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Therapeutic Considerations Related To Finasteride Administration In Male Androgenic Alopecia And Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Ion G. Motofei, David L. Rowland, Daniela L. Baconi, Simona R. Georgescu, Stana Paunica, Vlad D. Constantin, Denisa Balalau, Ioana Paunica, Cristian Balalau, Catalin Baston, Ioanel Sinescu

Psychology Faculty Publications

Finasteride has been used extensively until now as a relative efficient therapeutic option for male androgenic alopecia and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Unfortunately, over time several concerns appeared regarding the frequency and magnitude of adverse effects, which in some cases have been even irreversible. Herein we review the recent literature on this topic, trying to clarify the current safety profile of Finasteride for these two therapeutic indications. We concluded that Finasteride could be retained as a therapeutic approach for male androgenic alopecia, based on two important reasons. First, a synergistic action between a partial inhibitor of 5α-reductase (Finasteride) and another compound …