The adverse side effects of the anti-baldness drug could last for months or even years for some men
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FDA Adds Sexual Side Effects to Propecia and Proscar Labels
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added new warnings on Wednesday to finasteride, the drug used to treat male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate, citing sexual side effects that continue to occur even after patients stop …
Could the ‘Cuddle Chemical’ Oxytocin Improve Male Sexual Function?
Watch out, Viagra! The hormone oxytocin may also improve sexual function — at least in men with Asperger’s syndrome — according to a published case report.
Study: Baldness Drug May Lead to Long-Term Sexual Dysfunction
The prescription drug finasteride, marketed as Propecia and Proscar by Merck, may cause side effects like low libido and inability to orgasm in men who use the medication to battle hair loss, and those symptoms may persist even …
Examining ‘male menopause’: myth or malady?
In medical terms, it’s called late-onset hypogonadism — the gradual decline of the male hormone testosterone beginning in middle age, right around the time men also start gaining weight, losing muscle mass, feeling depressed and suffering from sleep problems, weakness and, most notably, sexual dysfunction.
Whether these changes are …
“Female viagra” fails to lift ladies’ libido
This Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hear from an expert panel about the merits of, flibanserin, a drug that has been touted as potentially being the female equivalent of Viagra. Yet, an initial FDA review posted online today already indicates that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of flibanserin,
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How cancer treatment impacts sexual intimacy
For cancer patients, sexual dysfunction is often a long-term side effect of treatment, and can have a significant impact on quality of life. To better understand long-term sexual dysfunction in cancer patients, and develop therapies tailored to their needs, researchers from Duke University argue that there is a “need for a flexible,
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Viagra for women?
Some of the best inventions come about by accident—take corn flakes, for example, silly putty, or, of course, Viagra, which was originally designed as a heart medication. And now, in the tradition of accidental innovation, a team of U.S. researchers are hopeful that while their attempt to create a successful antidepressant for women
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