with the information it releases.
Try reading “Bad Pharma” by Dr Ben Goldacre.
Explains a lot about Big Pharma and how trialingcan be, and been abused.
He’s not an extremist loon, and has a creditable reputation.
His first book “Bad Science” is excellent too.
We keep seeing this stuff with these type of industries, whether its car manufactures fiddling emission figures or practices in the food and agricultural industry, they have politicians in their pocket and pay a fortune to lobbyist, so much for democracy, and it seems the bigger the industry and bigger the political system the worse it gets.
Jason Statham does alright with no hair. I couldn’t give a toss about going bald. I zero my hair myself once every 2/3 months. In the interim, I am thinning on top.
Sad to hear your story though. Hopefully things will get better for you.
muckles:
I think it’s a bit short sighted to just say accept hair loss, although I have and do accept that I’m losing it on top and the rest is going grey, for some men it’s a big deal, especially if it happens when they are young and if somebody offers a drug to avoid it then that might seem like a wonderful thing, we’re all different, some of us might find other ways to feel young again, sports car, motorbike, dangerous sport, young nubile girlfriend. (I only have one of them, but I’ll leave you to guess [emoji38] )
I had a quick read through one of the links, it worrying what a drugs company can do, they’re accused of under reporting the side affects in testing, not putting enough information on possible side effects on the label, it seems to increase bit by bit as various cases surfaced and they were forced to by various countries and information about the drugs development kept secret by court order.
Now while many of us are not likely to take this drug, we might take another drug, and also face the legal and financial power of a major drug company being economical with the information it releases.
Try reading “Bad Pharma” by Dr Ben Goldacre.
Explains a lot about Big Pharma and how trialingcan be, and been abused.
He’s not an extremist loon, and has a creditable reputation.
His first book “Bad Science” is excellent too.
We keep seeing this stuff with these type of industries, whether its car manufactures fiddling emission figures or practices in the food and agricultural industry, they have politicians in their pocket and pay a fortune to lobbyist, so much for democracy, and it seems the bigger the industry and bigger the political system the worse it gets.
Plus the current problems with privatisation of police forensic services.
I think the pollution factor will be very slight at best, Male Hair loss has been known of for millennia, it’s documented by the Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Romans.
I think most research suggests its down to genetics and hormones.
Of course linking it with a lack of a certain protein might be a useful if your research is funded by a cosmetics company.
It is worth noting that the Future Science Research Centre is part of a cosmetics company based in Korea called Coreana Cosmetics.
For as long as men have had access to mirrors, they’ve been fretting about their scalps getting lonely. It was a particular obsession of Julius Caesar, who tried everything to get his hair back; the wreath of laurels he wore was less a nod to Roman tradition than an attempt at covering up his shiny pate.
By the time he met Cleopatra, he was almost completely bald. In a last ditch attempt to save his mop, she lovingly recommended a home remedy of ground-up mice, horse teeth and bear grease.
Alas, it didn’t work. He lost his hair like many great men before and since, including Socrates, Napoleon, Aristotle, Gandhi, Darwin, Churchill, Shakespeare and Hippocrates
Embrace it gentlemen, you’re in illustrious company.
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