I do understand, but as @tzinkman says they are a large organisation and differing parts seem to be distinct from accusations of inaccuracy and sensationalist reporting in their political coverage. They have not taken an inappropriate stance with limited coverage of roaccutane’s effects, and before that, some finasteride coverage from what I’ve read.
This is a narrowly focused piece in the context of men taking a fertility risk for aesthetic reasons. From what I understand it is instigated due to a recent BBC piece tangentially mentioning finasteride’s possible effects on fertility. This topic is simply an offer to patients in case there is somebody who would like their voice heard if this is an issue they know they experience. It does offer an opportunity to get the word out if the person they are after is you.
Although a notably higher rate of severe oligospermia was found in a small US investigation of 19 men who were otherwise healthy with persistent sexual effects following finasteride (Irwig 2014), it’s quite hard to locate such a cohort who are still otherwise healthy, reasonably sexually functional, UK based and with measured fertility parameters of their own accord - then within that who would be willing to publicise it. After all, considering what has happened to many of us on the severe end, that concern is sadly rather moot, as if it wouldn’t be sad enough on its own…
However, I was put in contact by a professor who already informed them this basis was a narrow view. I’ll have a conversation later anyway in the hope of at least some groundwork, as it would be good to get some broader coverage with useful insight into the issue. Obviously the reality here is a much bigger and more shocking story.
