How Safe and Effective Is Finasteride for Hair Loss in Postmenopausal Women?

May 2011 in “ MOspace Institutional Repository (University of Missouri) ”

Magdalena Pasarica, Philipp Narciso

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Studysummary In this study, finasteride 1 mg daily did not improve hair loss in normoandrogenic postmenopausal women and had a similar adverse event profile to placebo within the first year.

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In normoandrogenic postmenopausal women, finasteride at a dose of 1 mg per day did not improve hair loss, and its adverse event profile was similar to that of a placebo during the first year of use. This conclusion was based on a single randomized controlled trial (RCT), and higher doses of finasteride had not been studied in RCTs for this population.

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