I have been consistently taking propecia for 3 months and starting noticing sexual side effects one day away from completing my first 3 months of consumption of the drug. Obviously, that was the same day that I stopped taking drugs. It’s been four days since I have stopped taking the drug and I want to know if the “no erection” (erectile dysfunction) sexual side effect of propecia will go away, and how long does it take for propecia to get out of my body?
Thanks in advance for your help
Propecia (finasteride 1mg) lasts about one day in your body. The half life (the time it takes for half of the medication to be cleared by your body) of Propecia is about 4 to 6 hours. Some have said there are still traces of Propecia that are left that can linger for about one week in general, thus the side effects should be dissipated by one week timeframe.
On a separate note, having a side effect appear after 3 months of consistent use is fairly rare and there are also other possibilities of sexual issues. These things can be discussed with your physician. Good luck.
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While finasteride leaves the body very quickly, the 5-alpha reductase enzyme that is suppressed regenerates very slowly. Your side-effects should slowly dissipate over the next two weeks.
It almost sounds like you were waiting for these side effects to happen? (”starting noticing sexual side effects one day away from completing my first 3 months of consumption of the drug…”) The mind is a very powerful thing – I hope you didn’t worry so much about it, you convinced yourself there would be problems…
It’s unfortunate the small number of men who experience problems are the loudest – the millions of men who use Propecia with no side effects must have better things to do with their time…
Good luck, anyway – you may want to try Propecia again when you are more confident with it…
I took Propecia for about 2 years and started getting sexual side effects after about 18 months. I stopped after 2 years and have been off it for about 4 months. Everything was back to normal after about 1-2 weeks and I have been fortunate enough to not have lost any hair. Good luck