Known side-effects of Trump's medication include mentall illness. Absolutely not kidding.

[DetlefK]

http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/articles/should-president-donald-trump-be-taking-propecia-w464526?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article

In an interview with the New York Times today, President Donald Trump’s long-time physician, Dr. Harold N. Bornstein, noted that the leader’s PSA levels are low because he takes finasteride (also known as Propecia) to keep his locks long. The leader of the free world might want to think twice about continuing with this prescription.

As we reported last year, the FDA-approved pill has been called into question, with emerging research and a slew of lawsuits suggesting that finasteride may be more dangerous than previously believed. Users report that its side effects — inability to orgasm, painful erections, chronic depression, insomnia, brain fog, and suicidal thoughts — can last long after patients stop taking the pill.

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However, since 2011, approximately 1,245 lawsuits have been filed against Propecia's manufacturer, Merck, alleging that the company failed to warn users of a constellation of sexual and cognitive side effects — which patients and physicians now dub "post-finasteride syndrome" (PFS) because, they say, symptoms often persist after discontinuing the drug. Now the National Institutes of Health has added PFS to its rare-diseases database.

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Enter Merck, which unveiled a compound — finasteride — that slashes DHT levels 70 percent. As experts describe it, the drug works by mimicking the sex-steroid profile of pseudohermaphrodites. Some former male users equate this to "chemical castration." To this day, health officials warn women not to even touch finasteride pills, because doing so could cause genital malformations in an unborn boy.





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So... Donald Trump's marvelous hair is brought to you by a drug linked to sexual dysfunction and long-term mental illness.

[still_one]

1. The 5α-Reductases do not cause mental illness

[DetlefK]

4. How do you know? It could be a "dirty drug".

If it works on testosterone, who says the enzyme isn't connected to other processes?
What if the testosterone- and DHT-levels influence other hormones?
What if they influence gene-expression?

I rather trust empirical evidence on this one than theoretical predictions, simply because we don't know all biochemical connections yet.

[still_one]

7. believe what you want

[HopeAgain]

2. Who needs an explanation beyond simple narcissism?

He's been a nut all his life.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Nah... Trumpy's craziness began way before his presumed need for propecia.

Don't blame the meds. What Trumpy DOES is dangerous and can prove fatal... for all of us. Propecia doesn't weigh in as a factor, IMO. The only antidote is the removal of the entire cabal from power. They're all invested in the lies that keep their boat afloat.

[still_one]

8. Exacatly. The drug does not cause mental illness. That is BS. Trump is what he is because he is a

mean, vile, hateful person

[KittyWampus]

5. I don't believe for a minute he uses that crap. It's a stupid distraction at best.

[wildeyed]

6. It isn't working.

[milestogo]

9. Why is he taking this drug at age 70?

Is he that vain that he would risk being impotent and confused?

[kwassa]

11. Yes.

[Dave Starsky]

10. Wait a minute. Isn't this a HIPAA violation?

I know if my doctor told the world what meds I was taking, I'd be pretty pissed off.

[HipChick]

12. He prob leaked it himself, same way he leaked naked pics of his wife..