Research supports that both finasteride and dutasteride help treat hair loss, particularly when caused by androgenetic ...

Finasteride affects the hormones involved with male pattern baldness. Finasteride may help slow hair loss at your hairline, ...

A clinical study that compared the effects of oral finasteride against a finasteride 0.25% topical solution was carried out on 24 men with androgenetic alopecia. The men who applied the topical ...

The FDA encourages health care providers to educate their patients about the risks associated with using compounded topical finasteride. Reports of adverse events associated with the use of compounded ...

Taking finasteride every other day may help reduce associated side effects, such as difficulty having or maintaining an erection and reduced sex drive, however, doing so may also impact the ...

As Gen Zs and Millennials turn to digital subscription services for hair loss, doctors are warning men to consult a GP in ...

Dutasteride is another 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, like finasteride, which works by blocking the male hormone DHT to stop ...

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 ...

Prevention and treatment trials need different recruitment strategies: Experience from the IBIS 1 prevention trial in Australia and New Zealand No significant financial relationships to disclose. This ...

The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial showed that finasteride chemoprevention reduced the 7-year prevalence of prostate cancer compared with placebo. A previous study, however, showed that widespread ...

The baldness drug Propecia and the BPH drug Proscar may cause infertility and more sexual problems than previously thought, the FDA warns. The main ingredient of both drugs is finasteride. Finasteride ...

Propecia's sexual side effects lasted over one year in 96 percent of men studied July 12, 2012— -- Kevin Malley was almost 30, and he was starting to lose his hair. He went to his doctor to see ...