Low-dose spironolactone can be effective for treating hair loss in women.
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December 2024 in “ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering” The patches could quickly deliver epilepsy treatment and reduce seizures.
This study found that prenatal exposure to finasteride in pregnant rats significantly disrupted male reproductive development, confirming its use as a positive control for androgen-related reproductive effects.
January 2012 in “Lume (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)” September 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” CTP-543 significantly improved eyebrow and eyelash regrowth and patient satisfaction in adults with alopecia areata.
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January 2001 in “Endocrine Practice” This study suggests that topical finasteride may benefit women with facial hirsutism, based on observations from a small sample.
July 2013 in “Edinburgh Research Archive (University of Edinburgh)” This study found that inhibiting 5αR1 with dutasteride leads to peripheral insulin resistance and increased body fat in men, which may have implications for its use in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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September 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This abstract introduces baricitinib as an approved treatment for adults with severe alopecia areata in the US, Europe, and Japan, but does not report any specific study results or findings.
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November 2016 in “The Journal of urology/The journal of urology” In a population-based study, over 72,000 older men were examined, and dutasteride showed no increased risk of heart failure, myocardial infarction, or stroke compared to finasteride, as reported by the researchers.
July 2026 in “Postgraduate Medicine” Results are not reported in this commentary, but it discusses the influence of different control group choices—an active-comparator versus non-drug users—on measuring depression risk in studies of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors.