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…