The Post-Finasteride Syndrome: An Overview

    September 2016 in “ Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences ”
    David L. Rowland, Ion G. Motofei, F Popa … Stana Paunica
    Studysummary This article reviews finasteride's potential side effects, notably post-finasteride syndrome, and suggests that hand preference and sexual orientation might predict these adverse effects, but it reports no clinical results.
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