Hawk would be the one to give you a correct answer on this.

The very sad truth to it all is that this drug is prescribed to thousands of men without them ever realizing just what they could be setting themselves up for. It is a real $$ for the drug companies.

HopefulSkeptic:

I second Mikel7's post. And i leave you with some links that you may find interesting to read.

QuotePost-finasteride syndrome: An emerging clinical problem
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7231981/

Quotehttps://www.pfsfoundation.org/
Post-finasteride syndrome (PFS) describes persistent sexual, neurological, physical, and mental adverse reactions in patients who have taken finasteride, a 5-alpha reductase type II enzyme inhibitor used to treat hair loss (under the brand name Propecia or generics) and/or enlarged prostate (Proscar or generics). Unfortunately, PFS is a condition with no known cure and few, if any, effective treatments. As an increasing number of men report their persistent side effects to health and regulatory agencies worldwide, medical and scientific communities are only beginning to realize the scope of the problem.

https://www.youtube.com/@sdsexualmed/search?query=post+finasteride


I would stay away from anything pertaining this drug. Topical or oral, in my honest opinion it is just not worth the risk.

Hi guys . I'm 27 months into life with my titan 22cm . I've got a new partner and we have quite rigorous sex, so ive been inflating more and noticed some gains, but twice, once about a month ago and once this morning ive noticed my pump bulb go completely flat and stop passing fluid, this is at completely maxed out erection. It's fine if i deflate a bit and will repump to same level. I've messaged doctoer ralphh and he said i may have a small leak and it will become more obvious. Could i have used all the fluid he put in? or is it more likely a small leak? Has anyone else had this problem and does it get worse? thanks

Welcome HopefulSkeptic to the forum. Peyronies disease is one marked with a little predictability and a lot of uncertainty. Many men do get some form of relief through abstaining from sex and doing different treatments. You just need to keep with your current plan of action and see for yourself if things are working.

I personally have had 2 indentations completely disappear along with my 45 degree curvature coming down to about 5- 10 degrees. Now I have been doing traction and VED therapy now for almost 3 1/2 years. Granted it is not every day now as I am just using a maintenance plan. In the beginning of this awful mess I was doing traction with the PMP about 6 to 8 hours a day. I then added in the Restorex for counter bending. Many men do continue to get small improvements after the 3 month mark with the Restorex.You
just need to test the waters and see for yourself. It sounds like you have a Dr who has some knowledge with the peyronies which is good.

I have only heard and read about the horrors of this awful drug causing sometimes permanent ED and hormone damage. There are some men who do just fine, but why take the risk. Now if it is used topically that is another matter. I am not sure of the blood barrier into your system.  Your T numbers are great for being 44 just as long as you are not symptomatic. Some Dr's only look at numbers and do not place any faith in a mans symptoms. Did your physician let you take the Adam questionaire? . I was placed on full hormone replacement in 2004 because my total T number was 110. I felt like a 99 year old.

Good to hear everything went well. Always nice to read stories like these.

I've seen some older posts where people suspected that taking oral Finasteride was their main suspect in causing ED and then Peyronies Disease...I've never taken the Oral route - I've only used a finasteride spray (w minoxidil) and supposedly it has much lower side effects re: ED etc.
I recently noticed an indentation and had a Dr visit - he had me test my total and free testosterone...the numbers were great for someone my age (44)

TESTOSTERONE, TOTAL LC,MS,MS
Normal range: 250 - 1,100 ng/dL

My number for the Total T was 635

Free Testosterone
Normal range: 35.0 - 155.0 pg/mL

My number for the Free T was 108.6


I feel like if taking topical Finasteride for the past 2 years was going to have a direct detriment as described by those taking the oral method, I'd have much lower numbers

Does anyone else have anything to report re: topical finasteride spray?

Im curious to see if there are those who have had surgery have a recurrence?


Ive had Peyronies Disease now for almost 2 years and living with a curvature for 8 months.  I have a 90 degree bend and having sex is very uncomfortable.  Ive seen 3 Urologists and will be moving forward with a graft (PEG) operation when the time comes; right now i am going on for an ultrasound on June 7th so that they can map the collagen.

Thanks
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