June 1 2009, 2:36 pm PT | Posted in: Drugs
According to wikipedia: DHT is “formed primarily in the prostate gland, testes, hair follicles, and adrenal glands by the enzyme 5α-reductase”.
Notice how it says testes. Surely this has to affect the sperms in some way! So what would it mean to take finastiride for the sperms? I want 100% healthy children in the future!
This has been studied and shown that it does not affect the sperm or your future children. I understand your deductive reasoning, but if you are concerned about finasteride and its impact on your unborn child, you can stop using finasteride for about 1 week prior to conceiving a child as the medication should be cleared from your body. Many men have taken finasteride without problems getting a lady pregnant, resulting in a healthy child. Look at it from another angle — the drug has been on the market for more than a dozen years, and it would’ve been huge news had this been an issue.
Read this to help put your mind at ease — Official Word from Merck Regarding Propecia’s Effect on Sperm and Pregnancy.
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Dr. Rassman, I’m impressed…you address a lot of inquiries, comprehensively, each day. Very honorable. Thank you.
I fathered to healthy children, one healthy boy and one healthy girl while taking Proscar 5mg per day. I didn’t take a break or stop during the times we were trying to conceive.
My wife got pregnant in about two months after we started to try to get her pregnant. And about 3 months for the second child.
No worries at all.
Mike!