Updated Propecia Info Says There’s Erection Difficulty After Discontinuing Treatment

Dr. Rassman

You have always been against the idea that propecia side effetcs may be permanent, and I saw you telling many people that the side effects as released by Merck are temporary and have been approved by the FDA. now it seems that there is an updated Prescription Information for Propecia. you can check it yourself at this link

among the most important changes are (in section 4, “Possible Side Effects”): “Persistent difficulty having an erection after discontinuation of treatment.”

Anything to comment? Thanks

Interesting, but the information lists that under the heading “Frequency unknown“, which leads me to believe it must be extremely rare. I have no information on this and have never seen it in my practice. I wonder about psychological impact on those that are affected.

The PDF you linked to appears to be for the Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden markets… and Merck doesn’t seem to have the same information in their US pamphlet. I really could only speculate as to why that is the case, though.