Propecia, produced by the drug company Merck, is the only FDA approved oral...
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What is Propecia?
Propecia, produced by the drug company Merck, is the only FDA approved oral medication to treat male pattern baldness in the United States. The active ingredient in Propecia is finasteride, a synthetic 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, which inhibits the enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the active hormone that is significantly responsible for both male pattern [...]
Experts weigh in on Propecia and Erectile Dysfunction
Propecia’s link to sexual and erectile dysfunction has been well documented in the media recently. For example, professors at George Washington University and Boston University linked Propecia to prolonged and possibly irreversible male erectile dysfunction and loss of sexual libido. Both Men’s Health and Men’s Journal published articles in 2011on Propecia’s link to erectile dysfunction, [...]
Men’s Journal: Save your hair but it will cost your sex life
If you had to choose between having hair or having sex which would you choose? These are the options for those who choose to take Propecia in the future. However, those that took Propecia in the past were not given a choice since the side effect of Erectile Dysfunction was not known until recently. Men’s [...]
George Washington University’s Dr. Michael S. Irwig publishes a ground breaking study
Linked: Propecia with Erectile Dysfunction
