Comments on: What are the Dangers of Propecia During Pregnancy? http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/what-are-the-dangers-of-propecia-during-pregnancy/ Up-to-date information on hair loss and related issues – join the hair loss discussions and interact Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:26:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Paul http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/what-are-the-dangers-of-propecia-during-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-13122 Paul Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:25:22 +0000 http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/?p=5606#comment-13122 My partner has just found out she is pregnant even while on the pill. We weren't planning it and I was taking propecia and we have had intercourse since, while she has been pregnant. Everything I read is vague about the dangers of propecia in semen whilst a women is pregnant. Please give me the facts so I can understand the risks. My partner has just found out she is pregnant even while on the pill. We weren’t planning it and I was taking propecia and we have had intercourse since, while she has been pregnant. Everything I read is vague about the dangers of propecia in semen whilst a women is pregnant. Please give me the facts so I can understand the risks.

]]> By: Kate http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/what-are-the-dangers-of-propecia-during-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-7070 Kate Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:50:10 +0000 http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/?p=5606#comment-7070 I have conferred with our pharmacist (who is registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society), and we can safely overrule what Boots pharmacist told you: “I am not sure what the Pharmacist at Boots bases their information on. It is a fact that Propecia has a half life of 6-8 hours. Therefore, it should be totally eliminated from the system after 7 days of not taking the drug. Conception after this time should be perfectly safe.” If you start the course and have unprotected sex now - yes it can affect the foetus if your partner is currently pregnant. It will not affect your partner if she stops taking the pill provided she is not pregnant. Clearly, there will be no foetus to affect since she is not pregnant. If your partner is not on the pill, she can fall pregnant. If you were to take Propecia, you would need to use condoms so she does not fall pregnant while you are taking the treatment. I have conferred with our pharmacist (who is registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society), and we can safely overrule what Boots pharmacist told you:

“I am not sure what the Pharmacist at Boots bases their information on. It is a fact that Propecia has a half life of 6-8 hours. Therefore, it should be totally eliminated from the system after 7 days of not taking the drug. Conception after this time should be perfectly safe.”

If you start the course and have unprotected sex now – yes it can affect the foetus if your partner is currently pregnant. It will not affect your partner if she stops taking the pill provided she is not pregnant. Clearly, there will be no foetus to affect since she is not pregnant.

If your partner is not on the pill, she can fall pregnant. If you were to take Propecia, you would need to use condoms so she does not fall pregnant while you are taking the treatment.

]]> By: Marco http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/what-are-the-dangers-of-propecia-during-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-7069 Marco Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:49:24 +0000 http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/?p=5606#comment-7069 Thank you for that. Why though have the chemists at Boots told me that I must wear a condom all the time and that it takes 3 months for the medicine to leave the system? They had a very different opinion. If I start the course and have unprotected sex now, will that affect the foetus, or will it only affect the foetus if my partner stops taking the pill? It would be very helpful if you could explain it to me and would put myself and my partner at ease. Thank you for that.
Why though have the chemists at Boots told me that I must wear a condom all the time and that it takes 3 months for the medicine to leave the system?
They had a very different opinion.
If I start the course and have unprotected sex now, will that affect the foetus, or will it only affect the foetus if my partner stops taking the pill?
It would be very helpful if you could explain it to me and would put myself and my partner at ease.

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