Finasteride WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Finasteride
Finasteride, sold under the brand name Propecia, is sometimes recommended in the treatment of male pattern baldness. Finasteride increases hair growth, improves hair regrowth, and slows down hair loss as long as the medication is taken. It works only on scalp hair and does not affect hair on other parts of the body.1
Fast Facts:
- In general, it takes approximately three months or more for most men to notice an improvement when using finasteride for alopecia.2
- Commonly reported side effects of finasteride include: dizziness, impotence, headache, and skin rash.2
- Finasteride is also sometimes used to treat enlarged prostate.2
- Women and children should not handle or use finasteride.2
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Latest Headlines on Finasteride
What is Finasteride?
- eMedTV: What is Finasteride?
- WrongDiagnosis: Description of Finasteride
- Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Finasteride (Oral Route) Description
What Are The Uses for Finasteride?
- ASHP (via MedlinePlus): Why is Finasteride Prescribed?
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Finasteride Uses
- Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Finasteride (Oral Route ) Proper Use
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Finasteride?
- Wikipedia: Finasteride Side Effects
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (via MedlinePlus): What Side Effects can Finasteride Cause?
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Finasteride Side Effects
What are the Holistic and Alternatives to Finasteride?
- HolisticOnline: Alternative and Complementary Medicine for Hair Loss/Baldness
- Acupuncture.com: Can Acupuncture Help With Balding?
- GrannyMed: Home Remedies For Hair Loss
- WebMD: Treating Hair Loss Naturally
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Finasteride
- Yahoo Answers: Does Husband Taking Finasteride Decrease Chance of Becoming Pregnant?
- BaldingBlog: Catch-Up Hair Loss, Finasteride, and Hair Cell Suicide
- Advanced Prostate Cancer: Finasteride As A preventive Measure Against Prostate Cancer
Clinical Trials for Finasteride
- CenterWatch: Finasteride Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Finasteride Clinical Trials
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Finasteride
- JAMA: Archive of Finasteride Articles
- PubMed Central: Finasteride Journal Articles
- Google Scholar: Finasteride Article Listing
Research Notes References
- ↑ eMedTV: Finasteride
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cerner Multum (via Drugs.com): Finasteride
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Uses of Finasteride, Side effects of Finasteride, Fenasteride, Finesteride, Finastaride, Finasteryde
- Last update: Jul. 17, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
