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My brother started finasteride years ago to prevent hair loss which runs in our family. Given my history of dilated cardiomyopathy from AAS, and potentially having my Crohns/Colitis caused by accutane, I am always hesitant of drugs now and just said I'd stick with just getting a hair transplant if need be down the road.
Well, a couple years later and I'm definitely starting to lose my hair. Just getting to the point where it's becoming difficult to cover it up. Please no "just shave it off" responses lol. And it seems like hair transplant doctors still want you to be on these meds even with a transplant.
I'm wondering what your experiences with finasteride/dutasteride are in terms of side effects and if you know anyone who has had serious issues with it.
I just found these two studies which I was surprised by
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=(finasteride[Title])+AND+heart[Title]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=(finasteride[Title])+AND+cardiac[Title]
which seem to indicate cardiac benefits from 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, which I've not heard of before.
I'm planning on having kids in about 3 years and I've read fin/dut can decrease sperm motility and quality so on top of being suppressed from my current TRT I'd be concerned about that as well. Have any of you had kids while taking these meds? Have you run into any issues?
Thanks for the input
Well, a couple years later and I'm definitely starting to lose my hair. Just getting to the point where it's becoming difficult to cover it up. Please no "just shave it off" responses lol. And it seems like hair transplant doctors still want you to be on these meds even with a transplant.
I'm wondering what your experiences with finasteride/dutasteride are in terms of side effects and if you know anyone who has had serious issues with it.
I just found these two studies which I was surprised by
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=(finasteride[Title])+AND+heart[Title]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=(finasteride[Title])+AND+cardiac[Title]
which seem to indicate cardiac benefits from 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, which I've not heard of before.
I'm planning on having kids in about 3 years and I've read fin/dut can decrease sperm motility and quality so on top of being suppressed from my current TRT I'd be concerned about that as well. Have any of you had kids while taking these meds? Have you run into any issues?
Thanks for the input