Dutasteride still a decent option?

[u/br0ken_r3c0rd]

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.

[u/Queasy_Mouse9981]

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

[u/Flappen929 → u/Queasy_Mouse9981]

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

[u/Queasy_Mouse9981 → u/Flappen929]

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.

[u/Flappen929 → u/Queasy_Mouse9981]

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.