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Important Announcement: Two Community-Led Research Projects – Please Participate
We are today announcing two significant community-led scientific projects, both requiring the contributions of patients suffering Post-Finasteride Syndrome and the persistent conditions caused by use of isotretinoin (accutane), dutasteride (avodart) and saw palmetto (other 5 alpha reductase inhibiting substances) as…
Accutane: Journalist seeks interviewees for isotretinoin side effects research, UK issues drug safety update and Cosmo magazine covers devastating persistent effects
Accutane (isotretinoin) shares potent 5-alpha reductase inhibiting properties with finasteride and can cause a syndrome that can be apparently identical to Post Finasteride Syndrome. Reported persistent effects include libido loss, erectile dysfunction, depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, panic attacks, penile shrinkage,…
Relaunch of propeciahelp.com
Welcome to both long term sufferers of PFS and new members. Propeciahelp has now undergone a substantial update. This change was necessary from a technical perspective, but also for a number of reasons relating to user experience, including the accommodation…
Ongoing research into PFS
PFS is a variable and potentially devastating condition, but its molecular mechanism(s) are currently unclear. The predispositions that cause a subset of men to develop PFS from as little as a single exposure to a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor remain unknown….
Latest Forum Topics
- What the fuck! It's a Joke? by @Kitsunebi88 on September 23, 2018 at 12:08 am
@Kitsunebi88 wrote: What the fuck! A British study of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), on behalf of whose first author dr.s K.W. Hagberg, epidemiologist at the Boston University School of Public Health in Lexington, Massachusetts demonstrates says […]
- Trazadone safe for insomnia? What drugs are safe for PFS sleep-maintenance insomnia? by @Mercked on September 22, 2018 at 6:01 am
@Mercked wrote: Will Trazadone worsen PFS like SSRIs even though it’s an SARI? I know I’ve been warned about using it but I wanted some specifics to be sure. lbv warned me directly and also awor had made a post warning about its use along […]
- Fighting for fatigue by @KoreanGuy on September 21, 2018 at 11:34 pm
@KoreanGuy wrote: I had chronic fatigue since PFS. In June, I had a saliva hormonal test for seeing cortisol level. The results is awful. (morning 0 : 6.5 morning 30 : 6.0 morning 60 : 5.8 before sleep : 0.8 low testosterone, high progesterone, low […]
- Losing myself, super scared by @kon93 on September 21, 2018 at 9:19 pm
@kon93 wrote: I’l start with saying that im suffering from brain fog, reduced cognitive capabilities, loud tinnitus, blurry vision, memory loss and extremely numbed emotions, literally feels like im just running all day on autopilot without any […]
- Denounce the doctor by @Kitsunebi88 on September 21, 2018 at 9:12 pm
@Kitsunebi88 wrote: Do you think you can denounce the doctor? I mean legally Posts: 1 Participants: 1 Read full topic […]