July 6, 2018 Dear Friends: Apparently heeding an appeal by Germany’s largest weekly newspaper, the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has dispatched a so-called Red Hand Letter to doctors and pharmacists nationwide, informing them of severe and persistent adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to finasteride. Five months ago, we told you that Die […]
May 20, 2018 Dear Friends: Yet another European nation has taken to the airwaves with PFS awareness. This time it’s Switzerland. The network is Swiss Radio and Television (SRF). And the program is Puls. On May 7, the weekly health-news magazine debuted a special report titled Do Anti-Baldness Remedies Make You Impotent? (English-subtitled version here.) […]
Aug. 4, 2013 Dear Friends: When we incorporated the Post-Finasteride Syndrome Foundation in July 2012, our mission was clear: To fund research on the characterization, underlying biologic mechanisms and treatments of PFS while raising public awareness of this often life-altering condition afflicting thousands of men the world over. Now, on the occasion of our one-year […]