Side Effects of Finasteride | The Hair Loss Show

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2 Oct 201915:21

Summary

TLDRDans cet épisode du 'Hair Loss Show', les docteurs Russell et Vickram discutent des traitements médicaux et chirurgicaux de la perte de cheveux, se concentrant sur le rôle de la finastéride. Ils expliquent comment cette molécule, utilisée pour stabiliser la perte de cheveux masculine, fonctionne et abordent les contre-indications et les effets secondaires, soulignant que la dose et la fréquence d'administration peuvent être ajustées pour minimiser ces risques tout en maximisant l'efficacité. Ils encouragent les patients à discuter avec des professionnels de la santé pour obtenir des conseils adaptés à leur situation.

Takeaways

  • 👨‍⚕️ Les docteurs Russell et Vickram discutent des traitements médicaux et chirurgicaux pour la perte de cheveux chez les hommes et les femmes.
  • 🧬 Finesse Ride (Finasteride) est un médicament utilisé pour stabiliser la perte de cheveux chez les hommes, en bloquant l'enzyme qui convertit la testostérone en DHT.
  • ⏳ Finesse Ride a été introduit en Australie en 1998 et a plus de 20 ans d'utilisation, permettant d'avoir une grande expérience sur son utilisation et ses effets.
  • 🌐 Beaucoup de mythes entourent Finesse Ride sur Internet, ce qui effraie certains patients potentiels.
  • 💊 La dose recommandée pour traiter la perte de cheveux est de 1 mg par jour, bien que des études suggèrent que moins pourrait être suffisant.
  • 🔍 Les effets secondaires de Finesse Ride sont rares et peuvent être réduits en ajustant la dose ou la fréquence d'administration.
  • 🔄 La durée d'action de Finesse Ride dans le système corporel est de plus de 30 jours, ce qui permet des régimes de prise plus souples.
  • 🚫 Les effets secondaires les plus courants sont des problèmes sexuels, mais ils sont très rares et complètement réversibles en arrêtant le traitement.
  • 🤔 Les effets secondaires peuvent être psychologiques, où l'anticipation d'un problème peut conduire à l'expérience de celui-ci.
  • 🌟 La prise de Finesse Ride à une dose ajustée et à une fréquence réduite est efficace pour stabiliser la perte de cheveux avec un risque d'effets secondaires très faible.

Q & A

  • Quel est le sujet principal de l'épisode 4 du podcast 'The Hair Loss Show'?

    -Le sujet principal de l'épisode 4 est la discussion autour du traitement médicamenteux de la perte de cheveux, en se concentrant sur le médicament Finesse Ride (Finasteride) et ses implications, avantages et inconvénients.

  • Pourquoi les patients pourraient-ils être réticents à prendre Finesse Ride?

    -Les patients peuvent être réticents à prendre Finesse Ride à cause des mythes et des craintes liés à ses effets secondaires, souvent amplifiés par Internet, qui les effraient et les dissuadent de commencer ou de continuer le traitement.

  • Quel est le rôle de Finesse Ride dans le traitement de la perte de cheveux?

    -Finesse Ride est un inhibiteur enzymatique qui bloque la conversion de la testostérone en DHT (dihydrotestostérone), réduisant ainsi les niveaux de DHT et contribuant à stabiliser la perte de cheveux.

  • Combien de temps le médicament Finesse Ride est-il recommandé de prendre?

    -Selon le Dr. Russell, bien que la dose recommandée soit un milligramme par jour, il n'est pas nécessaire de prendre le médicament tous les jours car il reste actif dans le système pendant au moins 30 jours.

  • Quels sont les effets secondaires les plus courants associés à Finesse Ride?

    -Les effets secondaires les plus courants de Finesse Ride comprennent une réduction de la libido et des difficultés à maintenir une érection. Cependant, ces effets sont rares et peuvent être gérés en ajustant la dose ou la fréquence de prise.

  • Quelle est la différence de fréquence des effets secondaires entre le groupe traité avec Finesse Ride et le groupe placebo lors des études initiales?

    -Lors des études initiales, 1.8% des hommes qui prenaient Finesse Ride ont signalé des effets secondaires sexuels, tandis que 1.3% des hommes du groupe placebo en ont signalé, montrant une différence de 0.5%.

  • Quel est le conseil des docteurs pour les patients qui expérimentent des effets secondaires avec Finesse Ride?

    -Si un patient expérimente des effets secondaires, les docteurs conseillent de cesser le traitement et d'attendre la résorption du médicament dans le corps, ce qui permet de récupérer normalement sans conséquences à long terme.

  • Pourquoi les effets secondaires de Finesse Ride pourraient-ils être liés à la dose ou à la fréquence de prise?

    -Les effets secondaires pourraient être liés à une dose ou une fréquence de prise excessive, car le médicament a une durée d'action longue dans le corps, et une suraccumulation pourrait causer des réactions indésirables.

  • Quels sont les autres effets secondaires moins courants associés à Finesse Ride mentionnés dans le script?

    -D'autres effets secondaires moins courants incluent la 'brume cérébrale' (trouble de la pensée), une sensibilité du sein et des tendinites du scrotum.

  • Quel sera le sujet du prochain épisode du podcast 'The Hair Loss Show'?

    -Le prochain épisode du podcast traitera du sujet de la croissance des cheveux, en explorant les options pour aider les patients à augmenter la quantité de cheveux et à récupérer ceux qu'ils ont perdu.

  • Quel est le message final des docteurs à propos de Finesse Ride et de la perte de cheveux?

    -Le message final est que Finesse Ride est un médicament efficace pour stabiliser la perte de cheveux, et que les effets secondaires, bien que possibles, sont rares et peuvent être évités ou gérés par une utilisation appropriée et un ajustement de la dose ou de la fréquence de prise.

Outlines

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💬 Introduction to Hair Loss Treatments

Dans le premier paragraphe, les docteurs Russell et Vickram abordent l'épisode 4 de leur émission sur la chute de cheveux. Ils discutent de la thérapie de la calvitie, en se concentrant sur le rôle du médicament Finesse Ride (finastéride) dans le traitement de la calvitie masculine. Ils mentionnent les réticences des patients à commencer la thérapie en raison de rumeurs et de craintes liées aux effets secondaires, et ils proposent de clarifier ces questions.

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🔍 Finesse Ride: Effets et Posologie

Le deuxième paragraphe se concentre sur le finastéride, un médicament introduit en Australie en 1998 pour traiter la calvitie. Les docteurs expliquent que le finastéride est un inhibiteur d'enzyme, non un bloqueur de DHT, et qu'il agit en réduisant la conversion de la testostérone en DHT. Ils discutent de la posologie quotidienne recommandée et soulignent que, selon eux, il n'est pas nécessaire de prendre le médicament tous les jours, car il reste actif dans le système corporel pendant 30 jours minimum. Ils suggèrent un dosage réduit pour réduire les risques d'effets secondaires.

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🚫 Gestion des Effets Secondaires du Finastéride

Dans le troisième paragraphe, les docteurs discutent des effets secondaires du finastéride, tels que la diminution de la libido et des difficultés à maintenir une érection. Ils mentionnent que ces effets sont rares et qu'ils sont souvent liés à une prise excessive de médicament. Les docteurs encouragent à ajuster la dose ou la fréquence de prise pour minimiser ces risques. Ils soulignent que même si des effets secondaires apparaissent, ils sont généralement réversibles en arrêtant le traitement.

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🌟 Conclusion et Perspectives

Le quatrième paragraphe conclut l'épisode en résumant les points clés sur le finastéride comme traitement de la calvitie. Les docteurs soulignent que, bien que le médicament puisse avoir des effets secondaires, ils sont rares et peuvent être gérés en ajustant la dose ou la fréquence de prise. Ils encouragent les patients à discuter avec un professionnel de la santé pour obtenir des conseils appropriés. Ils annoncent également le prochain épisode qui traitera de la croissance des cheveux.

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Keywords

💡Chute de cheveux

La chute de cheveux fait référence au phénomène où les cheveux tombent naturellement ou à cause de divers facteurs, tels que le vieillissement, les maladies ou les traitements médicaux. Dans le script, c'est le thème central autour duquel les médecins discutent des traitements médicaux et chirurgicaux pour l'alopécie.

💡Finastéride

Le finastéride est un médicament utilisé pour traiter certains types d'alopécie, en particulier la calvitie androgénétique. Dans le script, il est mentionné comme un bloqueur d'enzyme qui réduit les niveaux de DHT, contribuant ainsi à stabiliser la perte de cheveux.

💡DHT

La DHT (dihydrotestostérone) est une hormone dérivée de la testostérone qui est impliquée dans la perte de cheveux chez les hommes. Dans le script, il est expliqué que le finastéride réduit la conversion de la testostérone en DHT, ce qui aide à prévenir la perte de cheveux.

💡Traitement à long terme

Le traitement à long terme fait référence à l'utilisation continue d'un médicament ou d'un traitement pour atteindre un effet durable. Dans le script, il est souligné que le finastéride doit être pris sur le long terme pour maintenir les résultats et prévenir la reprise de la perte de cheveux.

💡Effets secondaires

Les effets secondaires sont les réactions indésirables ou les problèmes qui peuvent survenir à la suite de l'utilisation d'un médicament. Dans le script, les médecins discutent des effets secondaires potentiels du finastéride et des stratégies pour les gérer.

💡Dosage

Le dosage fait référence à la quantité de médicament prescrite ou recommandée pour un effet thérapeutique. Dans le script, il est question de la dose recommandée pour le finastéride et de la possibilité d'adapter le dosage pour minimiser les effets secondaires tout en maintenant l'efficacité du traitement.

💡Stabilisation

La stabilisation dans le contexte du script signifie arrêter ou ralentir significativement la perte de cheveux. Les médecins expliquent comment le finastéride peut aider à stabiliser la perte de cheveux plutôt que de la guérir complètement.

💡Prostate

La prostate est une glande masculine qui est mentionnée dans le script comme un autre indicateur pour lequel le finastéride a été initialement développé pour traiter l'hypertrophie bénigne de la prostate.

💡Énzyme

L'enzyme est une protéine qui catalyse des réactions chimiques dans le corps. Dans le script, l'enzyme est liée au processus de conversion de la testostérone en DHT, et le finastéride agit en bloquant cette enzyme.

💡Régime de prise de médicament

Le régime de prise de médicament fait référence à la fréquence et à la manière dont un médicament est pris. Dans le script, les médecins discutent de la possibilité de modifier le régime de prise du finastéride pour réduire les effets secondaires tout en conservant l'efficacité du traitement.

💡Psychologie

La psychologie est l'étude de la mentalité et du comportement humain. Dans le script, elle est mentionnée en relation avec l'expectative des effets secondaires et comment cela peut influencer la perception de la réalité des patients.

Highlights

Dr. Russell and Dr. Vickram discuss medical and surgical treatments for hair loss.

Finasteride is used to stabilize male pattern hair loss, and its mechanism is explained.

Common misconceptions about finasteride and its side effects are addressed.

The drug's introduction in Australia in 1998 and its extensive use over 20 years.

Finasteride's action as an enzyme blocker, not a DHT blocker, is clarified.

The accidental discovery of finasteride's hair loss treatment potential.

Different dosing recommendations for hair loss versus prostate enlargement.

The importance of finasteride's long-lasting effect in the skin tissue.

Dr. Russell's controversial opinion on the non-necessity of daily finasteride intake.

The potential for reduced side effects with a lower and less frequent dosage.

The psychological impact on patients expecting side effects from finasteride.

The low incidence of sexual side effects and the importance of dosage adjustment.

The recovery from side effects after stopping finasteride and its time frame.

The lesser-known side effects of finasteride, such as brain fog and breast tenderness.

The effectiveness of finasteride in a low-dose schedule for most patients.

The upcoming discussion in the next podcast about increasing hair growth.

Advice on consulting with a registered medical professional for personalized treatment.

Transcripts

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[Music] welcome to the hair loss show Dr  Russell nudson and Dr vickram J aash discuss  

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issues relating to hair loss and the medical and  surgical treatment of hair loss in both men and

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women hi everyone and welcome to the ha Show  episode number four my name is Dr vicam J aash  

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and I am Dr Russell nson welcome all right so  last episode we went through uh so previously  

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we've gone through mail patent hair loss we've  covered um the start covering therapy and and  

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how we use finess ride finess ride to stabilize  male patent hairloss we've talked through the  

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mechanism of how that works and again if you're  unclear of that please go back through to episode  

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two and three and and and hopefully you'll get a  a recap uh through there but uh I thought today  

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we'd uh drill down a little bit more on uh finesse  ride because again as as I said in the last show  

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it's one of the things it's one of the biggest  push backs that I get when we see patients on a  

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on a day-to-day basis one in terms of people not  wanting to start therapy because they've heard  

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and read too much about it and they're scared of  uh um of starting uh secondly people start it and  

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then stop because they don't know it needs to be  longterm um so why don't we sort of unpacked that  

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a little bit and and and go through what the  implications of taking fessa and what you know  

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what are the pros and cons from that perspective  right okay so finast was introduced in Australia  

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in 1998 so we've had over 20 years of experience  with it so that's something that's important to  

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consider we had a lot of experience with this drug  millions and millions of men around the world have  

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taken it we have very very good information about  what's possible with the medicine and what's not  

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possible with the medicine unfortunately the  internet perpetuates a lot of myths about  

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finasterid uh that scare people and so many as  Dr vikam said many people come into our surgeries  

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and say I'm not prepared to take it because I've  heard you get side effects and I'm able to say to  

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them that if you're getting side effects you're  not going to be taking it so there aren't people  

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in my practice who are taking it that are having  side effects otherwise they wouldn't be on it so  

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let's talk a little bit about finasteride again as  we mentioned in the last podcast this the action  

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of finasteride is to block the enzyme so it's  an enzyme blocker not a DHT blocker and what  

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that means is that we block some of the enzyme  activity which blocks some of the conversion  

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of testosterone to DHT in that scenario the DHT  level goes down and the T level goes up okay so  

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why would people get side effects if you're not  actually altering the hormones our suspicion is  

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it's because the DHT is a slightly stronger  version of testosterone than testosterone so  

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there's more testosterone in the body less DHT  but DHT pound forp pound is a slightly stronger  

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hormone so how did finasterid happen well the  drug was actually developed for people with  

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enlargement of men with the enlargement of the  pro prate gland not a cancerous enlargement a  

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non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland  that they had worked out was also a function of  

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overactivity of the enzyme and too much DHT  in the prostate so they started treating the  

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prostate in these men with finasteride and found  to their amazement that some of these balding men  

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with enlarged prostates started to stabilize and  reverse their balding so it was was an accidental  

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finding it wasn't a targeted finding that they  were expecting so the drug has been around for  

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longer than just for treating people with hair  loss it's been around longer because we used  

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to also use it and we still do for people with  enlarg prostates so basically we discovered when  

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we were doing it for hair that you didn't have to  use the same dose so for example for men that are  

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using the prostate there is a 5 Mig that they take  every day but for the hair the recommended dose is  

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a milligram and the reason it's recommended at  a milligram is because if you track the response  

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curve versus the dose curve I know that's a bit  technical it kind of flattens off at about one  

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and what that really means that more isn't better  okay more is not better a milligram is enough now  

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where I'm going to be a little controversial with  you today is talking about what the correct dosing  

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is because because the recommended dose on the  packet says a milligram per day right in other  

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words you're supposed to take a tablet every day  now I certainly think that's acceptable to do but  

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it is not necessary in many people for you to  take a milligram every day why because the drug  

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lasts a lot longer than a day in the system if we  go back to the idea that this is happening in the  

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hair follicle it's not about the amount that  you have in the blood that is most important  

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it's the amount you have in the skin tissue that's  important and a dose of finasterid lasts 30 days  

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minimum 30 days inside the skin so we really in  my opinion and I'm saying it's my opinion don't  

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need to take this any every day so basically what  I ask my patients to do um is take it probably on  

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average about three times a week now you'd say  well why not just take it once a month well the  

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body is continually creating new enzyme every  day so all we're doing is mopping it up and in  

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my experience over 20 years using this toasting  schedule my results are the same in terms of being  

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able to achieve stability as people who take it  every day so that is for me an important finding  

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because the other side of that argument is that  the number of patients in my practice that get any  

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side effects on faside is correspondingly reduced  because I'm asking them to take less of it so key  

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Point here is that most people in my opinion they  get side effects it's because they're taking too  

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much of it and that's a critical thing because  if we can adjust the dose and down to a lower  

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dose and still get the same effect without the  side effects then this most important medication  

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we have could be used by many more men without  fear of side effects or fear of the ability of  

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it to harm their health or their partner's Health  that's great and so just to again to to go through  

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that again the end point is we want to stabilize  hair loss so the key is What is the least amount  

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of drug that we can put in our system that's going  to give us that 5 milligrams is too much and this  

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is the and this is sometimes the problem because  people are taking ferid and don't know if it's  

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one or five and they're getting their you know  their tablets from wherever they're going to get  

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problems when they're on on five again taking a  small dose of the medication and you don't like  

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like Russell was saying because it lasts longer  than 36 hours in the sorry it lasts longer than  

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a day in the system you don't need to take it on  a daily basis you just need enough to lower the  

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DHT level to a threshold level that it doesn't  cause progression of of the hair loss so the  

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lowest dose that we can get away that will give  us the outcome is inevitably going to give us the  

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least amount of side effects as well and here's a  funny thing because the medicine had been around  

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before it was used for hair it was being used for  the prostate as I as I said we knew what the side  

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effect profile was and that uh in a percentage of  between maybe five to 8% of men using finter at  

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the 5 mgram dose we're getting sexual side effects  and by that I mean they had reduced libido which  

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is another word for sex drive or difficulty  maintaining erections so this is something we  

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looked for and tested for in the original trials  and this is a very interesting point in the  

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original trial they used 2,000 men two groups of  a thousand neither the doctor nor the patient knew  

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whether they were taking finasteride or they were  taking sugar something we call a placebo meaning  

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it has no active ingredient so we have a th men  take fin aside we have a thousand men taking sugar  

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they don't know which the doctors don't know which  they tracked them over year that they knew to ask  

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for sexual side effects so at the end of the year  when they analyzed the results and opened up the  

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study to see who was taking what they discovered  that for the people that were taking finro 1.8% of  

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men had complained of sexual side effects and that  was probably a good figure because as I said it  

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was a high figure if you're taking 5 mg but very  interestingly and perhaps surprisingly when they  

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looked at the sugar group 1.3% complain of sexual  side effects 20.5% difference correct so basically  

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the the message here is that if you think you're  going to get the side effect you probably are  

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going to get the side effect so the reality is the  way the psychology works in the brain if you know  

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it's possible and you really expect it you could  probably convince yourself that it happens but it  

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is a low incidence in real terms of side effect  so in my practice I would say that it's less than  

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that 1.8 because we're using a smaller dose like  vicam and I do and so I think it's around about  

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the 1% Mark now two things about this number one  is I think that there's two categories of people  

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that respond uh by getting side effects there  are the people that respond immediately meaning  

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it happens in the first two weeks okay they are  very sensitive to the medicine the good news is  

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if they get these side effects which is the  commonest side effect in the first two weeks  

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stopping the medicine means they recover in about  two weeks that's just they always recover in 20  

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years I've never had anybody that didn't recover  from their side effects the second group are the  

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people that don't get it immediately they get it  later and this is a delayed response so these are  

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people that get it say between four and eight  or maybe even longer months into therapy and  

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my reading of that is that because they've been  taking it every day and it lasts every tablets  

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lasting 30 days in your system it's building up  and building up and building up in your system so  

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if this happens later on it's because you got too  much in your body and so the simple thing is stop  

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again and wait for it to recover now these people  recover very quickly these people take a little  

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bit longer again because because of the length of  time that's in the system so don't be surprised  

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in that scenario whether it took 2 3 months for  people to recover and that's normal again I've  

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never had a single patient in 20 years that did  not recover after they stopped their medication so  

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if you're the person that gets it later on it's a  medicine you still could use just more customized  

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dose so there's two ways you either lower the  dose that you're giving to the patient or you  

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lower the frequency and the third thing you can do  is you can let them take a month off whenever they  

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want because you know it's going to hang around  for month and that's going to do you no harm so  

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stopping for one or two months is not going to  harm you in the long run and that's something  

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we get asked a lot isn't it you know if I'm going  to stop the medication am I going to am I suddenly  

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going to lose my hair ER in that you know for a  couple of months if I stop the medication for a  

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couple of months am I going to lose all that  ground that I you know was holding on to and  

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the answer is probably absolutely not you know if  if you're only stopping for a short period of time  

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letting it wash out of the system you're going to  be fine now just to finish off the conversation  

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about side effects and finasterid the Lesser  common side effects that people get are they  

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sometimes complain of thing called brain fog which  means they just don't feel like they're thinking  

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as clearly as they do they can have tenderness of  the breast they can have tendons of the scrotum  

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but these are really uncommon really uncommon  side effects so it's it's fair to say that I  

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have thousands of men and vicam has thousands  of men in our practices that take this uh you  

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know on a lowd dose schedule mostly round about  three times a week with no problems whatsoever and  

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highly highly effective at stopping further hair  loss to summarize to so to summarize look finest  

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is a great drug and it's it certainly forms for us  the main stay of uh treatment modality and trying  

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to stabilize uh male pattern uh hair loss but we  know that it's not without its problems part of  

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the problem and there are side effects but part of  it is from taking too much so you're either taking  

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a higher dose or you're take even taking it too  frequently so I think this the summary is again  

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you should if you if you're having is shoes make  sure you have that conversation we see people all  

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the time that come back to us and say been on the  medication I'm not liking it because of X Y and Z  

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and then we modulate how they're taking we might  change the dose we might change the frequency we  

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may you know slowly gradually uh you know you do  this as well gradually in um uh take a bit of a  

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break and then gradually uh sequentially increase  the dose over a period of few months because we  

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want some of the blockade happening to give us  some of that stability there but the reality is  

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the side effects the incidence of side effects are  very very low it is a very safe drug we've been  

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using it for many many years and without any sort  of problems and there is a lot of there's a lot  

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of information on the internet which will scare a  lot of people but again make sure you have a chat  

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with the U registered Medical Professional and  seek appropriate advice would you say that's good  

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that's good so the next episode of the podcast  we're going to discuss what patients really are  

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interested in which isn't so much stability it's  about whether we can increase their hair and grow  

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their hair back so that'll be the subject of the  next podcast I hope you've enjoyed tonight and  

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I hope you've found that this is somewhat helpful  so uh I'd like to thank you for listening tonight  

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and uh we look forward to talking to you  next time see you next time thank [Music]

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you

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