Observations performed in a subset of subjects treated with finasteride (an inhibitor of the enzyme 5α-reductase) for male pattern hair loss seem to indicate that sexual dysfunction as well as anxious/depressive symptomatology may occur at the end of the treatment and continue after discontinuation

Melcangi, R., Caruso, D., Abbiati, F., Giatti, S., Calabrese, D., Piazza, F., et al. (2013). Neuroactive Steroid Levels are Modified in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma of Post-Finasteride Patients Showing Persistent Sexual Side Effects and Anxious/Depressive Symptomatology. JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE, 10(10), 2598-2603 [10.1111/jsm.12269].

Neuroactive Steroid Levels are Modified in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma of Post-Finasteride Patients Showing Persistent Sexual Side Effects and Anxious/Depressive Symptomatology

PIAZZA, FABRIZIO;CAVALETTI, GUIDO ANGELO
2013

Abstract

Observations performed in a subset of subjects treated with finasteride (an inhibitor of the enzyme 5α-reductase) for male pattern hair loss seem to indicate that sexual dysfunction as well as anxious/depressive symptomatology may occur at the end of the treatment and continue after discontinuation
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Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Testosterone; Depression; Progesterone; 5α-Reductase
English
2013
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2598
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Melcangi, R., Caruso, D., Abbiati, F., Giatti, S., Calabrese, D., Piazza, F., et al. (2013). Neuroactive Steroid Levels are Modified in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma of Post-Finasteride Patients Showing Persistent Sexual Side Effects and Anxious/Depressive Symptomatology. JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE, 10(10), 2598-2603 [10.1111/jsm.12269].
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