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Finasteride is sometimes used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender women due to its antiandrogenic effects, in combination with a form of estrogen. However, little clinical research of finasteride use for this purpose has been conducted and evidence of safety or efficacy is limited. [8]
Finasteride was the first 5-ARI to be introduced for medical use. [43] It was marketed for the treatment of BPH in 1992 and was subsequently approved for the treatment of pattern hair loss in 1997. [43] Epristeride was the second 5-ARI to be introduced and was marketed for the treatment of BPH in China in 2000. [14]
Finasteride is a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor that’s used to treat androgenetic alopecia or androgenic alopecia (the clinical terms for male pattern baldness) and benign prostatic hyperplasia ...
Tamsulosin, sold under the brand name Flomax among others, is a medication used to treat symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and chronic prostatitis and to help with the passage of kidney stones. [6] [7] [8] The evidence for benefit with a kidney stone is better when the stone is larger. [8] Tamsulosin is taken by mouth. [6]
For instance, one 2018 analysis of more than 440 patients compared the efficacy of topical finasteride vs oral finasteride and found that the spray significantly improved overall hair count at the ...
Oral finasteride is often prescribed in conjunction with topical minoxidil, and evidence suggests the two medications work best side by side. But this may also be true for a combination of ...
Dutasteride (Avodart) was the second steroidal 5α-reductase approved after finasteride. It is a competitive inhibitor of all three 5α-reductase isoenzymes [4] and it inhibits types 1 and 2 better than finasteride, leading to it causing further reduction in DHT, with >90% recuded DHT levels following 1 year of oral administration. [1]
Finasteride tablets contain a variety of other inactive ingredients — Propecia (a common brand of finasteride) actually contains 12 inactive ingredients alongside 1mg of finasteride.