Why Would Finasteride Side Effects Show Up After a Decade of Use?
I was just wondering if you knew why the side effects of Finasteride can show up after 10 years or longer. Surely after this amount of time the body is used to the drug, are there any cases where Finasteride has been proven to be the cause of this and not from other conditions such as diabetes etc.
I find it worrying that the sides could strike at any time.
Thanks
I do not know. One guess is that after 10 years you have simply aged with all its age related issues. We know that the older a man gets, the less his libido and his performance abilities with regard to getting and holding an erection. It is believed that erectile dysfunction occurs as follows (as a simplified rule of thumb):
- Men in their 20s have a 20% incidence
- Men in their 30s have a 30% incidence
- Men in their 40s have a 40% incidence
- Men in their 50s an even greater rise in ED
As you get older, sexual issues become more of an issues even without any medication being the culprit. Please speak with your doctor. An unhealthy lifestyle, poor diet, obesity, and/or genetics cause diabetes – which is one of the main cause for erectile dysfunction (among a slew of other co-morbidities).
Thanks for answering my question. I did ask because I do have Type 1 diabetes, and while uncertain it is certainly possible I will face ED problems down the line.
I have started Finasteride recently and am lucky (or according to you, normal :)) to not have any sides so far, but it does worry me that down the line I will be faced with trying to ascertain whether any occurance is down to the Finasteride or my Diabetes. In an ideal world I could say that after a certain time it is unlikely that the medication can cause sides and put it out of my mind, but it seems that won’t be the case here.
Thanks again for the answer and also for the useful information you provide here, it is invaluable.