Could Propecia Affect My Ability to Have Kids in the Future?

Hi Dr. Rassman I appreciate your website and blog very much I visit here everyday. I have been considering propecia for a month now. After searching the internet of course I have been scared like everyone of side effects of ed,low libidio,and I know your answer to this. Now I recently have been seeing everywhere on the internet about propecia affecting fertility! I mean I wanna have kids and start a family one day which out weighs having hair.

I am a 27 year old male and have some thinning and receding up top. So my question is if I take propecia is there any chance of it affecting my ability to have children in the future? Can you please set me at ease I realize you have answered this before

The information available shows that there is little risk to fertility from Propecia. If there is an incidence of drug induced infertility, it is very, very rare. What has been reported seems to reverse on drug withdrawal. Permanent infertility to finasteride does not appear to be a problem. If you are still concerned after reading this, when you take the drug for your hair loss, consider taking a sperm count somewhere after 3 months while you are on the drug.