Propecia Allergy and a Swollen Throat?
I have been looking at your website for quite sometime and have sent pics of my receding hairline. After much thought, i decided to start on propecia and after taking it for 2 or 3 days i felt no side effects. on the 3rd or 4th day i felt my throat swelling ant tightening. I figured it was a virus due to the cold whether we have been having in Chicago and at night i would hear strange sounds in the middle of the night. I started on zithromax and after a couple of days i began to feel much better.(during this time i stopped using propecia.) after finishing the zithromax i started taking propecia again and within minutes i felt my throat swell up and started to itch. I went to the pharmacy and they gave me benedril which helped. Therefore, it seems i am allergic to propecia and am trying to prevent my hair line from receding any more, any suggestions???
I have never heard of such complaints from my own patients, but allergies do happen. This is something you should discuss with your doctor (who can run various allergy tests on you, for example), not someone like me over the Internet. The question you should pose to your doctor is, “Is this an allergic reaction?” and then work out a plan with him/her on what to do.
Aside from the 1mg of finasteride, Propecia pills have the following inactive filler ingredients: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose LF, titanium dioxide, magnesium stearate, talc, docusate sodium, yellow ferric oxide, and red ferric oxide. Perhaps there is something in there that you have an allergy to?
Yes, it would appear that way.
hi, i began using procepia with regaine 3 and a half years ago, i had great success to begin with then after about 4 or 5 months i bgan a three year ordeal of rashes all over my bosy, large scabs on my back and through my whole scalp. I tried everything, steroid cream, detoxing, i stopped smoking and drinking for months and the condition improved but still the itching and rashes go on. After 3 years i stopped taking procepia. After 4 months there has been liitle slight improvement. Would you suggest that its not procepia that i am allegic to if the allergy still hasnt cleared after 4 months. I would be very greatful for a response, thanks
I’ve got the same thing described here, swollen throat few hours after taking the propecia (finasteride) pill, so I stopped taking it. Probably an allergic reaction…