Finasteride Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: 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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support another treatment | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| side effects on bladder | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bladder problems | 1 | 0 |
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Dosages
| 5 mg daily | ||
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4
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Patient Evaluations
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- bbrown5123
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: severe
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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- bbrown5123
- 5 mg daily
- since Jan 29, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Support another treatment
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Side Effects
None
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Report created on November 23, 2009.