Why do so many people deny that PFS exists?

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#1

Ever since I took that stupid pill and screwed my life up I’ve been chronically online researching about others who have suffered long-term unwanted effects from these drugs.

It seems that outside of this forum everyone is in blatant denial that PFS exists, despite there being a mix of clinical and anecdotal evidence proving otherwise.

I saw a guy on Reddit make a post about how fin gave him gyno, which seems to be a fairly common side effect, and there were dozens of comments arguing that it wasn’t the hormone-altering pill that caused it and that he’s just unhealthy and lazy…

Like, why is it so hard for so many people to acknowledge that these drugs can potentially cause persistent side effects? Are they scared? Are they influenced by some weird pharmaceutical survivor bias? What gives?

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#2

Because the ramifications that a supposed safe medication can cause permanent effects is too scary for people to believe.

People prefer to be ignorant, believing that doctors, health professionals and large pharmaceutical companies act in our best interest

The truth is too much to handle.

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#3

“You can’t handle the truth!”

“The truth is out there”

“Truth will set you free!”

“Truth is stranger than fiction!”

“The truth always comes out in the end!”

Please don’t take offense, I’m just trying to lighten the mood this Sunday afternoon.

As you and others have said, the medical industry has a lot to protect, and will gas light the public at every turn if necessary. I am afraid they will never admit what finasteride can do, and indeed has done. Can you imagine the financial disaster that would be for them? Jim

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#4

I don’t get it either, especially the ones that are so militant about it. Even when I was happily taking fin I never doubted any of the reported sides or post drug symptoms. I mean you’re messing with hormones as four billion years of evolution saw fit, that’s not going to go totally unpunished. I just didn’t understand the severity of the punishment.

I wonder if the most vocal deniers aren’t otherwise reckless so they have to convince themselves that what they do for vanity is also not reckless. I always had a reckless streak in some respect so I was willing to accept what I understood to be the risk which wasn’t even close to reality. Nobody’s this reckless.

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#5

I think there are a lot of people like me who were fine, or okay, while on it which creates confirmation bias. Also, many of the people in the early stages of taking this medication are young and impressionable.

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