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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
- Experimental Therapy by @Kitsunebi88 on September 19, 2018 at 10:04 pm
@Kitsunebi88 wrote: I started experimental therapy with Vitamin E (Tocopherol), Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol), and neurotransmitter Thiamine Triphosphate (TTP) and Acid-Alpha Lipodic. I’m also going to go back to the gym and get protein. And […]
- Has anyone tried a weighted cap or blanket by @irishguy754 on September 19, 2018 at 9:37 pm
@irishguy754 wrote: Has anyone tried a weighted cap or blanket before, just to make it easier to sleep. It is supposed to be good for people that have autism and some of the mental symptoms are similar between autism and pfs. I might buy one and see […]
- Studies on pfs? (Baylor, melcangi) by @kon93 on September 19, 2018 at 5:58 pm
@kon93 wrote: Can we expect baylor coming out this year? Also are the italians doing another study and anyone knows its timeframe? Thank you in advance Posts: 6 Participants: 5 Read full topic […]
- Human study on PSSD by @Lw77 on September 18, 2018 at 8:04 pm
@Lw77 wrote: A famous scientist involved in studying persistent sides effects of SSRIs and psycotropic medications (Prof. Cosci from Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence) just created an Official questionnaire in order to underlie in […]
- Can anyone relate to this mental/nervous symptom? by @johnniehaz on September 18, 2018 at 6:09 pm
@johnniehaz wrote: I get a kind of pained distortion in my brain as it processes incoming information. It doesn’t matter what the information is, but I get a momentary and agonising sensation mentally. It’s involuntary, happens before […]