Propecia Stopped Working After 3 Years.
Hi. I have been taking propecia for about 3 years now. After the end of first year, the results were significant and I could see 20% regrowth. But then it started receeding by month 13-14. then I got on to propecia and Minoxidil. About 7-8 months of this combination, I had gained significant hair back. And it was easily my peak. But now I have not changed anything and it is receeding and i am shedding like crazy for the past 2-3 months. Also, my sex drive has increased and I have morning wood all the time. Is it that I have stopped responding to propecia and my body is used to the medication and producing lots of DHT? I am worried as hell. Please help.
If you look at the Propecia chart, you will see that your experience is in accordance with most men. Your doctor who prescribed you the medication should have explained this to you as well. It isn’t that the drug stopped working but rather your genetic predisposition is catching up. Propecia is still likely working in slowing down the hair loss (not reversing it). You should follow up with your doctor.
Hmm, those charts might be a bit misleading.
Since the somewhat downward slope represents a mean change, that means the line represents, on average, both people who didn’t respond to propecia very well (about 15%) and those who did (85%). That is while you see the mild downward slope – because it represents both responders and non responders all clumped together into one big overall average.
If you separated them out, as you should, then the non responder line would slope down steeper, while the responder line probably would remain flatter. This means that if propecia isn’t working very well for you after 2 or 3 years, then there is a good chance that it will continue not working so well. You might want to consider something stronger (dutasteride), of course, only with the supervision of a good HT doctor. On the other hand, if it is working well, then you may be in good shape, and it may continue working well for quite some time, perhaps indefinitely.
. Since one can not determine in advance the “excellent” from “poor” responders, any average analysis of response rates include “all comers” (ie everyone on the treatment). I do think that “error bars” showing variance of response or what statisticians refer to as “95% confidence intervals” around the mean values would show what you are looking for.