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Latest Import Propecia Lawsuits?

March 4th, 2011. By AbiK

The drug may be from the good ol’ U.S. of A., but it would seem that Propecia lawsuits—and a recent Propecia class action in Canada (or, actually a Proscar class action, as it’s known up north)—may be forging a groundswell here for Propecia litigation. Not surprising, given that the issues with Propecia center around something a red-blooded American male may not want to be publicly “first to market” with, so to speak—i.e., Propecia sexual side effects—better to let the folks across the pond start that trend.

The Propecia side effects being referred to here are lack of sexual drive…impotence. And, from the sound of it in the BBC radio clip above, they may be less rare than you’d expect. Unfortunately too, both “James” (profiled above) and the lead plaintiff in the Canadian Proscar class action are young men—men who should be in their prime sexually. Needless to say, finding themselves unable to perform on the heels of seeking out a remedy for male pattern baldness has been quite emotionally devastating.

Now, to be fair, that Propecia does work to combat male pattern baldness is not in question here—and many men have used the drug successfully. Even those who speak out against it state that it does work for the majority of patients taking it. But at what potential price? What’s at issue here is the number of men who appear to be suffering some rather serious side effects in direct correlation to taking Propecia.

And now, the big question that’s being asked not only here in the US but also on the international media scene, is to what extent are these Propecia side effects permanent? Historically, the ‘official line’ has been that if you either a) continue to just use Propecia, any such side effects will subside; or b) that if you stop taking Propecia, the side effects will go away. Hmm. Try telling that to James and Michael Miller, the young gentleman who’s filed the Canadian Proscar class action against Merck Frosst Canada…

Tags: Male Patten Baldness, Propecia, Propecia Lawsuit, propecia-proscar-sexual-dysfunction-class, Proscar, Sexual Side Effects
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Takes a Strong, Brave Man to File a Propecia Lawsuit

February 16th, 2011. By AbiK

Think about it. To step up to the plate and serve as lead plaintiff in a Propecia class action, a man’s got to bare his sole a bit. He’s got to come out of the proverbial closet on a few things. Well, two to be exact: male pattern baldness and sexual dysfunction. How many red-blooded men—in their prime mating years (i.e., their 20’s) would have the you-know-what’s to do that?

Enter Michael Miller of Vancouver. Maybe it’s the beer, cold weather, ‘BC bud’, or just the sheer sense of humor of our neighbors in the Great White North that brings a man—a young man—to lead a pack of over 80 Canadian men in charging Merck Frosst Canada with failing to adequately warn Canadians of the possible risks associated with taking Propecia. (By the way, Propecia is also known by another brand name, Proscar; both are the generic drug Finasteride.)

Miller is apparently quite open in sharing his tale of woe. Seems he was noticing some hair thinning going on (those of you who’ve been to your five or ten year high school reunion have no problem visualizing this). So Miller’s doctor put him on Proscar (Propecia). And about a month later, he experienced what’s possibly a twentysomething’s worst nightmare: he lost interest in sex.

According to the release put out by his law firm, Klein Lyons, Miller stated, “I lost my interest in sex and I felt anxious in social situations for no particular reason.” He also says that after stopping Proscar, the symptoms did not go away: “My sexual functioning has not recovered, I have seen specialists and have tried treatments but nothing has worked.”

All kdding about male prowess aside, it’s one thing to have adverse side effects from a drug and know that they are non-life-altering and circumstantial—that they’ll only be present during the Read the rest of this entry »

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