Andrew Huberman· PhD
Young men taking Rx drugs to prevent/reverse hair loss is causing a wave of PFS: Post Finasteride Syndrome (serious libido, erectile & mood issues, some of which persist even after they cease finas.).
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
Young men taking Rx drugs to prevent/reverse hair loss is causing a wave of PFS: Post Finasteride Syndrome (serious libido, erectile & mood issues, some of which persist even after they cease finas.).
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You also want to be sensitive to the fact that some of these treatments, such as finasteride, can carry very serious side effects even if you come off them AKA post-finasteride syndrome.
the post finasteride syndrome was described in these online questions as seemingly permanent even though um people had ceased to take finasteride or dutasteride so in other words they were taking this stuff they I don't know how they felt while they were on it but they stopped taking it and the sexual dysfunction issues um don't seem to be resolving um