If I Restart Finasteride After Stopping for 6 Months, Will Side Effects Occur Again?

I have taken finasteride for about 18 months. after noticing a decrease in semen quantity (by about 40%) i stopped taking it for about 6 months. After stopping it. i have lost much more hair than what i had before starting the medecine. I can now almost see a big bald patch on the crown. I am thinking of restarting the medication. I would like to know if i will get any more side effects if i restart taking finasteride, i.e will my semen quantity reduce even further than what it has reduced earlier? or could i get any other side effects now considering that i had tolerated finasteride quite well earlier??

Your experience with finasteride and your semen quantity are probably the most cost common side effects reported. If you restart the finasteride, it will probably happen again. Despite the reduced quantity, you should be alright with fertility.

The really bad news is that you experienced “catch up” hair loss when you stopped taking the drug and that will not likely reverse, retaining much of the balding that you developed over the past 6 months. Your doctor should have told you about this, as I stress with my patients that stopping the drug will have the hair loss problems you experienced.