Switching from Propecia to Generic Finasteride
December 15th, 2009 admin
I was pretty nervous to make the switch , still am, but decided the cost was too much at this stage, still in college..struggling lol. So i have been on propecia for 2 years, ive been on the generic proscar(from a pharmacy so it should be legit), for a week and a half now and no changes noticeable…my head isnt itching or anything of that sort…nothings changed….now my question is if this generic isn’t working properly, how would i know and when??? Im scared that in a month if … [ visit site to read more ]

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Dear Dr. Rassman, This is a story, not a question, but I thought you might want to put it on your site because you often talk about the unproven effects of Avodart and why you don’t prescribe it. I had a very bad experience with Avodart and wanted to put it out there where people would be able to read about it. I took Propecia for 3 years,...
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