Hey guys, I found one study done at AIIMS. Kindly notice that it is the world’s toughest medical school to get in (Takes 34-40 students out of 0.6 million)…so we better not question the authenticity of this study.
here is excerpt
“The present study has raised concerns about the safety of finasteride, with a total number of 10 (25%) finasteride treated patients developing adverse effects (1 decreased libido, 4 erectile dysfunction and 5 both erectile dysfunction and decreased libido). The earlier studies have reported a very small incidence of adverse events, 4.2% by Kaufman et al[8] and 2% by Leyden et al .[9] Finasteride in the dose of 5mg daily has been used to treat BPH for several years and is known to have an excellent safety profile. With 1 year of treatment with finasteride 5mg daily, decreased libido occurred in 3.3% versus 1.6% of placebo controls, impotence 3.7% versus 1.1% and ejaculatory disorders in 2.9% versus 1.1% respectively.[17] When compared to the above findings, the rate of adverse events in the present study was very high. As a part of the informed consent, the side effects were explained to the patients and the increase in adverse effects may be due to psychological effects. However, this is an unlikely explanation, because none of the patients on placebo developed sexual function related adverse events.”
Full study at
e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0 … ast=Prasad
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