Adverse Effects of 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitor Therapy in Men With Androgenetic Alopecia: Is There Cause for Concern?

Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2016 Nov;107(9):709-711. doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2016.06.006. Epub 2016 Jul 18.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

S Arias-Santiago¹, F M Camacho-Martínez²

Affiliations

¹ Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Dermatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, Granada, España. Electronic address: salvadorarias@ugr.es.
² Catedrático de Dermatología, Universidad de Sevilla, España; Presidente de Honor de la Academia Española de Dermatología.

PMID: 27436801
DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2016.06.006

No abstract available

MeSH terms

5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Alopecia / drug therapy*
Dutasteride / adverse effects*
Dutasteride / therapeutic use
Erectile Dysfunction / chemically induced*
Finasteride / adverse effects*
Finasteride / therapeutic use
Humans
Insulin Resistance
Libido
Male
Osteoporosis / chemically induced
Prostatic Hyperplasia / drug therapy
Prostatic Neoplasms / prevention & control

Substances

5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors
Finasteride
Dutasteride