A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Finasteride to Spironolactone in the Treatment of Hirsute Women

January 1995 in “ The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism ”

I. Lane Wong, R. V. Morris, Leland Chang, M A Spahn, Frank Z. Stanczyk, Roger A. Lobo

finasteride spironolactone hirsutism androgen anagen hair Ferriman-Gallwey score Propecia

TLDR Finasteride and spironolactone both reduce hirsutism, but finasteride lowers androgen levels more.

This study compared the effectiveness of finasteride and spironolactone in treating hirsutism in women. Both drugs were found to be effective in reducing hirsutism, but finasteride caused a significant decrease in androgen levels while spironolactone did not. Both treatments produced a significant decrease in anagen hair diameters and Ferriman-Gallwey scores. The study suggests that further studies are needed with finasteride to verify its effectiveness as a treatment for hirsutism.

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