Sore Nipples from Propecia, Heart Palpitations from Minoxidil

Hi

Thanks for the truly great website.

I’ve just started on Propecia and developed sore nipples and from reading your posts guess I should stop using it. Minoxidil gave me palpitations so I cannot use that either.

My question is this. Until today by using Propecia I thought there was a glimmer of hope of not losing my hair. Now that hope has gone, are there any other medications / treatments that I can take that will really make a difference? It seems that everything else out there is useless… In other words what would you recommend somebody who cannot use Finesteride and Minoxidil do to keep their hair?

Apologies if this question has been asked before.

Unfortunately Propecia and Rogaine are the only two medical drug treatments currently available for male pattern hair loss. Your other option is hair transplant surgery. If I were you, I would continue to take the Propecia for a period of 3 months, then try a half pill and then a quarter pill 1 month apart. If it continues to cause you breast and nipple pain, I might consider packing it in. In the end, there are no easy answers and sometimes we are limited to what we can do in medicine. Discuss this with your doctor, particularly if you are considering stopping any medication.