@TomManFL -- Just wondering why you are taking Finesteride -- is it for hair loss? Or prostate enlargement? Have you had any of the negative side effects associated with Finesteride? I'm interested in starting it to slow hair loss, but don't want to have boner and loss of sex drive issues. Thanks

JockItch (imported) wrote: Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:42 am @TomManFL -- Just wondering why you are taking Finesteride -- is it for hair loss? Or prostate enlargement? Have you had any of the negative side effects associated with Finesteride? I'm interested in starting it to slow hair loss, but don't want to have boner and loss of sex drive issues. Thanks

I started having BPH symptoms around 2005 or so. BPH is an enlarged prostate.

I was put on two medications. Flomax and Proscar. Proscar is the Brand name of finasteride and at the time the generic was not available.

Flomax works fast to relieve the symptoms of BPH by relaxing smooth muscles. It turned my urine flow from a dribble into Niagra Falls. However, Flomax doesn't actually reverse BPH, it just relaxes the smooth muscles and makes it easier to go pee.

Proscar (finasteride) works slower. It removes DHT from the body and with no DHT, the prostate will shrink back down. After about 18 months on both Flomax and Proscar, I stopped the Flomax to see if I still needed it. The finasteride had shrunk down my prostate. So, I never went back to using Flomax. One of the side effects of Flomax is it causes retrograde ejaculation. Since it stops smooth muscles from camping down, the muscles that shut off the bladder during an orgasm don't close and the semen that would normally travel into the urethra flows into the bladder (retrograde in that it flows in the opposite direction). I'm serious, not even a puff of smoke when I would orgasm. So, I was glad to get off of Flomax because there is a certain feeling of pleasure as the semen moves through the urethra.

I have had no post finasteride syndrome. I know some men experience loss of libido and ED while taking finasteride but, I did not. There are several Post Finasteride Syndrome (PFS) groups on the Internet and also several published peer-reviewed documents about PFS that have appeared in journals. Basically, PFS is where the loss of libido and ED don't stop after a man stops taking finasteride.

I never had a loss of libido nor ED from finasteride and therefore have never had PFS. Some men report continued loss of libido and ED for years after having taken finasteride for only a few months. I have been on finasteride for 15 or so years and haven't had a problem. I am taking the 5mg pills.

YMMV

TMFL

Great thanks -- good information! I'm dealing with BPH too, was on Flowmax at first but that didn't help, so now am on daily Cialis which does help. Thinking of maybe asking for Finasteride too to shrink the prostate (and maybe have added benefit of reducing hair loss). Thanks for reply!

It was Socrates of ancient Greece that first had observed and written about the lack of balding among eunuchs.

JockItch (imported) wrote: Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:17 am Great thanks -- good information! I'm dealing with BPH too, was on Flowmax at first but that didn't help, so now am on daily Cialis which does help. Thinking of maybe asking for Finasteride too to shrink the prostate (and maybe have added benefit of reducing hair loss). Thanks for reply!

I’m on TRT and noticed some head hair loss. My urologist recently put me on Cialis for Daily Use but I was not aware that it is beneficial to reduce hair loss. Where did you find this information?

unencumbered (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:25 pm I’m on TRT and noticed some head hair loss. My urologist recently put me on Cialis for Daily Use but I was not aware that it is beneficial to reduce hair loss. Where did you find this information?

Oh the Cialis helps for the BPH, not the hair loss.

unencumbered (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:25 pm I’m on TRT and noticed some head hair loss. My urologist recently put me on Cialis for Daily Use but I was not aware that it is beneficial to reduce hair loss. Where did you find this information?

Cialis for daily use is not beneficial for hair loss. Finasteride (proscar or propecia) are.

I have a lot more hair on my head than I did 20 years ago. Most of the hair growth started when I took Androcur for 6 months, but lower T (currently 150 ng/dl) from CaCl2 and estradiol + progesterone have contributed. It's really obvious. Little hair on the rest of my body, which I also love.

Never tested problems with baldness on the head.

Never accepted any chemistry connected with this problem.

However, on all other body (from a neck below) - continuous baldness