U.S. ABC News covers Traish's and Irwig's first articles, interviews them, lawsuits covered!

[kazman]

abcnews.go.com/Health/MensHealth/baldness-drug-sexual-effects/story?id=13152993&page=1

Additional discussion in Frustrated’s thread about Irwig’s first publication coming out:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=4942

[proscarred]

Good god

How can they ignore us now?

[larryh]

I found this on MSNBC.Com “Hair-growth drug tied to male sexual problems” at
msnbc.msn.com/id/42182759/ns/health-mens_health/

Did Dr Irwin’s study get published? Anybody know about this?

[larryh]

Here is the information from GWU’s newspaper:

gwu.edu/explore/mediaroom/gwinthenews/researchspotlight/gwstudyshowsmenreportpersistentsexualimpairmentafteruseofcommonhairlossdrugs

[Luckfax]

Here’s CBS getting in on it too.

cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20045362-10391704.html

At least they haven’t used a ‘comedy’ picture of a bewildered looking slaphead which seems to be par for the course.

[John_123]

Also, two articles in the Los Angeles Times:

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/18/news/la-heb-hair-loss-sexual-problems-20110318

http://www.latimes.com/health/hc-buck-propecia-lawsuit-0304-20110303,0,3276750.story

[John_123]

More articles:

nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/sexual-health/urinary-drug-linked-to-sexual-side-effects/5026944.article

news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979151618

upi.com/Health_News/2011/03/18/Hair-loss-drug-linked-to-less-libido-ED/UPI-81471300495045/

usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/menshealth/2011-03-11-hair-loss_N.htm

articles.philly.com/2011-03-16/news/28698182_1_finasteride-balding-men-propecia

modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/5alpha-Reductase-Inhibitors-Tied-to-Adverse-Male-S/ArticleNewsFeed/Article/detail/712404?contextCategoryId=40146

thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=57907

sify.com/news/popular-drugs-could-trip-sex-drive-news-international-ldip4giidhg.html

sify.com/news/hair-loss-medications-can-affect-men-s-sexual-health-news-international-ldinkdfdcja.html

redorbit.com/news/health/2008367/popular_drugs_for_common_male_health_problems_can_affect_their/

healthjockey.com/2011/03/09/hair-loss-drugs-possibly-hamper-sexual-health-among-men/

aolhealth.com/2011/03/18/men-report-sexual-impairment-after-using-common-hair-loss-drug/

ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=424586

thirdage.com/news/hair-loss-drugs-can-affect-mens-sexual-health_3-10-2011

aboutlawsuits.com/propecia-avodart-side-effects-sexual-dysfunction-16882/

southasiamail.com/news.php?id=97111

[191]

Thought I’d remind everyone to sign on to Dr Irwigs next study. Its the way forward. Be a part of the solution. If you do not want to do the fertility screen you can just do the hormones.

[John_123]

Even more articles:

healthland.time.com/2011/03/21/survey-baldness-drug-may-lead-to-long-term-sexual-dysfunction/

bnet.com/blog/drug-business/merck-warned-europe-that-propecia-causes-sexual-problems-8212-but-not-the-us/7698

fiercepharma.com/story/propecia-patients-sue-merck-over-side-effects-indians-protest-free-trade-te/2011-03-04

lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/propecia/propecia-finasteride-side-effects-16188.html

theregister.co.uk/2011/03/08/baldness_cures_cause_impotence/

onmedica.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=8ce0ef74-fed2-4583-9399-1c8aec1cb91b

men.webmd.com/news/20110309/sexual-side-effects-of-hair-loss-drugs-persist

abajournal.com/news/article/law_student_among_class_action_plaintiffs_claiming_baldness_drug_causes_con/

[boston332]

Can you believe this idiot from the webMD story??? When John Hopkins is this backward wtf are we to do? Will people really believe John Hopkins has NO TIES to Merck??

Critics of the paper, however, called its conclusions biased and bizarre.

“If you subtract the placebo group, 3% to 4% of patients may have some sexual side effects, and they go away when you stop the drug,” says Patrick Walsh, MD, the University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, who also reviews studies for the journal Urology. “This is bizarre.”

“I’ve never seen a patient who had sexual side effects and when he stopped them he was impotent forever,” says Walsh.

When asked if he gets any financing from drug companies, he said, “Absolutely I do not. No.”

Walsh has researched the effects of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors for 42 years and recently testified in FDA hearings against their proposed use for prevention of prostate cancer.

“If you take a look at the randomized, controlled trials, something like 3% of placebo and 6% of treated patients will have some sexual side effects,” Walsh tells WebMD. “It’s one of the reasons why patients discontinue the drug and when they discontinue it, the problem goes away.”

[Oscar]

“We don’t really understand why, but the symptoms remain persistent or irreversible and even if they get off the drug,” says study researcher Abdulmaged M. Traish, PhD, a professor of biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine. “They no longer regain what they had before. Biologically, something gets shut off and gets shut off once and for all.”
Traish thinks that may be because nerves that are maintained by dihydrotestosterone become permanently degraded and can’t be repaired even after men come off the medication.

http://men.webmd.com/news/20110309/sexual-side-effects-of-hair-loss-drugs-persist

Little bit of a theory there. Undoubtedly true. But if erections where my only problem I swear to god I could of fixed myself by now.

For those men, “it’s a life sentence,” said lead researcher Abdulmaged M. Traish, a professor of biochemistry and urology at Boston University School of Medicine.
“No sex. No desire. Potential depression,” Traish added

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/menshealth/2011-03-11-hair-loss_N.htm

Oh good. BTW - they dont seem to mention ‘brain fog’ or muscle loss - my problems arent even on the radar!!!

[bostonusa2009]

“If you subtract the placebo group, 3% to 4% of patients may have some sexual side effects, and they go away when you stop the drug,” says Patrick Walsh, MD, the University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, who also reviews studies for the journal Urology. “This is bizarre.”

I wish my sides were merely isolated to sexual problems. I think I could live a relatively happy life if that was the case. There seems to be such little discussion in the public about other aspects of damage that this drug caused.

[tim1911]

i agree boston if i had a choice to have my sexual function restored or to have my brain fog fixed i would choose brain fog any day. It will probably drive me to suicide (as sad as it sounds) one day if it doesnt go away.

[Mens_Rea]

@tim1911983

i agree boston if i had a choice to have my sexual function restored or to have my brain fog fixed i would choose brain fog any day. It will probably drive me to suicide (as sad as it sounds) one day if it doesnt go away.

Keep the chin up mate mental brain fog seems the one thing that a large amount of PFS sufferers do recover from.

For you guys to say that (preferring to heal their mental issues) really shows me how serious it is and i really really emphasise.

[3pm]

Wow. Here we go.

[BP7667]

My brain fog has cleared considerably… I still feel emotionally flat thou and lack focus/motivation, and the sleep issues of course…

I’ve done phone interviews with a reporter in philly about the lawsuit and article. I’m basically trying to bring as much attention to this issue as possible.

I urge everyone to do so… I’ve sent dozens of emails to scientists and doctors all over the country. Writing politicians should be the next step… along with pushing for more media attention. Its the only way to get Merck to do something.