Did propecia cause my case of prostatitis?! READ

[wow]

Okay guys… I am 19 years old and I’ve been taking Propecia for hair loss for about a year now. I have never liked it because it’s like 70$ a bottle and I never felt there was any results. But, I stayed on it anyway.

About a month ago, I ejaculated and it hurt and a lot of blood came out. I thought I was going to die or something… Like, seriously, I never even thought about anything like this ever happening. So, scared shitless, I didn’t participate in any sexual activity for like two weeks, because I was afraid it would happen again. On the third week, I did. No blood came out, but it was more painful than the first time. During this whole time, I was searching through WebMD and trying to get answers on the forums and stuff, but I never really got a answer.

I finally got to see my family doctor today, thank god. So, I was in there and was pretty embarrassed about telling him that I had blood in my semen. I was trying to like avoid telling him that, but still let him know what the problem was. I ended up drawing how I thought the genitals worked, and I was wrong. I drew the urethra with a tube connected to it, that the semen passed through, then he drew where the prostate is and stuff. And told me how each of them worked. I finally told him what happened with the blood in the semen and the pain during ejaculation and he said it was prostatitis. He then prescribed Cipro. I’m supposed to take it for like a month and a half even if my prostatitis clears up.

So, this all happened today. I was continuing to browse WebMD for information about it when I saw a post that had a link to this site. I thought “hmmm, I take propecia”, so I went to it. I started reading some of the posts here, and it really sounds like propecia could have something to do with my prostatitis…

I’m not really sexually active, so I think I will just quit it cold turkey, because like, it costs a shit load of money, it doesn’t work, and I’m pretty convinced that it has had an effect on me.

I really hope the Cipro works for the prostatitis, and hopefully I don’t get it again since I’m quiting propecia.

A little more about me: I’ve been on Lexapro for like two years now and I like it. I started taking Lexapro for anxiety and depression issues in high school. I started taking propecia because I felt that my hair line was receding, and I didn’t need anything more to worry about. Unfortunately, it sounds like propecia makes anxiety and depression worse…

Do you guys think propecia caused my case of prostatitis?

Please reply if you’ve had any of the same issues or anything. Thanks.

[Mew]

Welcome to the forum.

Since Finasteride’s main method of action is to reduce the size of the prostate via cell apoptosis (death) and cause involution (progressive loss of function), it only seems natural that some people would experience further issues with their Prostate, including prostatitis.

There are a few members here that have had prostatitis symptoms. Some have been diagnosed, and some given antibiotics – which seem to have helped their situation.

My suggestion would be to quit the Finasteride (as you are doing) and wait at least a month or two and see if things feel better down there. If so, probably no need to take the Cipro… but if not, you can always give it a shot.

Good luck.

[wow]

Thanks a lot for replying.

I think I’m going to start taking the Cipro like tomorrow, because I’ve heard that if you let the infection grow, it can develop into a stronger case of prostatitis. (just to be safe)

Although, that would be a good experiment, to see if it cleared just without Propecia If it did, maybe I can sue those mofos.

[longhair]

Hey wow… just curious… did you discuss with your doctor the fact that you are (or were) dosing Propecia? I’d be interested to hear his thoughts. Also… during the past year, did you see any results from the Propecia???

[wow]

He is the doctor that prescribed Propecia.

I don’t really think it made my hair grow, I just think it made it stop thinning for a little bit, then stopped working all together. But, I don’t know for sure because my mom would always say it was looking better, but you know how mothers are…

[solonjk]

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[YaEatChickenSOWHAT]

@solonjk

How did the Cipro treatment go? DId you get your prostate inflammation back in track or a bit better than before?

I am desperate for treating my long inflamed prostate. But with what? Just bought this shit called Speman for Ayurveda medicine and it has a bunch of herbs in it which arent supposed to have S I D E E F F E C T S. i write that in capital so that everyone understands that we unfortunately and unconciously are the pharm companies guinea pigs every day in this world

If the prostatitis is bacterial, you’re better off with an anti-biotic.

I do not recommend Cipro, as it has a nasty side effect of causing tendon pain and can cause ruptured achile’s tendons (if under strenuous activity). Granted, this is if you take it for more than 10 days, and if you’re doing rigorous activies such as exercise, lifting, etc.

Ask your doc about it. I’m all for natural supplements, but this is where I tend to go with the pharmaceutical companies and use antibiotics as Bacterial infections can be risky if left untreated (e.g., sterility).

[solonjk]

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[boston]

@solonjk

first 3 weeks following cipro treatment i was hallucinating, with double vision, decrease in visual fields, drilling headaches (carried ice packs on my head), puking, hypoglycemias, feeling bee stings all over my body- brrrr one of the worst-, depersonalized, aches in tendons, brain fog, pressure in ears etc etc.

3 months later bam, my eyesight started to fall apart, i started seeing lights and flashes from the sky and zillions of small webs and cowwebs like flies.

6 months later my intracranial pressure started to rise, i had two months period of loss of spatial orientation and was arrested for driving like a drunk. I couldnt recognise what those jokers in blue wanted, then my thought cought up and i realised it was the coppers. Thats what cipro did to me. Too bad i lost another year of my life due to a drug.

at 9 months i could not walk from the changes in intracranial pressure. Even talking for some time rises my intracranial pressure. I hear two sounds in my head, a pumping and a firing sound. Terrible.

All this year 95% i spend in bed and inside the house due to cipro- needless to say its pointless of taking ANYTHING to treat side effects because it makes you worse. Anything, Tried pretty much everything on the book.

Do you know that all of these side effects can also come from depression, extreme isolation, and obsessing manically!!!
Believe me I know! I’ve been through many of these symptoms myself. I know.
I have also taken drugs, and had them from being fucked up and/or drunk. Most of these can be shaken! I’ve had them all before, from even lying in bed too long, or stairing at a computer screen, or having panic attacks!
I don’t doubt that the shit could be bad for you, but I wouldn’t doubt a lot of your symptoms are also from stress and serious depression and isolation.

[3pm]

@solonjk

first 3 weeks following cipro treatment i was hallucinating, with double vision, decrease in visual fields, drilling headaches (carried ice packs on my head), puking, hypoglycemias, feeling bee stings all over my body- brrrr one of the worst-, depersonalized, aches in tendons, brain fog, pressure in ears etc etc.

3 months later bam, my eyesight started to fall apart, i started seeing lights and flashes from the sky and zillions of small webs and cowwebs like flies.

6 months later my intracranial pressure started to rise, i had two months period of loss of spatial orientation and was arrested for driving like a drunk. I couldnt recognise what those jokers in blue wanted, then my thought cought up and i realised it was the coppers. Thats what cipro did to me. Too bad i lost another year of my life due to a drug.

at 9 months i could not walk from the changes in intracranial pressure. Even talking for some time rises my intracranial pressure. I hear two sounds in my head, a pumping and a firing sound. Terrible.

@boston

Do you know that all of these side effects can also come from depression, extreme isolation, and obsessing manically!!!

I wouldn’t doubt a lot of your symptoms are also from stress and serious depression and isolation.

Yeah, just thought I’d juxtapose solonjk’s very real side effects from Cipro with your suggesting of it being from depression and isolation. Something about pseudotumor cerebri doesn’t scream mere depression, I dunno, could be just me.

And granted, if it were rooted in a depression or dissociative behaviour, at least recognize that we complain b/c of the causation (which I take it you question): THE DRUG CAUSED DYSFUNCTION IMPAIRING PREVIOUSLY FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES. Would you be eager to socialize frequently while struggling with cognitive lapses, visual impairments, bodily changes, low stamina etc? Hmm prob not.

I’m all for taking walks in the sunlight and having a social life, but Boston, the truth is that cases and forums like these exist because at the end of the day, all the laughing, healthy eating, exercise, white-picket fences and socializing in the world doesn’t change the substantiated physiological and physical impairing the simplest of functions brought on by adverse effects such as these.

I like to live in reality, so perhaps you should keep your remarks to a one exclamation point minimum and base yourself in science, not fairytales.