First off....that site is nearly unreadable due to all the ads and popups distracting the reader. Holy sh*t.
Anyway it looks like this author has a few other stories it seems.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed it is conducting a new safety review of the hair growth drug Propecia. In response to written questions submitted by the Examiner, FDA spokesperson Sandy Walsh wrote in an email that, “The focus of the current review is the persistence of severe male sexual dysfunction after discontinuation of Propecia’s use. This review was prompted by routine drug safety surveillance.â€
FDA’s safety investigation comes as a growing number of men say Propecia’s severe side effects have caused them to suffer persistent and permanent sexual dysfunction. While several European countries have required Propecia’s maker, drug-giant Merck & Co., to issue warnings regarding the drug’s irreversible side effects, this marks the first time the FDA has acknowledged it is reviewing the drug’s safety here.
Propecia is the brand name for the drug finasteride when it is prescribed in 1mg doses to treat male pattern baldness. When prescribed in 5mg doses to treat enlarged prostate it is sold under the brand name Proscar. The FDA approved Propecia in 1997 and reports that Merck’s annual Propecia sales are over $400 million
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Doctors at two of this country’s leading medical schools have linked the hair growth drug Propecia to prolonged and possibly irreversible male sexual dysfunction, clinical depression, breast cancer and high-grade prostate cancer. The drug was approved by the FDA in 1997 to promote hair growth in men suffering from male pattern baldness.
As devastating as these revelations are, millions of men who have been prescribed the drug Propecia have no idea that they may be at risk.
Even worse, many doctors continue to prescribe Propecia unaware of the drug’s shocking side effects. Propecia is manufactured by drug giant Merck & Co., one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.
Propecia is the brand name for the drug finasteride when it is prescribed in 1mg doses to treat male pattern baldness. (When finasteride is prescribed in 5mg doses to treat enlarged prostate – also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH — it is sold under the brand name Proscar.)
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As controversey swirls over the safety of Propecia, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues its silence on the hair-growth drug’s safety.
FDA’s inaction comes despite the drug's serious side effects being well-documented in this country and Europe.
The FDA’s counterparts in Europe were the first to require Propecia’s maker to include stronger side effect warnings in the drug’s packaging there. In 2006, the Swedish Medical Products Agency began investigating reports of persistent sexual dysfunction side effects which continue in men despite discontinuing finasteride, Propecia’s active ingredient. The drug is manufactured by drug giant Merck.
In 2008, Merck changed the label in Sweden to include the following warning: “In addition, the following have been reported in post-marketing use: persistence of erectile dysfunction after discontinuation of treatment.â€
In 2009, the Swedish Medical Products Agency concluded that Propecia could lead to permanent erectile dysfunction. Merck then changed the product label in other European countries to include a warning of permanent erectile dysfunction as an adverse reaction.
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"Thank you for your Propecia pieces. I'm 50 and started the med when I was 37. It’s destroyed my life." D.W. -- Los Angeles
After reading The Examiner's recently published articles on the devastating side effects of the hair growth drug Propecia, a reader sent the above email. He's not alone: As word gets out, many more men are now coming forward to say they are also Propecia's unsuspecting victims.
Propecia is the brand name for the drug finasteride when it is prescribed in 1mg doses to treat male pattern baldness. (When finasteride is prescribed in 5mg doses to treat enlarged prostate – also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH — it is sold under the brand name Proscar). Drug giant Merck & Co. manufactures Propecia which is sold worldwide.
Doctors who know about Propecia's hair growth properties have no idea about its serious sexual side effects. "Many of my friends take Propecia and I had no idea it had these side effects ... and I stay on top of the latest medical news," says Dr. Bashir A. Zakria, Assistant Professor, Division of Sports Medicine at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes.
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The hair growth drug Propecia has come under increasing criticism from doctors and consumers because of devastating side effects that include persistent and permanent male sexual dysfunction, yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration remains silent on the drug’s safety.
The FDA did issue a warning last year on Propecia’s link to high-grade prostate cancer but has not issued any new warnings or guidance on the permanence of the drug’s sexual side effects -- despite a flurry of lawsuits and the growing number of claims by men who say the drug has ruined their lives.
Drug giant Merck, maker of Propecia, has pulled all information on the drug from its official website (
www.propecia.com) in the wake of intensifying controversy fueled by former Propecia users.
“I took the drug for nearly 15 months and after stopping have developed extreme penile and testicular shrinkage, loss of libido, genital pain, ED, depression, muscle waste, weight gain, decreased cognitive ability, inability to sleep with medications among other side effects,“ says Steve Rossello, one of the first men to file a lawsuit against drug giant Merck & Co., Propecia’s maker.
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