Propecia and Sperm Banks

Good day Doctor

I am a 28 year old male and have axperienced steady hair loss over the last 4 years. I have been to a GP who has advised that I go on a 12 month course of propecia. I am very concerned about eventually conceiving children whilst on the drug even to the point that I am considering visiting a sperm bank before I start the course.

Please advise me as to what is the safest course of action should I want kids whilst on the course.

Thanks for your help.

Propecia is out of your system in a few days after stopping the medication. Therefore, banking your sperm is probably not needed if you are worried about retaining the medication in your sperm. If you want to conceive children while on the drug, there is no official contraindication for that, but some doctors are suggesting that you go off of the medications for 1 week/month while your lady is in her fertile stage. Some doctors take the extreme medical legal position that you should stop the medication, get her pregnant, and then use a condom for the time until the baby is born. That absolutely guarantees that there is no medication possibly transferred. This last approach seems radical to me as there is nothing backing it up in the drug disclosures.