Merck say that only 2 or 3% of people who use Finasteride suffer side effects. How do they come up with this number ? it seems like complete BS to me.
Why don’t you call Merck and ask?
I think the number would have been higher if they used young men only in the studies… If most of the men were in their 30’s, 40’s or even older - the result is flawed IMO.
the statistics are bold lies and are self serving to merck, without any doubt
How do Merck come up with their stats?
Its quite a technical process. It involves a few drinks after work on a friday night a blind fold and a dart board.
You set up a test at your lab with your employees to give you the results you want. Pretty simple.
Pen + paper + imagination + marketing interest = Eureka moment 
bullshitting, imagination
Well, thanks to the excellent work of the pfs foundation we now know the answer to the thread’s original question in part - despite the part of the trial which examined the efficacy of finasteride in protecting against hairloss being of a high standard (that which they were very keen to demonstrate worked a treat), it appears that there was absolutely no system in place to effectively monitor and evaluate adverse events - surprise surprise - so any data they did reluctantly collect would have to have been actively submitted by participants without any enquiries on the part of Merck as to any potential negatives. That’s what I took from it anyway. I recommend that everyone should listen to the authors of the study being interviewed:
archderm.jamanetwork.com/multime … Interviews
And here is the link to the thread:
(Thanks PR123)
I heard Michael LaCour from UCLA was in charge of the follow up surveys…
New study, unable to establish the safety profile for Propecia
“Very limited information”
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