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Every article and patient story on SIDEfxHUB, sorted by condition and by medicine, with our tools and reference pages. PSSD, PFS, PAS and other medicines.
Everything we have published, on one page. Articles and patient stories are sorted by condition, then by medicine, and our tools and reference pages are at the end. Within each group, articles come first, then patient stories, A to Z.
An article can appear more than once: under its condition and under the medicine it names.
By condition
Post-finasteride syndrome (PFS)
Articles
- 2024 PFS Foundation Annual Address
- A Warning About Finasteride's Mental Health Risks
- Altered SRD5A2 Gene Methylation in PFS Patients
- Androgen receptor gene length in PFS and hair loss
- Androgen Receptor Gene Variants and PFS Symptoms
- Bipolar Androgen Therapy & Post-Finasteride Syndrome
- Can PFS happen after a few pills?
- Can you fully recover from PFS?
- Could Epigenetics Explain Post-Finasteride Syndrome?
- Could PFS and POIS Be Linked?
- Derek Blumke on finasteride and veterans
- Does finasteride lower testosterone?
- Drug trials and long-term side effects like PFS
- Dutasteride side effects: can they last?
- EMA review: finasteride and suicidal thoughts
- Emotional impact of PFS: what helps
- Estradiol for PFS: what is known so far
- Explaining PFS to family and friends
- FAERS finasteride reports: what they show
- Finasteride (Propecia) and depression
- Finasteride (Propecia) anxiety: can it last?
- Finasteride 5 mg (Proscar) side effects
- Finasteride after a hair transplant
- Finasteride and 5AR inhibitors: lasting effects
- Finasteride and ejaculation: less semen
- Finasteride and memory: what a rat study found
- Finasteride and muscle loss: can it last?
- Finasteride and penile shrinkage: what we know
- Finasteride and suicidal thoughts: the warnings
- Finasteride and the Yellow Card Scheme
- Finasteride fatigue: why am I so tired?
- Finasteride for women: can side effects last?
- Finasteride from Hims, Keeps or Boots: risks
- Finasteride gynaecomastia: can it last?
- Finasteride in the UK: prescriptions uncounted
- Finasteride in your teens and twenties
- Finasteride online: what you should be told
- Finasteride sexual side effects: can they last?
- Finasteride side effects after years of use
- Finasteride side effects: the serious risks
- Finasteride testicular pain: can it last?
- Finasteride vs minoxidil vs dutasteride: risks
- Finasteride warnings: what the pack now says
- Finasteride-Induced Eye Toxicity: Serious Risks for Patients
- Finasteride: The Molecular Links to Side Effects
- Gene expression changes in PFS: a 2021 study
- Generic finasteride: the same warnings?
- Good Morning Britain: Robb Dixon on PFS
- Gut Microbiota Alterations in PFS Patients
- Hair loss treatment risks: what can last?
- hCG for PFS: what is known so far
- Hemmeligheden bag Propecia (Finasterid)
- Hormones and sperm after finasteride: a study
- How dangerous is Propecia? The lasting risks
- How long does dutasteride stay in your system?
- How long does finasteride stay in your system?
- How to approach your doctor about PFS
- I think I have PFS: what do I do?
- Introducing PAF: For Those Affected by Finasteride
- Investigating Genetic Factors in PFS
- Is finasteride safe? Risks and benefits
- Is post-finasteride syndrome autoimmune?
- Is post-finasteride syndrome real?
- Le Parisien: A Mother’s Fight After Her Son’s Suicide
- Long-term finasteride and dutasteride side effects
- Low-dose finasteride: fewer side effects?
- Managing your career after a PFS crash
- Mayer Brezis on finasteride and drug regulation
- My partner has PFS: is it me, and what helps?
- Neuroactive Steroid Levels in PFS Patients
- New York Post: Propecia and memory loss claims
- No morning erections after finasteride: PFS?
- Penile Vascular Abnormalities After Stopping 5ARIs
- Persistent Sexual Symptoms After Finasteride Use
- Persistent Side Effects of 5-alpha-Reductase Inhibitors
- PFS and bone loss: what do studies show?
- PFS and lifestyle: can exercise and diet help?
- PFS and relationships: coping after a crash
- PFS and sleep problems: what helps
- PFS anxiety and depression: what helps
- PFS blood tests: what to consider and why
- PFS diagnostic criteria: what counts as PFS?
- PFS doctor: who to see
- PFS forum: join the SIDEfxHUB support groups
- PFS Foundation: Patients & Loved Ones Crying Out
- PFS Foundation: The Deadly Risks of Finasteride
- PFS is listed as a rare disease
- PFS on Reddit: where to look, what to check
- PFS or depression? How to tell
- PFS support groups: where to find others
- Post-finasterid syndrom (PFS): hvad er det?
- Propecia and Male Fertility
- Propecia risks: Ted Schaeffer with Peter Attia
- Report finasteride side effects to the FDA
- Reuters: Judge Unseals Merck Documents on Propecia
- Reuters: Lawsuit Seeks to Pull Propecia from the Market
- Saw palmetto side effects: like finasteride?
- Team Melcangi Launches the Milano Project on PFS
- The Devastating Truth About a Popular Hair Loss Drug and PFS
- The Economist on finasteride: risk a breakdown?
- The Epoch Times: Urgent Alert for Men Taking Finasteride
- The Overlooked Importance of DHT and 5-Alpha Reductase
- They Wanted a Quick Fix for Hair Loss
- Topical finasteride: is it safer than tablets?
- Volunteer for SIDEfxHUB: help with PFS and PSSD
- What causes PFS? The main theories
- What CBC/Radio-Canada Uncovered About Finasteride
- What does PFS feel like?
- What happens when you stop taking finasteride?
- What is Propecia? Uses, benefits and risks
- When do finasteride side effects start?
- Where finasteride came from: the guevedoces
- Worried about PFS? What to know
Patient stories
- Alex's Story With PFS
- Ardalan's story: nearly 10 years on finasteride
- Carlos’s Struggle with PFS
- Connor's Story: Finasteride, My Health and My Career
- Damon's Story With Post-Finasteride Syndrome
- Gary's Experience with Topical Finasteride
- How Propecia Ruined Chris' Boxing Career
- Imraan's story: saw palmetto in a multivitamin
- Jade's story: spironolactone for hair loss
- Jaren's Experience Taking Finasteride
- Konrad's story: 10 days of finasteride
- Kyle's story: after stopping finasteride
- Lucas's story: finasteride at 18
- Marko's story: 3 days of finasteride
- Marshall's Story With Post-Finasteride Syndrome
- Matt's story: 3 years on finasteride
- Matt's story: topical dutasteride
- Michael's Struggle with PFS After Using Finasteride
- Miles' Experience with Post Finasteride Syndrome
- Nathan's story: 2 half doses of finasteride
- Rafael's story: 18 pills of finasteride
- Sam's Story With Post-Finasteride Syndrome
- Sam's story: 1 pill of finasteride
- Sam's story: not warned about finasteride
- Sawyer's Story: PFS After Topical Finasteride
- Shaun’s Story: The Unseen Struggles of PFS
- Sumair's story: 4 doses of finasteride
- Thammika's story: a marriage after finasteride
- The Silent Struggle of PFS: Ryan’s Story
- Tim's story: nearly 17 years on finasteride
Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD)
Articles
- Antidepressant sexual problems: can they last?
- Antidepressants and sex: what the rankings miss
- Antidepressants and young people: the numbers
- Antidepressants in teens: sexual side effects
- Can antidepressants numb love?
- Can PSSD happen after a few pills?
- Citalopram emotional numbness: can it last?
- Citalopram side effects: can they last?
- Dapoxetine, an SSRI: can its side effects last?
- Depersonalisation after SSRIs: can it last?
- Do SSRI sexual side effects ever go away?
- Does PSSD go away? What recovery looks like
- Emotional blunting on SSRIs: can it last?
- Epigenetic Effects of Citalopram
- Epigenetic Side-Effects of Common Pharmaceuticals
- Fluvoxamine sexual side effects: can they last?
- Genital numbness after SSRIs: can it last?
- How is PSSD diagnosed if there's no test?
- How long does Prozac stay in your system?
- How long does sertraline stay in your system?
- How to report PSSD on the Yellow Card
- How to talk to family and friends about PSSD
- I think I have PSSD: what should I do?
- Is PSSD real? What the leaflets say
- Joanna Moncrieff on serotonin and SSRIs
- Lasting sexual side effects: not just SSRIs
- Lexapro emotional numbness: can it last?
- Lexapro sexual side effects: can they last?
- Long-term effects of antidepressants
- Low-dose SSRIs: can PSSD still happen?
- Measuring numbness: PSSD sensation studies
- Mirtazapine sexual side effects: can they last?
- NHS on antidepressant sexual side effects
- No morning erections after SSRIs: is it PSSD?
- No sex drive after stopping antidepressants
- Orgasm with no pleasure after SSRIs
- Paroxetine and Sexual Dysfunction
- Partner has PSSD? What it means and how to help
- PFS and PSSD: similar symptoms, a possible link
- Pristiq sexual side effects and PSSD
- Prozac sexual side effects: can they last?
- PSSD and depression: coping day to day
- PSSD and relationships: after the crash
- PSSD and small fibre neuropathy: what's known
- PSSD and social isolation: how to cope
- PSSD and your partner: handling the strain
- PSSD blood tests: what normal results mean
- PSSD clinical trials: can I join one now?
- PSSD doctor: who to see in the UK
- PSSD in women: genital numbness that can last
- PSSD on Reddit: what people ask, answered
- PSSD or depression? How to tell
- PSSD or menopause? How to tell them apart
- PSSD or performance anxiety? How to tell
- PSSD or withdrawal: what's the difference?
- PSSD support groups: where to find others
- PSSD warnings around the world
- PSSD warnings: what the MHRA, EMA and FDA say
- PSSD windows: when symptoms lift, then return
- PSSD, exercise and diet: what can help?
- PSSD: Contributory Factors and Case Characterization
- Report antidepressant side effects to the FDA
- Risk of Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction: A Retrospective Study
- Sertraline emotional numbness: can it last?
- Sertraline sexual side effects: can they last?
- Sleep problems after a PSSD crash: what helps
- SNRI sexual side effects: can they last?
- The PSSD crash: what to expect and what helps
- UK antidepressant leaflets: the new wording
- Vortioxetine sexual side effects and PSSD
- What does PSSD feel like?
- When do SSRI sexual side effects start?
- When does it count as PSSD?
- Which antidepressants are linked to PSSD?
- Who is researching PSSD, PFS and PAS?
- Why do SSRIs cause sexual side effects?
- Working with PSSD: adjustments and your rights
- Worried about PSSD? What to know
- Yassie Pirani on the psychological toll of PSSD
- Yellow Card reports of PSSD: the numbers
Patient stories
- Amanda's story: 6 years on Lexapro
- Andy's story: 13 years after citalopram
- Anthony's story: 11 pills of sertraline
- Benjamin’s 14-Year Battle with PSSD
- Charlotte's story: 7 years on antidepressants
- Cornelia's story: 3 weeks of mirtazapine
- Francis's story: a nurse practitioner on PSSD
- Grant’s Journey with Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)
- Interview with Rosie, PSSD Network President
- Jonathan’s Experience as a PSSD Patient
- Jorge's story: restarting SSRIs
- Katie's story: 14 years after Prozac
- Matt's story: emotional numbness on Rexulti
- Max's story: 1 month on sertraline
- Nick’s Struggle with Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)
- Opressor's story: 6 years after citalopram
- Stephen's story: 6 days back on Lexapro
- Victoria's story: two weeks of Lexapro, then trazodone
Post-Accutane syndrome (PAS)
Articles
- Accutane and depression after stopping
- Accutane anxiety: can it last after stopping?
- Accutane brain fog: can it last after stopping?
- Accutane dry eyes: can they last?
- Accutane erectile dysfunction: can it last?
- Accutane fatigue: can tiredness last?
- Accutane insomnia: can it last after stopping?
- Accutane joint and back pain after stopping
- Accutane night vision: can it last?
- Accutane sexual side effects in women
- Accutane sexual side effects: can they last?
- Before starting Accutane: questions to ask
- Does Accutane lower testosterone?
- Does post-Accutane syndrome go away?
- Doug Bremner on Accutane, PAS and the brain
- Emotional numbness after Accutane
- FDA Accutane label: sexual effects may last
- Hair thinning after Accutane: can it last?
- How is post-Accutane syndrome diagnosed?
- How long does Accutane stay in your system?
- How to report isotretinoin side effects
- I think I have post-Accutane syndrome
- Is isotretinoin safe? What the warnings say
- Is post-Accutane syndrome real?
- Isotretinoin and suicidal thoughts: warnings
- Isotretinoin for teenagers: what parents ask
- Isotretinoin risk form: what you sign
- Isotretinoin under 18: UK rules changed in 2026
- Isotretinoin warnings around the world
- Isotretinoin Yellow Card reports: the numbers
- Living with post-Accutane syndrome day to day
- Long-term side effects of Accutane
- Low-dose Accutane side effects: can they last?
- My child has post-Accutane syndrome: what now?
- Post-Accutane syndrome and relationships
- Post-Accutane syndrome doctor: who to see
- Post-Accutane syndrome support: find others
- Post-Accutane syndrome: is there a blood test?
- Telling family about post-Accutane syndrome
- UK isotretinoin expert review: what it found
- What causes post-Accutane syndrome?
- What does post-Accutane syndrome feel like?
- Why was Accutane discontinued in the US?
- Worried about PAS? What to know
Patient stories
Post-drug syndromes and general
Articles
- Anhedonia in PFS and PSSD: what can help?
- Brain fog at 20: could a medicine be why?
- Brain fog in PFS and PSSD: what helps
- Can a pharmacist send a Yellow Card for me?
- Can't orgasm: could a medicine be why?
- Did a medicine cause this? 3 ways to tell
- Dr. Kenneth Peters on the First PFS/PSSD/PAS Summit
- Dr. Will Powers on the Genetics of Post-Drug Syndromes
- Embarrassed to tell your GP? 3 things to say
- Emotional numbness: could a medicine be why?
- Erectile dysfunction at 20: is it a medicine?
- Genital numbness: could a medicine be why?
- Gut Transit Time and Its Effect on Health
- How PSSD, PFS and PAS warnings got on leaflets
- Josef Witt-Doerring on the FDA and psychiatry
- Leaflet side effects: “common” is up to 1 in 10
- Low libido in your 20s: is it a medicine?
- Medicines with sexual side effects: 8 kinds
- Monthly Video Update - September 2024
- Nocebo effect: does it explain PSSD and PFS?
- Parenting with PFS and PSSD
- PAS, PFS and PSSD: what they share
- Permanent erectile dysfunction from medicine?
- PFS and PSSD data: why your report counts
- PFS and PSSD journal: what to track
- Post-drug syndromes: do they start under 25?
- Prescription history UK: NHS App, GP or clinic
- PSSD and PFS codes: MedDRA and ICD
- Report side effects to the TGA in Australia
- Reuters: Court Let Merck Hide a Drug’s Risks
- Side effects after stopping: PSSD, PFS and PAS
- Suicidal thoughts with PSSD, PFS or PAS
- The Connection Between DHT Levels and Mental Health
- Therapist for PSSD, PFS or PAS: how to find one
- What to say at an NHS sexual health clinic
- Why report a side effect like PSSD or PFS?
- Yellow Card data: look up a medicine's reports
- Yellow Card: report a side effect for someone
- Yellow Card: report a side effect years later
Patient stories
- Cael's story: mild anxiety, then 6 drugs
- Chirag's story: the crash in July 2024
- Daryl's story: 13 years, and little support
- Jevin's story: first prescribed at 11
- Noah - How SSRIs and 5AR inhibitors devastated my life
- Pablo's story: a crash after 7 years
- Patrick's story: 1 dose on restarting
- Ryan's story: 2 weeks of Lion's Mane
By medicine
For each medicine: its page with what the official texts say, then the articles that name it.
Sertraline
Citalopram
Escitalopram
Fluoxetine
Paroxetine
Fluvoxamine
Venlafaxine
Duloxetine
Desvenlafaxine
Milnacipran
Finasteride
- The medicine’s page:FAERS finasteride reports: what they show
- A Warning About Finasteride's Mental Health Risks
- Altered SRD5A2 Gene Methylation in PFS Patients
- Androgen receptor gene length in PFS and hair loss
- Bipolar Androgen Therapy & Post-Finasteride Syndrome
- Can you fully recover from PFS?
- Could Epigenetics Explain Post-Finasteride Syndrome?
- Derek Blumke on finasteride and veterans
- Does finasteride lower testosterone?
- EMA review: finasteride and suicidal thoughts
- Emotional impact of PFS: what helps
- Estradiol for PFS: what is known so far
- Finasteride (Propecia) and depression
- Finasteride (Propecia) anxiety: can it last?
- Finasteride 5 mg (Proscar) side effects
- Finasteride after a hair transplant
- Finasteride and 5AR inhibitors: lasting effects
- Finasteride and ejaculation: less semen
- Finasteride and memory: what a rat study found
- Finasteride and muscle loss: can it last?
- Finasteride and penile shrinkage: what we know
- Finasteride and suicidal thoughts: the warnings
- Finasteride and the Yellow Card Scheme
- Finasteride fatigue: why am I so tired?
- Finasteride for women: can side effects last?
- Finasteride from Hims, Keeps or Boots: risks
- Finasteride gynaecomastia: can it last?
- Finasteride in the UK: prescriptions uncounted
- Finasteride in your teens and twenties
- Finasteride online: what you should be told
- Finasteride sexual side effects: can they last?
- Finasteride side effects after years of use
- Finasteride side effects: the serious risks
- Finasteride testicular pain: can it last?
- Finasteride vs minoxidil vs dutasteride: risks
- Finasteride warnings: what the pack now says
- Finasteride-Induced Eye Toxicity: Serious Risks for Patients
- Finasteride: The Molecular Links to Side Effects
- Gene expression changes in PFS: a 2021 study
- Generic finasteride: the same warnings?
- Gut Microbiota Alterations in PFS Patients
- Hemmeligheden bag Propecia (Finasterid)
- Hormones and sperm after finasteride: a study
- How dangerous is Propecia? The lasting risks
- How long does finasteride stay in your system?
- Introducing PAF: For Those Affected by Finasteride
- Investigating Genetic Factors in PFS
- Is finasteride safe? Risks and benefits
- Is post-finasteride syndrome autoimmune?
- Is post-finasteride syndrome real?
- Le Parisien: A Mother’s Fight After Her Son’s Suicide
- Long-term finasteride and dutasteride side effects
- Low-dose finasteride: fewer side effects?
- Mayer Brezis on finasteride and drug regulation
- Neuroactive Steroid Levels in PFS Patients
- New York Post: Propecia and memory loss claims
- No morning erections after finasteride: PFS?
- Persistent Sexual Symptoms After Finasteride Use
- PFS and bone loss: what do studies show?
- PFS and lifestyle: can exercise and diet help?
- PFS diagnostic criteria: what counts as PFS?
- PFS Foundation: The Deadly Risks of Finasteride
- PFS on Reddit: where to look, what to check
- Propecia and Male Fertility
- Propecia risks: Ted Schaeffer with Peter Attia
- Report finasteride side effects to the FDA
- Reuters: Judge Unseals Merck Documents on Propecia
- Reuters: Lawsuit Seeks to Pull Propecia from the Market
- Saw palmetto side effects: like finasteride?
- The Economist on finasteride: risk a breakdown?
- The Epoch Times: Urgent Alert for Men Taking Finasteride
- Topical finasteride: is it safer than tablets?
- What CBC/Radio-Canada Uncovered About Finasteride
- What happens when you stop taking finasteride?
- What is Propecia? Uses, benefits and risks
- When do finasteride side effects start?
- Where finasteride came from: the guevedoces
Dutasteride
Isotretinoin
- The medicine’s page:Isotretinoin warnings around the world
- Accutane and depression after stopping
- Accutane anxiety: can it last after stopping?
- Accutane brain fog: can it last after stopping?
- Accutane dry eyes: can they last?
- Accutane erectile dysfunction: can it last?
- Accutane fatigue: can tiredness last?
- Accutane insomnia: can it last after stopping?
- Accutane joint and back pain after stopping
- Accutane night vision: can it last?
- Accutane sexual side effects in women
- Accutane sexual side effects: can they last?
- Before starting Accutane: questions to ask
- Does Accutane lower testosterone?
- Does post-Accutane syndrome go away?
- Doug Bremner on Accutane, PAS and the brain
- Emotional numbness after Accutane
- FDA Accutane label: sexual effects may last
- Hair thinning after Accutane: can it last?
- How is post-Accutane syndrome diagnosed?
- How long does Accutane stay in your system?
- How to report isotretinoin side effects
- I think I have post-Accutane syndrome
- Is isotretinoin safe? What the warnings say
- Is post-Accutane syndrome real?
- Isotretinoin and suicidal thoughts: warnings
- Isotretinoin for teenagers: what parents ask
- Isotretinoin risk form: what you sign
- Isotretinoin under 18: UK rules changed in 2026
- Isotretinoin Yellow Card reports: the numbers
- Living with post-Accutane syndrome day to day
- Long-term side effects of Accutane
- Low-dose Accutane side effects: can they last?
- My child has post-Accutane syndrome: what now?
- Post-Accutane syndrome and relationships
- Post-Accutane syndrome doctor: who to see
- Post-Accutane syndrome support: find others
- Post-Accutane syndrome: is there a blood test?
- Telling family about post-Accutane syndrome
- UK isotretinoin expert review: what it found
- What causes post-Accutane syndrome?
- What does post-Accutane syndrome feel like?
- Why was Accutane discontinued in the US?
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