philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/05/03/health-watch-popular-drug-warning/
Just read this - horrible story. Apparently a member on here.
RIP Randy.
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Oh shit. Just as I am at an extreme low point with this - this comes up. RIP Randy. This is so sad.
Anyone now what name he went by on this forum?
Anyone know his user ID or when this happened?
Iâm pretty sure this is paximperia, I remember he posted something similar. He is also the only guy on here known to have killed himself.
I donât think the exclamation marks are very appropriate.
Yes, going by those quotes, it was paximperia 
RIP Randy. This is devastating, truly devastating. Thoughts to his family
How long ago did it happen?
Anyone kno the guys were who were interviewed on the phone or the guy in silouette?
I hope the family can get on board with the lawsuits. Not that it will provide any closure. Having his parents on the stand would be a nightmare for Merck.
His login was paximperia
His poor family, that sucks.
I used to contiplate suicide. I was drinking about 15 hours a day. I had lost my job. I became very nervous and couldnt leave my apartment. I thought rather âknewâ my life would never get better. I tried to commit suicide many times and I came very close to an ending. Very slowly I made it to more and more 12step recovery meetings. It took a good deal of time but what I though was impossible slowly happened. My life got back in order.
This all happened before propecia
I realize unfortunently there are no 12-step-propecia meetings, that will make us all better. But I did learn from that experience that no matter how hopeless life can seem, things pass.
When I first crashed and hadnât found this web site, I was suicidle but thought it was the way my life was going at the time, I am glad I had friends at the time that helped me through it and then even luckier to have foundd this web site so at least I knew what had caused it. Even though I am still sick I believe I will get back to normal someday and that is what keeps me going, I hope to be included in the lawsuit that will at least pay for the misery and treatment to get me better. I really feel for his family. Merick need to pay!!!
Yes, this is certainly a sad story. As bad is things can get, suicide is not the answer. So many of us have been through hell with this, but we need to think about our family and friends. Fight on! I believe we willl beat this and get better. Someday I believe Merck will pay heavily for their pure greed and unethical behavior.
I was thinking the same thing. Surely it would have been better if the poor guy could have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Things are getting worse by the day for Merck. This is not the first suicide case.
I wonât be eligible for any lawsuit as I bought fincar and cut it. I have been suicidal as I guess most who crashed have been, but I am stronger than that and think this will be sorted eventually though not for a while. I lost âfriendsâ because of the nature of this, though others have rallied round, but they werenât particularly good friends to begin with, and anyone who discards you because of this is scum anyway.
I feel for paximperia, I read his entries and it was clear he had way bad sides. Nonetheless with his youth he might have had the opportunity to emerge from this at still a relatively young age, as proper examination of the problem hopefully gets nearer.
At least he did not die in vain as his story adds to the evidence against this poison being used by young healthy men. But I am angry it took so long for the media and medical world to pick up on this as it has been going on for 13 years. Maybe he would have been spared if someone had published something sooner.
I would end by saying if anyone on here is or turns up later suicidal, we should be offering all the help we can to them to avoid considering it.
Is this the interview toadstool was supposed to be doing?
A small exerpt was put in there of meâŚInteresting.
I would think generic finasteride would still be in play for any law suit. If a doctor prescribed finasteride for you and the pharmacy gave you a generic version, it is not your fault. Merck has the patent on the drug. Personally I think the pharmacuetical industry is a HUGE scam as many have alluded to in this forum. With the fda and all the corrupt practices etc. getting these drugs to market.
The reality is that this case is probably the worst evidence of corruption possible; for the simple fact that this drug is not produced for the sake of providing any medical well being, treatment, cure for disease, etc. This was put on the market to simply make money for a drug companyâŚnot to save lives. And now people are dying.
I think we need to thank the creators of this forum and accompanying websites first and foremost. I believe this format will serve as a pioneer to many other websites that will be created to expose many other drugs on the market that have legions of people suffering âhiddenâ side effects that somehow got past clinic trials. If it wasnât for the work of the creators of this forum, Merck would have got away with this. How would this have ever been exposed without the internet and the effort of the forum creators? RIP Randy
Hi this is very scary and a very true reality for many people suffering from this. I think what has kept me sane is that I have found this website and have been able to talk to many other people regarding this issue.
if ANY of you guys ever even feel CLOSE or bad or anything related to suicidal or depressed, donât even think twice about sending me a message and talking it out. i also would be willing to add you on facebook if you want, we have a support group on there and i talk to at least one pfs person everyday on facebook.
i think that sort of thing can really help people in need when they are lost⌠itâs good to let it out.
I second everything youâve said, brcye54. This is a really sad, sobering event. At my lowest points, I thought that if I ever did something âstupidâ Iâd at least leave a clear trail to this forum, a diary of the hell Iâve been through, so that in no ambiguous terms, it would be communicated that this drug, finasteride, was responsible. That way, at least the other sufferers at large might benefit from the unfortunate publicity. Itâs too bad the burden became too much for this kid. But I understand and empathize. For anyone contemplating that path, thoughâdonât. Just donât. Summon everything you have inside, talk to a close friend, talk to a stranger on this board, talk it out. Whatever pain youâre going throughâjust look at those parentsâ faces. Weâre long overdue for a breakthrough, stick around for it!
This is terrible Iâll be praying for Randy and his family, as well as the rest of us here. I know exactly how he was feeling, and while I understand why he did it, I wish he could have reconsidered. Suicide is simply not the answer, no matter how bleak your outlook.
With the recent discovery of 5 alpha reductase type 3 (and finâs affect on it), I feel like weâre getting extremely close to a cure. I only wish Randy could have been here to see this through. 
They also had part of the phone interview I didâŚ
i have tears on my eyes, rip Randy
He is a martyr
sad to say, but media cast attention on the problem only when tragedies happens
section of psichologic support open to anyone feel the need to talk about interior/social situation 'll be appreciated