Finasteride and sexual side effects

Finasteride, a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, widely used in the medical management of male pattern hairloss, has been reported to cause sexual side effects. This article critically examines the evidence available and makes recommendations as to how a physician should counsel a patient while prescribi...

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Autor principal: Mysore, Venkataram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Drug Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130269
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.93496
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spelling pubmed-34819232012-11-05 Finasteride and sexual side effects Mysore, Venkataram Indian Dermatol Online J Drug Profile Finasteride, a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, widely used in the medical management of male pattern hairloss, has been reported to cause sexual side effects. This article critically examines the evidence available and makes recommendations as to how a physician should counsel a patient while prescribing the drug. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3481923/ /pubmed/23130269 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.93496 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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