With the recent news that the court has ordered Merck to unseal Propecia documents, this interview came to my mind.
It is in Dutch, perhaps your browser allows you to translate the interview to English or your preferred language.
Basically it comes down to this:
Dr. Traish warns against the dangers of finasteride and related substances, that their use may result in permanent erectile dysfunction, depression, diabetes and suicide, based on scientific data.
He accuses Merck and other manufacturers responsible for the production of finasteride and dutasteride of mingling with and funding the people who were responsible for the testing and regulations that resulted in the alleged safety profile of these medications. He condemns said research for not being thorough and scientific enough (they were not even using the basic International Index of Erectile Function to assess patient sexual functioning, that’s saying something in my opinion).
Dr. Traish is also saying in this interview that many doctors who prescribe these medications are dermatologists and urologists who are usually not experts on hormones and biochemistry and are thus mostly unsuited to assess whether patients could safely use these medications in the first place, and thus essentially can’t safely prescribe them without consulting an expert.
He absolutely shows ferocious energy to defend his and our common cause and does not hold back when he literally calls the doctors promoting the safety of finasteride the “whores of the pharmaceutical industry”.