Treatment of Benign Essential Blepharospasm With Finasteride

July 2010 in “ Clinical Neuropharmacology ”

Marco Bortolato, Antonino Cannas, Paolo Solla, Monica Puligheddu, Antonella Muroni, Francesco Marrosu

TLDR Finasteride helps treat eyelid spasms.

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