Print & Digital Media
2019
- New York Times: Prostate Drugs May Raise Diabetes Risk: Proscar and Avodart, prescribed for an enlarged prostate, were tied to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes
- Worst Pills, Best Pills: Suicidal Thoughts: Latest Risk for Baldness and Prostate Drug Finasteride (PROPECIA, PROSCAR)
- De Volkskrant (Netherlands): This is a fantastic remedy for baldness (but you might lose your masculinity)
- De Volkskrant (English translation): This is a fantastic remedy for baldness (but you might lose your masculinity)
- Federal Union of Consumers' What to Choose Magazine (France): Finasteride (Propecia and generics) An anti-baldness product that's not very effective, and dangerous
- Federal Union of Consumers' What to Choose Magazine (English translation): Finasteride (Propecia and generics) An anti-baldness product that's not very effective, and dangerous
- Santé Magazine (France): New Call for Caution with Finasteride
- Le Monde (France): When Fighting Hair Loss, Watch out for Finasteride
- Le Monde (English translation): When Fighting Hair Loss, Watch out for Finasteride
- Le Figaro (France): Propecia, a Hair-Loss Drug, Causes Depression and Erectile Dysfunction
- LCI (France): Propecia: this hair-loss medication is still on the market despite its controversy
2018
- SonntagsZeitung (Switzerland): Finasteride was once considered a miracle cure for hair loss. But soon libido disorders and other serious side effects were discovered. Now it’s going to court
- SonntagsZeitung (English translation): Finasteride was once considered a miracle cure for hair loss. But soon libido disorders and other serious side effects were discovered. Now it’s going to court
- 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 stud
- 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
- 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: Turns Out These Popular Hair Loss Medications Give Men 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
- Examiner: Is finasteride safe? PFS Foundation brings attention to finasteride side-effects
- 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 Fffects 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
- RadarOnline: Suicide Victim Robin Williams: Finasteride listed in autopsy and toxicology report
- The Daily Mail: No Propecia for Calum Best: ‘I didn’t want to take that risk’
- Dissident Voice: Controversial Baldness Treatment Still Sold
- Lawyers And Settlements: Propecia Sexual Dysfunction Gives Rise to Establishment of Foundation
- The Daily Mail: ‘Hair Loss Pills Made My Penis Shrink’: Man ends up in psychiatric unit after becoming severely depressed about the side-effects
- The Sun (UK): My Trunk Shrunk After I Took Hair Loss Pills: Father says sex life was ruined
- AlterNet: Commonly Used Drug Can Make Men Stop Enjoying Sex—Irreversibly
- Yahoo TV (UK): This Morning: Hair Loss Pills Made My Penis Shrink
- Dantri News (Vietnam): Hair Loss Drug Shrinks Man’s Penis: Research shows that men taking Finasteride may experience lasting loss of libido
- Blikk (Hungary): Embarrassing! Hair Loss Pills Shrunk His Penis
- The Malaysia Chronicle: Be Careful Guys: Father-of-three complains his penis ‘shrunk’ after taking hair loss pills
- The Korea Herald: More Men Treated for Hair Loss
- Daily Star Sunday: Ben in Suicide Bid After Body Shocker
- Ohio County Times-News: Obituary: Daniel M. Stewart
- Ohio County Monitor: Obituary: Daniel M. Stewart
- Buffalo News: Prostate Drug Acts Like Dimmer Switch on Sex Drive
- The Tampa Tribune: Doctors Cling to Confusing Secret Code
- Charlotte Observer: Prostate Drug Scts Like Dimmer Switch on Sex Drive
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Finasteride is Associated with Sexual Dysfunction
- Tuscaloosa News: Long-term Side Effects of Avodart?
- Athens Banner-Herald: Prostate Drug Adversely Affects Sex Drive
- The Roanoke Times: No Need Today for Doctors to Cling to Secret Code
- People’s Pharmacy: When Side Effects Don’t Go Away
- Mancunian Matters: Hair We Go Again: Calum Best follows in Rooney’s footsteps for second £6,000 hair transplant at Manchester clinic
2013
- George Washington University: GW Researcher Publishes First Human Study that Shows Association between Finasteride (Propecia) and Decreased Levels of Alcohol Consumption – [ FULL STUDY ]
- 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 – [ 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 Effects
- 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
- The Examiner: Men Experiencing Sexual Dysfunction After Quitting Hair Loss Drug Finasteride
- 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: Clinical Review: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
“Side-effects include erectile dysfunction, reduced libido, ejaculatory dysfunction, gynaecomastia, musculoskeletal pain, lethargy and breast tenderness. “ - 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
- USA Today: Sexual Side Effects from Propecia, Avodart May Be Irreversible
- 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
- Dr. Alan Jacobs, Neuroendocrinologist
- 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
Broadcast Media
2019
- 66 Minutes (France): Is This Hair-loss Drug Dangerous?
- 66 Minutes (English subtitled version): Is This Hair-loss Drug Dangerous?
2018
2017
- Fox47 News (Lansing, MI): Certain drugs can lead to erectile dysfunction.
- 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
- The Essential Boomer: Hair Restoration–What Works, What Doesn’t and What’s Coming
- 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: Hair Today, What’s Gone Tomorrow?
- CBS Philadelphia: Health Watch: Popular Drug Warning (Suicide)
- CBS Chicago: Hair Loss Drug ‘Under Fire’ For Sexual Side-Effects
- George Washington University (Interview with Dr. Michael Irwig):Persistent Sexual Side Effects of Finasteride for Male Pattern Hair Loss
2010
2009
- Swedish News TV: Permanent Erectile Dysfunction Now Official in Europe
- Dr. John Crisler: The Post-Finasteride Syndrome