Hi, I recently came across this forum by accident. I have being taken Propecia for 2 years and I have now stopped around 3 weeks ago. The problems I have experienced are similiar to everyone else on the forum. Loss of Libido, erection dysfunction reduced semen count etc. I am 44 years old and prior to taking Propecia I was very sexually active.I recently went to my doctor after reading on this forum about blood tests. I explained the problem to my doctor and he was familiar with Propecia which I was surprised to hear. I have not recieved all the blood test results yet but I have some that I would like to post. The doctor reckons so far all is okay which I think is a bit suspicious. As I know nothing about blood tests or even if the ones I have been tested for are the right ones I would like to post my results to date for general comment and observation. If I could recieve some feedback in any form of opinion this would be much appreciated.
Blood Test Results:
CUMULATIVE SERUM C- REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) <5mg/l (0-6)
ADRENAL STUDIES. CORTISOL… 510 nmol/L (190 - 610)
SERUM CHEMISTRY
SODIUM … 140 mmol/L (137-147)
POTASSIUM … 4.3 mmol/L (3.5 - 5.0)
CHLORIDE … 101 mmol/L (96-109)
BICARBONATE … 29 mmol/L (25-33)
OTHER ANIONS … 14 mmol/L (4-17)
GLUCOSE … 5.9 mmol/L (3.0-6.0)
UREA … 4.1 mmol/L (2.5-8.0)
CREATININE … 75 umol/L (60-130)
EGFR > 90 mL/min (over 59)
URIC ACID … 0.35 mmol/L (0.12 - 0.45)
TOTAL BILIRUBIN … 14 umol/L (2-20)
DIRECT BILIRUBIN … 3 umol/L (0-8)
ALK.PHOS … 88 U/L (30-115)
GAMMA G.T. … 63 U/L (0.70)
ALT … 35 U/L (0-45)
AST … 35 U/L (0-41)
LD … 157 U/L (80-250)
CALCIUM (adjusted for Albumin) 2.38 … mmol/L (2.25-2.65)
PHOSPHATE …1.2 mmol/L (0.8-1.5)
TOTAL PROTEIN …68 g/L (60-82)
ALBUMIN … 45 g/L (35-50)
GLOBULINS … 23 g/L (20-40)
IRON … 18 umol/L (10-33)
CHOLESTEROL … 5.1 mmol/L (3.6-6.9)
TRIGLYCERIDES … 1.7 mmol/L (0.3-2.2)
ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE 5 mm/hr (1-15)
THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (Euthyroid level)… 1.5 mU/L (0.40-4.00)
DHEA - SUPLHATE (DehydroEpiAndrosterone) 4800 ng/mL (800-5100) or in SI Units 13.0 umol/L (2.2-13.8)
HAEMOGLOBIN … 158 g/L (135-180)
RED CELL COUNT … 5.1 x 10 ^12 /L (4.2-6.0)
HAEMATOCRIT 0.46 (0.38-0.52)
MEAN CELL VOLUME … 90 fl (80-98)
MEAN CELL HAEMOGLOBIN … 31 pg (27-35)
PLATELET COUNT … 183 x 10^9 /L (150-450)
WHITE CELL COUNT 7.1 x 10^9 /L (4.0-11.0)
NEUTROPHILS 69% 4.9 x 10^9 /L (2.0-7.5)
LYMPHOCYTES 21% 1.5 x 10^9 /L (1.1-4.0)
MONOCYTES 9% 0.6 x 10^9 /L (0.2-1.0)
EOSINOPHILS 0% 0.00 x 10^9 /L (0.04-0.40)
BASOPHILS 1% 0.07 x 10^9/ L (< 0.21)
Still waiting on the Testosterone etc.
Hope someone might be able to verify if all looks okay so far.
many thanks.