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Thanks Dr KSS lets do it here so maybe someone can benefit (not bashfull at age 76). What concerns me is more than jus...
I had 2 TURPS at fairly young ages, so have been taking finasteride for many years as you mentioned. It does seem to wor...
I had 2 TURPS at fairly young ages, so have been taking finasteride for many years as you mentioned. It does seem to wor...
Hi Scorpio....I am going to guess, from what I've prescribed and what I've heard on the grapevine, that about a fifth of...
Doc, potential side-effects of both dutasteride and finasteride both include temporary (while on drug) impotence and low...
Hi Rudy: thanks for being a reader and for giving us a good anecdote to discuss. In fact, we mentioned finasteride and ...
Howdy, all, It is not clear to me why anyone would be concerned with such a complex approach to BPH when a simple...
A comment on the section in the article (just below map of the world) where Dr.KSS writes "A second class of drugs for ...
Yes, there seems to be increasing skepticism about PSA, but then there are cautionary tales such as mine: Twelve years a...
I think we have discussed in the past that we all must be our own advocates. The article noted that "polypharmacy" was a...
I have been using finasteride (a generic of Proscar) for years now, having first been treated with in a VA study about p...
To DBMD: I really appreciate your posting and your praise. Coming from you that means a lot. I had wrangled with myse...