Finasteride and suicide: a postmarketing case series - Irwig MS.
BACKGROUND: In 2011, depression was added to the product labeling of finasteride in the USA. The US Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System database contains at least 36 death cases for finasteride. The aim of this study is to charact... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Reuters asks judge to release secret Propecia documents
Reuters asked a U.S. judge on Thursday to unseal documents filed in court regarding potential risks associated with Propecia, Merck& Co's popular baldness drug. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
How a baldness drug can ruin a man's love life: Finasteride can have devastating side-effects
Ryan Clark, from North Tyneside, is one of many men who've been devastated by the unwelcome side-effects of finasteride - and urges others to be wary. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can Wearing a Hat Contribute to Baldness?
Take off that hat. It will make you bald.
It’s the sort of thing an opinionated grandparent might tell a grandchild wearing a hat indoors, but there are some who believe there’s wisdom in the admonishment.
“I’ve had people ask me about this, and I can understand why they think it’s true,” says Dr. Hayley Goldbach, a dermatologist at UCLA Health. Some people start wearing a hat to hide hair loss, she says, which may lead observers to conclude it was the hat-wearing that triggered the baldness. That’s probably not the case. “I think the short answer is that [hat wearing] is pr...
Source: TIME: Health - June 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Aging beauty Lifestyle relationships Source Type: news
Prostate Drugs May Raise Diabetes Risk
Proscar and Avodart, prescribed for an enlarged prostate, were tied to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Diabetes Prostate Gland Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Source Type: news
finasteride (Proscar)
Title: finasteride (Proscar)Category: MedicationsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/20/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Mens Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Mens Health General - March 20, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
finasteride (Propecia)
Title: finasteride (Propecia)Category: MedicationsCreated: 3/2/2005 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/18/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - March 18, 2019 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Finasteride Not Tied to Increase in Prostate Cancer Mortality
TUESDAY, Jan. 29, 2019 -- Finasteride is not associated with an increased risk for death due to prostate cancer, according to a research letter published in the Jan. 24 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Noting that a previous trial... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 29, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Finasteride Can Safely Cut Prostate Cancer Risk
The newly released long-term data show that the reduction of prostate cancer risk has continued and that fewer than 100 men in the study of nearly 19,000 died from prostate cancer in more than two decades of follow-up. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prostate Drug Finasteride Can Safely Lower Cancer Risk, Study Says
THURSDAY, Jan. 24, 2019 -- Finasteride, best known as the enlarged-prostate medicine Proscar, is a safe, effective way to reduce the risk of prostate cancer, according to long-term findings from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT).
The... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 24, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Prostate Drug Finasteride Can Safely Lower Cancer Risk, Study Says
Title: Prostate Drug Finasteride Can Safely Lower Cancer Risk, Study SaysCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - January 24, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Finasteride Clears Its Name Finasteride Clears Its Name
New long-term data address the concern that the drug, which is proven to prevent prostate cancers, paradoxically increases the risk of high-grade cancers.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Donald Trump's hair growth drug IS safe for men to prevent prostate cancer
Results of a 20-year study by the University of Texas, published today, revealed the drug Finasteride has a major preventative impact on prostate cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Final verdict on finasteride: Safe, effective prevention for prostate cancer
Finasteride, a generic hormone-blocking drug, was found to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 25 percent in the landmark Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT). Long- term data, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that reduction in prostate cancer risk has continued and fewer than 100 men on the trial died from the disease. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - January 23, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Final verdict on finasteride: Safe, effective prevention for prostate cancer
(SWOG) Finasteride, a generic hormone-blocking drug, was found to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 25 percent in the landmark Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT). Long- term data, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that reduction in prostate cancer risk has continued and fewer than 100 men on the trial died from the disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 23, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
