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- Firsthand experiences of finasteride — Volume VComments on adverse effects of finasteride gathered from social media.
- Firsthand experiences of finasteride — Volume IV: FOIA editionFollowing are men’s reports of symptoms they attributed to finasteride. Reports to FDA were obtained by Freedom of Information Act … Read more
Welcome. This site provides evidence and commentary about the risks of finasteride as a treatment for hair loss. It is geared to patients, former users of finasteride, doctors, researchers and anyone else interested. More background on this site is here.
- Thinking about taking finasteride for hair loss? See drug information.
- For a historical perspective, see the finasteride timeline which starts with a study in Dominican Republic in the early 1970s.
- A research briefing highlights findings from two recent systematic reviews/meta-analyses.
- The research bibliography gathers hundreds of papers on adverse effects of finasteride and other 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. See also Research by symptom, Systematic reviews & meta-analyses and Related research.
Editor’s picks
- Firsthand experiences
- Finding the occasion to talk about persistent adverse effects of finasteride
- ‘Safe and well-tolerated’: Arguments used to discredit reports of persistent adverse effects
- Research briefing on adverse effects of finasteride
- A history of changes to the Propecia label
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