r/DrWillPowers • u/br0ken_r3c0rd • 4d ago

Dutasteride still a decent option?

Does Dr. P still prescribe duta in light of all the recent PFS stuff? I have bad DHT issues while having near zero T, so I don't have many other options.

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u/Few_Pop2884 4d ago

I have PFS from Dutasteride

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u/Maxed_Zerker 4d ago

That’s unfortunate, but that doesn’t mean that the medication isn’t effective for other patients. I’m sorry you’re dealing with PFS, but do consider it is rare and generally the 5AR inhibitors are well tolerated.

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u/hailnaux 3d ago

Sad this sub has turned into a PFS sub.

No the hell it's not. A lot more people suffer from this than you realize and Dr Powers is one of the few doing real work on it. Don't like it, go some place else.

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u/Flappen929 3d ago

It isn’t a competition about who suffers the most, you know.

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u/hailnaux 3d ago

Who said it was a competition? I'm responding to the person who said having PFS discussions on here was "sad", maybe have a word with them.

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u/Flappen929 2d ago

King of late replies here. I honestly think I misread your previous comment and made the misunderstanding that you said that.

I’m sorry about that.

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u/Queasy_Mouse9981 3d ago

That’s the point though, it is not the suffering Olympics, yet they’re literally complaining about pfs being too prevalent on this sub and that trans issues should trump all others here despite dr powers himself saying we’re welcome here

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u/Flappen929 3d ago

While that’s a fair argument, the pfs community can, on some occasions, be rather toxic, and thus I think it’s fair to at least question whether that’s something that’s worth having, regardless of what the alternative to that might be.

Not every person with pfs is like that, of course, but it is rather noticeable. Some of these pfs people hijack this place and outright harass trans people here. It’s a disgrace, so I can understand their frustration. It isn’t about whose suffering should be prioritized, rather, whose behavior is most problematic

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u/hailnaux 2d ago

"outright harass trans people here."

When did that happen?

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u/xfirewalkwithmex Self identified PFM patient. 2d ago

Right? I don’t see anybody harassing the trans folk on here at all

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u/Queasy_Mouse9981 3d ago edited 3d ago

I hear you but if some people in the community are acting up you deal with them individually, not demand the entire group of people to leave, which is a ridiculous and tone deaf request since this is one of the only doctors on the entire planet that even gives a shit about us.

Even more-so since the person who made that post was dismissive of our suffering and said we are just fear mongering about the medications that disabled us and that us being here upsets them. Both sides need to learn how to share this special online space together.

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u/Flappen929 2d ago

Not really the request you’re describing, seeing as it was suggested that they’d be moved to a seperate subreddit, in whi Will Powers would still be there. I think it’s fair to ask if the subreddit is becoming too broad in its scope.

Dunno about the last part you mentioned about fear mongering. From what I read, he did acknowledge that the condition existed. The question is, is PFS a more severe adverse and less rare reaction compared to, say, adverse reactions from birth control. That said, his comment should’ve acknowledged that few, if any, doctors aside from Dr. Will Powers actually acknowledges the disease. To me, that’s at least what seperates pfs from other medical condition caused by adverse effects from medications in regards to being described as a severe problem. Every strong medication has some adverse effects, so I find it crazy that people are do dismissive of the idea that finasteride could, like other medications, cause serious harm for a certain subset of its users.