I just posted in the questions section but nobody answered, so I thought I would post her.
A month and a half after I quit Propecia, in between my anus and testicles hurt and so did what I think is the Urethra in my penis. It has been feeling this way for over a week now. I looked at a diagram to see where the prostate is and it seems close to the area near my anus and testicles.
Has anybody else had this pain before?
It’s your prostate.
Finasteride causes atrophy of the prostate, so that may explain the pain but the best thing you can do is visit your doctor, explain everything, have him check your prostate, do the blood tests advised in the FAQ and go from there, hopefully he’ll take your concerns seriously, if not, see another doctor or ask for a referral to a urologist.
Good luck man.
I’m just trying to get some feedback from some people that have experience with the overall side effects of Propecia.
I took Propecia for over 10 years and quit about a month and a half ago. I had the lowered libido and my semen was less and after awhile my testicles and penis changed shape. It was finally enough to get me to stop.
Well, after stopping I started to slowly feel better until recently. Out of nowhere my penis started to feel inflamed. It felt like it came from my urethral. Shortly after, I started getting pain between my anus and testicles near where my prostrate is. I also have some discomfort in my testicles, but not too bad. I pee a lot, but have peed a lot for the last ten years.
The last week has been the worse week in my life. My mind kept thinking I had prostate cancer or an STD. I’m going to set up a doctor appointment soon, but do these conditions sound like they were caused by Propecia?
It’s most likely your prostate and hormone changes from the drug/post-drug causing the issues.
Get it checked, get an ultrasound and check for prostatitis.
Sorry, I thought I posted this in the Prostate section. I’m just trying to get as many opinions as possible because of my immense anxiety.
Thanks for replying Mew. I’ve just been real nervous about this. I just want this inflammation pain to go away in my penis. I’m worried that because I used it for 10 years, it will be permanent or I can get the irritation resolved.
It will likely subside with time.
Shortly after drug I had pain in the penis, prostate and right teste which slowly subsided over weeks/months.
I hope the pain goes away. It has been really scary for me.
Thanks to Mew, MarioBros and cdnuts for your replies. I just have one more question.
The pain in the prostate and urethra didn’t occur until over a month after I quit. I actually felt pretty good for the first month or so after I was off the drug. I still had the mild sexual side effects, but I was confident they would get better in time. It is just this pain that came out of nowhere that has gotten me real scared. It took me a week of anxiety driven google searches to pin point what it might be.
So, I my question is: is it common to get these symptoms a month and a half after quitting? I was on the drug for over ten years, so maybe my body was so used to the drug it took some time to get the after-fin side effects.
The prostate requires DHT to function correctly. Lack of DHT causes prostate and DHT-dependent tissues to atrophy. Restoring DHT should cause the opposite effect, theoretically.
It could be the “pain” you are feeling is the body trying to readjust to DHT being back in your system, if it has supposedly come back online after quitting.
Anyway, without hormone and ultrasound tests, you’ll never know and this is all guesswork.
Confused,
If it makes you feel any better, I had a slight throbbing pain in my testicles for about a week. I mentioned it to my endo dr. He felt the area and suggested I have ultrasound on it. He scared the crap out me. I felt the same way you do now. I did the ultra sound and it turned out the ultra sound came back negative.
Odds are your body is adjusting to being off of the poison pill.
Thanks BostonUSA2009.
That is relieving to know.
It has only been two days since I started this thread, but I want to give an update.
My penis still hurts, and I think I have located it to my urethra. I also have the pain between my anus and testicles which I feel confident in attributing to my prostate. Since find this site, I have been reading it up and down. It is a bit scary and depressing. I can relate to some side effects, but some I just can’t.
I just want to list some of the effects I have had on and off the drug. I’m not sure all of them can be an effect from Propecia or not.
I have been on it for over 10 years. I started with Propecia, then I changed to Proscar and then to generic Proscar and cut them up. It was cheaper. While on it, I had the lowered sex drive and I didn’t getting the morning wood. I could still get hard, so I kept with it. In the last year, I noticed a change of size in my testicles and penis. The sexual side effects started getting to me too, so I said I need to get some confidence and forget about the hair. I also had a lot of fatigue during my use, but I’m not sure if I can contribute it to the drug.
After quitting, I honestly started feeling better. My penis and testicle size seemed closer to normal and my semen was a little fuller and not watery. I was happy. I did mention to my friend a constant ringing in my ears, but I thought nothing of it. Over a month off the drug, my penis hole started burning a little bit. It got worse and the whole bottom of my penis would hurt. Shortly after, the prostate started hurting. I also still have the ringing in my ears and am tired. Oh, and I still can’t get an erection like I could pre-Propecia.
I have become very concerned about all of this and every little itch and discomfort I am noticing bothers me. I think some discomforts are normal and I have become over sensitive since all these pains started.
I am further concerned because I have recently become unemployed and do not have insurance. I have called a volunteer clinic and hope to be seen next week. I have been searching STD, prostate cancer and other websites in a strong desire to figure out my problem.
Thanks to everybody for the advice and help. I hope I can get through this and come back and let you know how I did.
Confused,
None of us here can give you a diagnosis. If you feel that you’re not quite right and that you suffered sexual side effects when using Propecia, you may well have been irreversibly damaged by taking Propecia.
I would suggest stopping Propecia. Hairloss is not important.
The symptoms you describe can certainly be related to your prostate issues; I suffer a plethora of prostate problems; particularly when I don’t take an anti-oestrogen for say, 5 days.
The best theory to explain your symptoms is unopposed oestrogen activity (you need a good level of DHT to oppose oestrogen’s damaging effects to the prostate).
If I was you, I’d get a full blood screen including an 3 Adiol G level. (after quitting Propecia). It’s your choice. But best of luck.
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JN
Thanks for the advice JN. I’m trying to get into a clinic next week. I’ve just been real scared.
Hello everybody.
I just got back from the clinic and told them about how I feel. I told them about the Propecia and generic stuff I was using, but the doctor seems to think that it is not the problem. I asked about Prostatitis and she said maybe. She took some tests and I have to wait until Wednesday to get the results.
I’m scared to go back and get the results.
I will post again after I get them though.
I thought I would write one more update.
I have come back from the doctor and all the tests they took came back negative. I must say I was a bit relieved that I didn’t have an STD, which is what they wanted to test and didn’t really listen to my claims about my prostate pain.
They suggested I go to a Urologist. I guess I will. I still have all the same pains, but now my left groin has pain that comes and goes. This whole thing is very frustrating to me.
Anyways, I hope everybody has a Happy Holiday season.
If you have ED, why not see Dr. Crisler? He is the best, why deal with these incompotent/arrogant urologists/endocrinologists who don’t give a sh*t?
Go to someone who believes you, and will try to help you, even tho he hasn’t come up with the cure yet.
hey confused,
any update on the perineal pain?
I’m having this just like you, constant pain in that area. It’s enerving!