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Finasteride Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Proscar
What is Finasteride? Finasteride is used to treat male baldness and for benign prostatic hypertrophy. Off label use after radical prostatectomy in the treatment of prostatic cancer and female hirsutism; may reduce the incidence of prostate cancer.
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Reasons Taken
8 patients in the community are taking or have taken Finasteride.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 5 | 62% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 12% |
| swollen prostate | 1 | 12% |
| Bladder problems | 1 | 12% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Finasteride or how long patients were taking Finasteride before stopping.
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 100% | 1 |
|---|
swollen prostate
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 1 |
Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)
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- papaw perry
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- Type: Upper Motor Neuron
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by papaw perry
Oct 15, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- swollen prostate
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