PFS Media Awareness

Print Media

2018

• Consumer Reports: Can Your Medications Cause Depression?
• Pharmazeutische Zeitung (Germany): Finasteride: Side effects profile will be more rigorous
• Pharmazeutische Zeitung (English translation): Finasteride: Side effects profile will be more rigorous
• Gesundheitsstadt Berlin (Germany): Red Hand Letter: 'Men should be aware of the risks of finasteride'
• Gesundheitsstadt Berlin (English translation): Red Hand Letter: 'Men should be aware of the risks of finasteride'
• L'Obs (France): Finasteride, the Controversial Drug that Medical Authorities Continue to Defend
• L'Obs (English translation): Finasteride, the Controversial Drug that Medical Authorities Continue to Defend
• Medium.com: My Life Has Been Ruined by an Anti-Baldness Drug. I’ve endured depression, anxiety, headaches, memory loss, insomnia, blurred vision, and impotence since I was 19
• VICE Magazine: I Need to Quit Hair Loss Drugs Before They Kill Me. Thirteen years of fighting baldness has cost so much
• The Daily Beast: Inside President Trump's Medicine Cabinet
• Die Zeit (Germany): A hair-growth agent used by thousands of men in Germany leads to severe erectile problems. Patients are now filing lawsuits against the pharmaceutical company, which could write legal history
• Die Zeit (English translation): A hair-growth agent used by thousands of men in Germany leads to severe erectile problems. Patients are now filing lawsuits against the pharmaceutical company, which could write legal history
• Prescrire (France): Finasteride: A growing risk of depression or suicidal ideation in hair-loss treatment
• APM News (France): Finasteride treatment for hair loss associated with risk of suicide, says new study
• APM News (English translation): Finasteride treatment for hair loss associated with risk of suicide, says new study
• Focus (Germany): Risky hair restorer: Men go to court claiming depression and impotence
• Focus (English translation): Risky hair restorer: Men go to court claiming depression and impotence
• Gazeta Panorama (Albania): Adverse Side Effects from Medications Used to Treat Enlarged Prostate
• Gazeta Panorama (English translation): Adverse Side Effects from Medications Used to Treat Enlarged Prostate
• E! News: Ashton Kutcher and Dax Shepard Dish on Balding, Drinking, and Robot Sex in Candid Podcast
• Newsweek: Trump Health Exam: President Still Taking Hair Loss Drug Even After Research Revealed It Causes Erectile Dysfunction and Depression
• Daily Mail: Donald Trump’s hair loss drug tied to anger, depression, self-harm and erectile dysfunction 
• People: White House Doctor Reveals Trump Takes Propecia for Male-Pattern Baldness
• Men’s Health: What to Know About Propecia, President Trump’s Hair Loss Drug of Choice. Propecia, a popular drug to combat male hair loss, comes with a few inconvenient side effects

2017

• L’Obs (France): Prescription Hair-loss Medication Propecia Accused of Ruining Lives
• L’Obs (English translation): Prescription Hair-loss Medication Propecia Accused of Ruining Lives
• Le Parisien (France): Propecia, Prescribed to 30,000 Men to Combat Hair Loss, Is on the Hot Seat: Doctors Issue Alert
• Le Parisien (English translation): Propecia, Prescribed to 30,000 Men to Combat Hair Loss, Is on the Hot Seat: Doctors Issue Alert
• Le Parisien (France): Side effects of Propecia: Marc, 45, plans to complain
• Le Parisien (English translation): Side effects of Propecia: Marc, 45, plans to complain
• Franceinfo (France): ‘The side effects of this drug have ruined my life,’ say Propecia consumers
• FranceSoir (France): Propecia: anti-baldness treatment suspected of destroying the libido and causing depression; legal complaints envisions
• Alternative Santé (France): Propecia side effects and natural hair-loss therapies
• Ouest France (France): Victims of Propecia consider legal action
• Journal International de Médecine (France): Finasteride: legal action on the horizon?
• BFMTV (France): Propecia: doctors warn that baldness drug causes depression
• Top Sante (France): Propecia: a threat of legal action against Merck
• HuffPost France France: Hair-loss medication promotes sexual disorders and depression
• Capital (France): Should we ban Propecia?
• Le Journal des Femmes (France): Hair loss treatment causes suicidal ideation
• Corriere Della Sera (Italy): Beware of depression caused by hair-loss medication
• Gezondheid (Belgium): Prostate drug Finasteride increases the risk of depression
• Play Ground (Spain): Which do you want: hair or erections? The only effective baldness pill poses a cruel dilemma
• Korea Biomedical Review: Ministry adds warnings to hair growth solution
• Korea Biomedical Review: Korea one of the first countries to issue warnings on finasteride
• MK Daily (Korea): The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it has decided to add a warning on the label of Propecia, a drug for treating hair loss and prostatitis, that depression and suicidal thoughts may appear after administration
• YTN (Korea): Propecia, which is commonly used as a treatment for male hair loss, is expected to include warnings for depression and suicidal thoughts
• Shisa Journal (Korea): Use of Propecia for oral hair loss treatment will include a warning about depression and suicidal thoughts
• La Vanguardia: From Depression to Suicide: Finasteride, the drug that President Trump takes to preserve his hair, has irreversible adverse effects. And some claim it has caused several young people to commit suicide
• GQ: Ask an Expert: Does Propecia Really Prevent Balding?
• The Star (Malaysia): Male Hair Loss
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany): Is Balding Your Destiny?
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (English Translation): Is Balding Your Destiny?
• Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland): Combating Baldness Isn’t Risk-Free: The most famous hair-growth agent is under attack. It’s said to cause depression and potency problems
• Neue Zürcher Zeitung (English Translation): Combating Baldness Isn’t Risk-Free: The most famous hair-growth agent is under attack. It’s said to cause depression and potency problems
• Bild (Germany): Does this hear-growth medication cause impotence? Donald Trump also uses it
• 20 Minuten (Germany): Hair growth remedy may lead to impotence
• Limburg News (Belgium): Hair-loss medication causes erectile dysfunction
• Healthline: Better Labeling for Drugs That Can Cause Erectile Dysfunction
• Huffington Post/Reuters Health: Hair Loss Drugs Linked to Depression and Erectile Dysfunction
• Daily Mail (UK): Donald Trump’s hair loss drug tied to anger, depression, and self-harm in new medical study
• METRO UK: Donald Trump’s baldness pills are linked to depression and self-harm
• The Pharmaceutical Journal (Royal Pharmaceutical Society): Adverse Drug Reactions: Duration of finasteride and dutasteride treatment linked to long-term erectile dysfunction
• Welt am Sonntag (Germany): Finasteride Is Considered a Miracle Cure for Hair Loss, but Patients Report Serious Side Effects
• Welt am Sonntag (English translation): Finasteride Is Considered a Miracle Cure for Hair Loss, but Patients Report Serious Side Effects
• Huffington Post Germany: 6 Disturbing Facts About Propecia
• Huffington Post Germany (English translation): 6 Disturbing Facts About Propecia
• Daily Mail: Bad news for bald men: Hair loss drugs cause erectile dysfunction that lasts for years (and even Viagra won’t cure the problem): “Prior to this study published in PeerJ, research was scarce on the sexual effects of taking finasteride and dutasteride. There was also no strong evidence that taking either [drug] for a long period of time increased the risk of impotence.  But the researchers found men under the age of 42 who used either drug for seven months had a 4.9-fold higher risk.”
• NBC News: Hair Loss Drug Propecia Carries Risk of Losing Something Else
• International Business Times: Donald Trump hair-loss drug finasteride associated with erectile dysfunction: Persistent use of finasteride can cause sexual problems long after use is stopped
• The Sun (UK): Men who take THIS drug to combat baldness are ‘FIVE TIMES more likely to suffer erectile dysfunction': About 1.4 per cent of men developed persistent erectile dysfunction that lasted more than 1,000 days after they stopped taking the hair loss meds
• Men’s Fitness: We hate to bring this up, but taking drugs to prevent going bald could ruin your sex life: Hair loss and prostate drugs are linked to persistent erectile dysfunction, according to a new study
• Men’s Health: Does Propecia Cause Erectile Dysfunction? New research shows problems in the sack might persist for years after you stop taking it
• Der Spiegel (Germany): Scientists Warn of Persistent Impotence
• Die Welt (Germany): Anti-Hair-loss Drug Makes Some Men Impotent for Many Years
• Elite Daily: Popular Hair Loss Medications Give Guys Erectile Dysfunction
• Newser: After Hair-Loss Drug Came Years of Erectile Dysfunction: It’s the first study to arrive at the finding
• STAT: Drugs to combat hair loss could raise risk for erectile dysfunction, study finds
• American Council on Science and Health: Sexual Problems Tied to Prolonged Use of Prostate Drugs, Study Says
• eMaxHealth: Hair loss, prostate drugs could mean persistent sex problems not reported in trials
• Monthly Prescribing Reference: Alopecia, BPH Treatments Linked to PED
• Renal & Urology News: Persistent Erectile Dysfunction More Likely in 5ARI Users
• Medical Xpress: Hair loss and prostate drug linked to persistent erectile dysfunction in men
• Live Science: Hair-Growth Drug Linked to Erectile Dysfunction That Lasts for Years
• HindustanTimes (India): Hair-growth drugs may cause erectile dysfunction, finds study: New research finds that drugs taken to treat baldness or an enlarged prostate may cause erectile dysfunction, even after stopping the medication
• Daily News & Analysis (India): Hair-growth drugs may cause erectile dysfunction: study
• The Free Press Journal (India): Hair-growth drugs may cause erectile dysfunction
• detikHealth (Indonesia): Dilemma for Men with Hair Loss: Bald or Impotence?
• Viva (Indonesia): Does Hair Loss Drug Cause Erectile Dysfunction?
• Dantri (Vietnam): Warning: Hair-loss remedy causes prolonged erectile dysfunction
• The Washington Post: Potential Side Effects of the Drug Trump Reportedly Takes for Hair Loss
• Men’s Journal: Should the Leader of the Free World Be Taking Propecia?
• Huffington Post: Trump Takes Propecia, A Hair-Loss Drug Associated With Mental Confusion, Impotence
• International Business Times: Donald Trump hair loss medication causes sexual dysfunction and mental confusion
• The Daily Beast: Why I Would Never Take Propecia, President Trump’s Hair Growth Drug

2016

• Tonic: Health by Vice: The Medical Mystery Behind America’s Best-Selling Hair-loss Drug
• Newser: Inside the Odd Origins of an Allegedly Ruinous Hair-Loss Drug. Propecia’s backstory begins with ‘male pseudo hermaphrodites’ 
• AlterNet: 6 ‘Miracle’ Drugs Big Pharma Now Regrets With big pharma, first they promote it, then they discover the risks
• FranceInfo: Finastéride: un médicament sous surveillance
• Therapeutic Arsenal (Venezuela): Propecia causes serious sexual and neurological problems, as well as depression and suicide risk
• Algemeen Dagblad (The Netherlands): Propecia creates long-lasting erection problems, urologists warn at international conference on fertility problems in Rotterdam
• Seks Blog (The Netherlands): Urologists at the International Congress on Fertility Problems in Rotterdam warn of erectile dysfunction
• Flanders News (Belgium): The Price of a Little Hair. Koppen goes undercover and learns that that the side effects of finasteride can be devastating and irreversible
• HLN.BE (Belgium): What you’re not told about the ‘miracle pill' for baldness
• Splice Today: My Problem with Finasteride
• MedShadow: Propecia: Hair Growth for Most, Impotence–and Worse–for Some
• The Hearty Soul: 10 Things You Need to Get the Moment Your Hair Starts Falling Out
• Dangerous Medications (Spain): Risks of the Baldness Drug that You Need to Know
• Science Daily: Adverse effects of common prostate enlargement and hair growth drugs

2015

• Men’s Journal: Special Report: New Risks in Hair-Loss Drugs. The side effects of the most common male-pattern baldness pill—depression, insomnia, erectile dysfunction—may be worse than we thought. And potentially permanent.
• Isreal21c: The drug finasteride seemed like the answer to every man’s dream of keeping a full head of hair, but it caused nightmares for a small percentage of those who took it.
• International Business Times (Australia): Post-Finaseride Syndrome Foundation funds 3 clinical studies on permanent side effects of prostate cancer, alopecia drug
• Mashable: This Male Model Sacrificed Sex for Beautiful Hair
• Huffington Post UK: Model Giorgos Tsetis Sacrificed Sex For Six Years When Hair Loss Drug Left Him Impotent
• Australian Financial Review: Drug for Male Balding Linked to Sexual Problems in Small Numbers of Men
• Medical Daily: Common Drugs To Treat Enlarged Prostate And Hair Loss Linked To Side-Effects Like Erectile Dysfunction
• Medical Xpress: Adverse Effects of Common Prostate Enlargement and Hair Growth Drugs
• MedicalResearch.com: Male Pattern Hair Loss Drugs Risk Significant Side Effects
• eMPR: Sexual Side Effects of BPH Drugs May Last in Tx
• ABC.es (Spain): New research connects finasteride with an increased risk of depression, diabetes and permanent effects on libido
• Totalita (Italy): The risks of a hair-loss drug
• La Republica (Peru): Treatment for baldness causes erectile dysfunction
• The Health Site (India): Men, balding or a good sex life—the choice is yours!
• Tech Times: Hair Regrowth Drug Use Could Lead To Prostate Enlargement
• The Times of India: Common hair growth drugs could ruin your sex life
• Delhi Daily News (India): Common hair growth drugs may ruin your sex life
• The Siasat Daily (India): Common hair growth drugs could ruin your sex life
• Deccan Herald (India): The suggestion that sexual side effects appear early in the first six months of finasteride therapy and then return to baseline is inaccurate.
• Indio-Asian News Service: Certain Hair Growth Drugs May Ruin Your Sex Life
• Science Daily: Adverse effects of common prostate enlargement and hair growth drugs
• HealthAim: To Go Bald Or To Lose Sexual Drive: Hair Growth Drugs May Lead To Erectile Dysfunction
• Alagoas 24 Horas (Brazil): Doctors Now Admit that Finasteride Causes PFS
• Pelvic Health & Rehab: Playing with Your Sex Hormones with Propecia Use Can Play with Your Sex Life: “Propecia is a scary drug,” says urologist Seth D. Cohen
• MD Magazine: Inadequate Data on Sexual Function for Baldness Treatment
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Sexual function and prostate treatment
• Medical Xpress: ED worsened, testosterone levels decreased by some treatments of prostate enlargement
• Futurity: Health and Medicine: Prostate drug makes erectile dysfunction worse
• Lawyers And Settlements: Federal Recognition of Permanent Propecia Sexual Dysfunction
• Chicago Sun-Times: More research needed on sexual side-effects of hair-loss drug, study says
• Agence France Presse: Questions Persist about Sexual Effects of Baldness Drug
• Business Insider: A review of 34 clinical trials on a popular drug to treat hair loss in men found that none of the studies adequately reported on sexual side effects 
• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: What They Don’t Talk about When They Talk about an Anti-baldness Drug
• Yahoo News: Questions Persist about Sexual Effects of Baldness Drug
• Business Insider: A review of 34 clinical trials on a popular drug to treat hair loss in men found that none of the studies adequately reported on sexual side effects
• Urology Times: Sexual Effects Data Lacking on 5-ARI for Hair Loss
• Jewish Business News (Israel): Sexual Dysfunction Inadequately Reported in Hair Loss Drug
• The Daily Mail (UK): Questions Persist about Sexual Effects of Baldness Drug
• Central News Agency (China): Side Effects of Baldness Drug on Sexual Function Should Not Be Overlooked
• Business Standard (India): Sexual dysfunction side effects poorly reported in hair loss drug trials
• Le Presse (Canada): Des doutes subsistent quant à l’innocuité du Finastéride contre la calvitie
• EM.com (Brazil): Estudo questiona efeitos colaterais da finasterida, o Santo Graal dos carecas
• Estado de Minas (Brazil): Estudo questiona efeitos da finasterida para tratar a calvície na sexualidade masculina
• El Nuevo Siglo (Columbia): Finasterida, sigue siendo el Santo Grial de los calvos
• Malay Mail Online (Malaysia): Study finds hair loss drug impedes sexual performance
• Zee News (India): Washington: A new study has revealed that finasteride’s sexual dysfunction side effects have been poorly reported in hair loss drug trials
• The Wall Street Journal: Sexual adverse events occurred significantly more often in younger men who used finasteride, which Merck sells as Propecia, to treat hair loss as compared with nonusers, according to data from a large patient record system
• JAMA Dermatology: Finasteride and the Uncertainties of Establishing Harms
• Medical Daily: Finasteride’s Sexual Dysfunction Side Effects Poorly Reported In Male Baldness Studies
• Medical Press: Sexual dysfunction inadequately reported in hair loss drug trials
• Newsmax: Baldness Drug Can Cause Sex Problems: Study
• MedPage Today: Finasteride for Hair Loss: Some Risk for Sexual Dysfunction
• Riviera Maya News (Mexico): Baldness Cures: The Truth about Hair Loss and Treatments. “Although the FDA continues to approve Propecia for use, it has also listed some of the severe and often long-term side effects.”
• Big Think: Suspending the Laws of Biology, and Common Sense, For Health. “There have been reports of decreased libido and erectile dysfunction with patients on Propecia.”

2014

2013

• George Washington University: GW Researcher Publishes First Human Study that Shows Association between Finasteride (Propecia) and Decreased Levels of Alcohol Consumption 
• CBS News: Baldness drug curbs men’s interest in alcohol, study suggests
• CBS DC: Study: Male Pattern Baldness Drug May Lower Alcohol Tolerance
• Fox News: Baldness drug curbs men’s interest in alcohol, study suggests
• Daily Mail: Anti-baldness drug can cause men to lose interest in alcohol
• MSN Now: First goes the hair, then sex, then booze in proof that baldness sucks
• Health24: Baldness drug puts men off alcohol
• Yahoo News: Baldness Drug Curbs Men’s Interest in Alcohol, Study Suggests
• Health.com: Baldness Drug Propecia May Put Some Men Off Alcohol: Study
• Medical Daily: Propecia, The Male Baldness Drug, May Also Curb Alcohol Consumption
• Live Science: Baldness Drug Curbs Men’s Interest in Alcohol, Study Suggests
• The Toronto Star: Canadian men in class action lawsuits say drug they took for baldness has left them impotent
• Huffington Post: Propecia, Proscar Lawsuit Approved Over Erectile Dysfunction Link
• Times Colonist: B.C. judge approves class-action suit claiming erectile dysfunction link to drug
• Veja Brazil: Preferia ter ficado careca”, diz ex-paciente que usava finasterida – [View Google English Translation]
• KPBS: Men Say Hair Loss Drug Causes Sexual Problems And Depression
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (Quarterwatch 2012 Q2): Finasteride (PROPECIA, PROSCAR) and Possibly Persistent Sexual Side Effectsoog
• Radar Online: Did Eddie Put Vanity Before Virility? Brandi Glanville Claims Cibrian Was Impotent Due To Hair Loss Treatment!
• Daily Mail UK: Brandi Glanville claims that ex-Eddie Cibrian ‘became impotent after using a hair loss product’ as she continues to lift the lid on their sex life
• Bloomberg: Snake Gall Bladders Ditched for Drugs by Balding Chinese: Health
• USA Weekend: Save Your Libido: Are You Unknowingly Sabotaging Your Love Life?
• Maclean’s: Lawsuit Claims Hair Drug Propecia Hurt Sex Life of Some Men Who Used It
• The Calgary Herald: Lawsuit Claims Hair Drug Propecia Hurt Sex Life of Some Men Who Used It
• The Star Phoenix: Lawsuit Claims Hair Drug Propecia Hurt Sex Life of Some Men Who Used It
• Mississauga.com: Lawsuit Claims Hair Drug Propecia Hurt Sex Life of Some Men Who Used It
• USA Today: Drug makes PSA Screening Test More Reliable
• Pharmaceutical Online: Clinical Study of Post-Finasteride Syndrome Launched at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• PharmaBiz.com: Post-Finasteride Syndrome Clinical Study Launched at Baylor College of Medicine
• BioNews Texas: Baylor College of Medicine Launches Post-Finasteride Syndrome Clinical Study
• Ring of Fire: Investigation Into Tie Between Propecia and Sexual Dysfunction Continues
• Standard Digital (Kenya): Baldness Drug Wayne Rooney Took ‘Could Cause Permanent Impotence and Shrink Genitals in Some Men'
• Seeking Alpha: Product Pipeline That Rivals Rogaine and Propecia To Propel DS Healthcare’s Valuation

2012

• Journal of Sexual Medicine: Persistent Sexual Side Effects of Finasteride: Could They Be Permanent?
• FDA Alert: FDA Announces Safety Label Changes to Finasteride: Sexual Side Effects That Continued After Use of the Medicines Was Stopped
• Health Canada Safety Alert: Finasteride (Proscar, Propecia) and Dutasteride (Avodart, Jalyn): May Increase the Risk of High-Grade Prostate Cancer
• ABC News: Hair-Loss Drug Propecia Linked to Depression

• Fox News: Hair Loss Drug May Cause Severe Depression
• Huffington Post: Former Users Of Baldness Drug Prone To Suicidal Thoughts, Says US Doctor
• PsychCentral: Men Who Used Propecia Risk Depression, Suicidal Thoughts
• ScienceBlog: Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Thoughts in Former Finasteride Users
• Biological Therapies in Psychiatry: Finasteride and Persistent Psychiatric Side Effects
• People’s Pharmacy: Research may link Adovart with depression
• Daily Mail UK: Drugs that can affect your libido, 13-hour operations and hair-covered membranes that are fused to the scalp: The hair-raising truth about cures for male baldness
• Asian News International: Hair Loss Drug ‘Causes Sexual Side Effects In Men‘
• Australian Financial Review: Looking at Care with a Critical Eye
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Hair-loss Drug a Downer in the Bedroom
• GP Magazine: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: How to assess, diagnose and manage BPH in primary care
• MedPage Today: Persistence of Finasteride Side Effects Raised at Meeting
• ABC News: For Some Men, Propecia’s Sexual Side Effects May Be Long-lasting
• Time Magazine: Propecia Problems: Baldness Drug Linked with Long-Lasting Sexual Side Effects
• Daily Mail UK:  Baldness Drug Wayne Rooney Took ‘Could Cause Permanent Impotence and Shrink Genitals in Some Men’
• Huffington Post: Propecia, Baldness Drug, Linked With Sexual Problems Even After Men Stop Taking It
• Allure Magazine: Sexual Side Effects of Hair-Loss Drug May Last Months, Even Years
• Medical Daily: Popular Hair Loss Drug Used By Wayne Rooney Linked to Impotence and Smaller Testicles
• The Virginian Pilot: Propecia: The Battle Against Baldness Wages a New War Against a Man’s Wellness
• The Sun: Hair Loss Drug Used by Rooney ‘Could Cause Impotence’
• The Inquisitr: Propecia, Baldness Drug, Could Permanently Alter Sexual Function in Men
• Tallahassee Democrat: Hair Loss Treatments and Sexual Side Effects
• Men’s Health Magazine: Why Bald Men Get the Babes
• Gannett Courier News: Suicide Victim’s Family Blames Merck’s Hair-Loss Drug
• People’s Pharmacy: Research may link Adovart with depression

2011

• Men’s Health Magazine : A Hair-Raising Side Effect
• Men’s Journal Magazine: The (Not So Hard) Truth About Hair Loss Drugs
• CBS News: Why Merck’s Hair Loss Drug Could Make Its Income Statement Go Limp
• ABC News: Pursuit of Better Hairline Costs Some Men Their Sex Lives

• WebMD: Prostate Cancer Risk From BPH, Hair Loss Drugs
• WebMD: Study: Sexual Side Effects of Hair Loss Drugs Persist
• Dr. Andrew Rynne Warns Against Propecia Use: “This drug has the capacity to obliterate their sexuality, not just for the time that they take the drug, but for all time”
• Wiley Health: Popular Drugs For Common Male Health Problems Can Affect Their Sexual Health
• The Independent: Hair Loss Treatment May Wreck Your Sex Life
• FDA Alert: 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors (5-ARIs) May Increase the Risk of a More Serious Form of Prostate Cancer
• Merck PROPECIA Prescribing Information Update (Pg. 7): Increased Risk of High-Grade Prostate Cancer with 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors
• Merck PROSCAR Prescribing Information Update (Pg. 18): Increased Risk of High-Grade Prostate Cancer
• Merck PROSCAR Patient Information Update (Pg. 2): PROSCAR May Increase the Chance of a More Serious Form of Prostate Cancer
• Merck USA PROPECIA Label Update (Pg. 2):  “…difficulty in achieving an erection that continued after stopping the medication”
• Journal of Sexual Medicine: An Old Problem with a New Cause—5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors and Persistent Sexual Dysfunction
• Journal of Sexual Medicine: Persistent Sexual Side Effects of Finasteride for Male Pattern Hair Loss
• Journal of Sexual Medicine: Adverse Side Effects of 5α-Reductase Inhibitors Therapy: Persistent Diminished Libido and Erectile Dysfunction and Depression in a Subset of Patients

2010

• BBC News Radio1: Baldness Drug Propecia ‘Risking Men’s Sexual Health’
• Dr. Andrew Rynne Warns Against Finasteride Use In Young Men: Male Pattern Baldness and Propecia / Proscar and Male Pattern Baldness
• Another Piece of the Post-Finasteride Hypogonadism Puzzle
• A Proposed Mechanism for Prolonged Sexual Side Effects from Finasteride
• The Plot Thickens, Along With the Hair, When You Mess With Dihydrotestosterone
• A Neuroendocrine Approach to Finasteride Side Effects In Men
• Merck USA  PROPECIA Label Update (pg. 2): Depression Added as Possible Propecia Side Effect

2009

• Annals of Saudi Medicine: Aphalangla Possibly Linked to Unintended Use of Finasteride During Early Pregnancy
• MHRA Public Assessment Report, Finasteride 1mg  (Sec. 4.8): Persistence of Erectile Dysfunction After Discontinuation of Treatment With PROPECIA Has Been Reported in Post-Marketing Use

2008

•  Swedish Medical Products Agency: Safety Investigation Into Reports of Persistent Sexual Dysfunction – [View Google English Translation]

 

Video & Audio Media

2018

• Puls (Switzerland): Do Anti-Baldness Remedies Make You Impotent? An examination of PFS

2017

• France 3 News on ANSM’s finasteride warning.
• France 2 news magazine 20 Heures on ANSM’s warning.

2016

• Le Magazine de la Santé (France 5): Intitulé Finastéride: Un Médicament Sous Surveillance.
• Le Magazine de la Santé (France 5: English subtitled version): Finasteride: A Drug Under Surveillance
• TV3 (Spain): Pills in Search of an Illness: Veteran investigative journalists Montse Armengou Martín and Richard Belis report on the dangers of finasteride.
• Koppen (English subtitled version): The Wonderhair Pill. Michael Dilissen goes undercover to expose the extreme dangers of finasteride.

2015

• WTVR-TV (CBS): How One Man Said Hair-Loss Drug Ruined His Life
• Born Happy: The truth about erectile dysfunction and depression, with PFS patient Amir Karkouti
• JAMA Dermatology Author Interviews: “We know now, more than 20 years after [finasteride] was first approved, that it is unequivocally true that the drug impairs male sexual function. And we can see this in all our standard references: the package insert, the major textbooks. So the facts are clear. The question is, Why didn’t they show up more clearly in the clinical trials?”: Thomas J. Moore, Senior Scientist, Drug Safety and Policy, Institute for Safe Medication Practices

2014

• This Morning (iTV: UK): ‘Hair Loss Pills Made My Penis Shrink’: Like most men, Paul Innes was concerned when his hair started thinning when he hit 30. In an attempt to stop the process, Paul decided to buy an over-the-counter drug called Propecia, a decision he says he will regret forever.

2013

• KPBS: Men Say Hair Loss Drug Causes Sexual Problems And Depression
• Fox 5 San Diego: Dr. Irwin Goldstein explains post-finasteride syndrome
• BlogTalkRadio’s PFS Global Support: A Weekly Gathering Place Where Victims and Their Loved Ones Can Share Information and Offer Mutual Support

2012

• Waywire: Persistent Sexual Dysfunction from Propecia?
• CNN Weekend Show: Man Says Propecia Made Him Impotent
• NBC Today Show: Report Links Hair Loss Drug With Sexual Dysfunction
• ABC World News Tonight: Propecia Linked to Sexual Side Effects
• NBC Nightly News: Propecia Hidden Risk? Propecia Linked to Long-Term Sexual Dysfunction
• Dr. Drew Pinsky: Possible sexual side effects for male baldness drug (Propecia)
• France TF1 News: TV News Story on Persistent Propecia Side Effects in France

2011

• Fox 9 News (Minneapolis): Hair Today, What’s Gone Tomorrow?
• CBS 3 Eyewitness News (Philadelphia): Propecia Warning: Randy Santmann suicide
• WBBM-TV News (CBS Chicago): Hair Loss Drug ‘Under Fire’ For Sexual Side-Effects

2010

• BBC Radio1 Newsbeat (UK): Baldness Drug Propecia ‘Risking Men’s Sexual Health’

2009

• SVT's Rapport (Sweden): Permanent Erectile Dysfunction Now Official in Europe