If you’ve been looking into Propecia or its generic finasteride, for hair loss, you probably have many questions. Good news! As you might expect from the headline, we’re here to answer a lot of them ...

Going bald sucks. Finasteride does not. Millions of men use it every year to help them keep the hair they have and maybe even re-grow a lil bit of what they've lost. Finasteride, the active ingredient ...

Key Takeaways: Finasteride affects the hormones involved with male pattern baldness. Finasteride may help slow hair loss at your hairline, but it is more likely to … ...

Hair loss is a common concern for many women, affecting both self-esteem and confidence. Among the various treatments available, spironolactone and finasteride are two medications frequently discussed ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Please tell us about the safety of taking 5 mg of finasteride for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). One urologist prescribed it, claiming that it is safe and prevents serious bladder ...

A first-of-its-kind network meta-analysis compared the relative efficacies of oral finasteride and oral and topical minoxidil in female pattern hair loss (PHL). Efficacy appeared to be considerably ...

I do not like to play doctor and self-medicate, but I read that some people have taken both medications together and have ...

Finasteride treatment reduces the risk of low-grade prostate cancer (PCa) in men taking the drug for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), data show. Teemu J. Murtola, MD, of the University ...

The FDA encourages health care providers to educate their patients about the risks associated with using compounded topical finasteride. Reports of adverse events associated with the use of compounded ...

New findings from a Finnish study confirm previous research that finasteride use is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer. In a study of participants in the Finnish Prostate Cancer ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scientists Jaume Amengual (left) and Donald Molina Chaves (right) found an association between finasteride use and lower cholesterol in men in a national survey ...