Anybody seen this? A buddy of mine from across country just called and said he saw an article in Dec men’s health about PFS.
[EDIT: scroll down to read the article]
Great news if true and I know one of the members was involved with them. Keep up the pressure!
I just bought myself a copy of the Men’s Health December 2011 issue (Ashton Kutcher is on the cover) to read the article on Propecia and the Post-Finasteride-Syndrome.
The article is a “Special Report” titled “A Hair-Raising Side Effect”, is 4 pages long (pg. 102-105) and is well written and researched. I recommend everyone check it out at their local magazine shop – it does a good job covering the basics of PFS, sufferer stories/symptoms, and the need for more medical research.
Men’s Health magazine has a North American circulation of ~2 Million, so that’s some pretty widespread media exposure. I’ll see if I can put up a scanned copy of the article in coming days.
YES! YES! YES!
This is exactly the kind of media exposure we need, i am going to hit the shops and get a copy now.
Slight problem - you’re on the wrong continent.
Its probably the largest mens magazine out there in the USA. Definitely a step in the right direction.
I thought they sent out the same edition in Europe? ah well, the US is great. Let’s aim to get an article in the UK and EU editions.
Bluecloud, check if its in the UK edition… maybe its in there too.
It was a good article, covered a lot of the aspects of the PFS that previous media has left out. I was happy to see that they discussed the issues of depression, anxiety and “lack of excitment for life” fairly indepth… because, unfortunately as many of us know, this problem is much more than a sexual one.
They also discussed Merck’s lack of acknowledgement toward any negative issues surrounding the drug and how it took years before the persistant side effects were added to the US label versus the European labels.
I appluad Men’s Health for their effort on the article and all the men who contributed.
+1
Can someone scan it please? Dubya_b? Anyone??
This article isn’t in the UK edition 
I will scan it and post it up here in the next few hours.
Yes please scan.
they should also amend articles like http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/im-24-and-my-hairs-starting-thin
If you have not joined the lawsuit, do it today!
That would be awesome mate. I checked the stores today and the UK edition is different.
Spencer Kobren from The Bald Truth ( thebaldtruth.com/ ) talking about the article in Men’s Health.
youtube.com/watch?v=LBPRgYdH6Rw
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBPRgYdH6Rw[/youtube]
06:15 - 10:45 : Spencer gives his opinion on the article
20:50 - 23:40 : Spencer asks a caller about the article and discusses it further, Irwig’s study, other drugs’ side effect percentages etc
27:00 - 36:50 : Further discussion, FDA clinical trials, etc.
38:15 - 39:30 : Caller asks about testicular pain, Spencer admits he’s had this issue
51:15 - 53:25 : Spencer’s further thoughts on PFS and the “fear” these types of articles can cause
55:45 - : Caller asks about Finasteride/Dustasteride decreasing body hair, Spencer notes he has had body hair decrease on the drug
58:20 - 59:10 : Spencer himself experiences a “brain fog” moment live on the air where he can’t recall/articulate his words, admits noticing he’s been losing his vocabulary and is no longer as sharp as he once was (blaming it on age).
Maybe he should look into Finasteride’s neurosteroid inhibition effects in the brain instead.
“The science behind these causal effects just isn’t there.”
~ Just wait a few months, K?
This is by far the best article I have ever seen covering PFS. This has always been one of my favorite magazines.
I’m looking for the screengrabs of this article. Can anyone PM or e-mail a link to me?