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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hair loss 10 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
BPH (Benign prostatic hyperplasia) 6 1 Efficacy_major
Male Pattern Baldness 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Swollen prostate 5 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Bladder problems 4 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 4 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 12

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with finasteride

Dizziness and feeling faint 1
decrease sex drive, sperm production, and pleasure 1

Reported Dosages

  0.5 mg daily 5 mg weekly 1 mg daily 1.66 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking finasteride (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 67%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 22%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 11%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 11%
Other 1   Other: 11%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 11%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking finasteride

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking finasteride

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of finasteride

Always
 13 93%
Usually
 1 7%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of finasteride

Very
 1 7%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 7%
Not at all
 12 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of finasteride

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 8%
$25-49
 2 17%
< $25
 9 75%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.