Long Term 1mg Finasteride Study Shows Good Results
Snippet from the abstract:
Finasteride 1 mg is indicated for the treatment of men with androgenetic alopecia (AGA). However, more than 5 years efficacy and safety has not been previously reported. To assess the efficacy over 10 years in different age groups of men with AGA. 118 men, between 20 and 61 years, with AGA receiving finasteride (1 mg/day), were enrolled in this uncontrolled study.
Read the rest from the July/August 2011 issue of Dermatologic Therapy
I don’t remember if we posted about this before (it was first published last summer), but this is the longest study on the effectiveness of finasteride over a 10 year period of time. Side effects included reduced libido in 5.1%, reduced ejaculate of semen volume in 1.7%, and erection problems in 3.4%. Gynecomastia and depression were not among the reported side effects.
Of those individuals who had a good initial result and long term use, the overall results were better. This may be a predictor of long term benefits. Better hair growth in the long term was reported in men over 30 and in men over 40, as the drug remained effective (unlike what had been reported — that men who took the drug for long periods of time experienced reduced effectiveness). What was most impressive was that in 110 men who took the drug for 10 years, there was only significant degree of hair loss in 14% of the men studied.
Seriously this cure for baldness is long over due… it is seriously seriously… I MEAN GREATLY NEEDED FOR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF MEN WORLDWIDE… HECK I’d argue UNIVERSALLY.
“Side effects included reduced libido in 5.1%, reduced ejaculate of semen volume in 1.7%, and erection problems in 3.4%”
These number are greater than the 1% to 2% the company and Dr. Rassman suggest.
Shoud we conclude that the longer you take finasteride the bigger your chance to experience side efects?
These problems increase in incidence a bit in all men over a ten year time period.