11 citations
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August 2007 in “Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters” This study found that among the tested analogs, compound 4e was the most effective in inhibiting wax esters in vivo in the Golden Syrian hamster ear model.
July 2020 in “CRS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting” This study found that the newly developed microarray patches for intradermal delivery of finasteride showed high drug content and significantly improved skin deposition compared to existing methods.
June 2018 in “International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law”
24 citations
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December 2009 in “Future Medicinal Chemistry” This study identified new potential targets and indications for several marketed drugs using in silico profiling, suggesting opportunities for drug repositioning.
May 2020 in “riUfes (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo)” This study found that finasteride is stable under various stress conditions except for basic hydrolysis at extreme pH levels and identified compatible and incompatible excipients in pharmaceutical formulations, suggesting formulation changes for increased safety.
Using data from the FDA's adverse event reporting system, this study identified 59 drugs linked to reduced male semen quality, with finasteride, dutasteride, and tamsulosin among the most frequently reported.
July 2024 in “Reactions Weekly”
2 citations
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August 2013 in “The Lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology” This report discusses the FDA's third denial of approval for Aveed, a long-acting testosterone injection by Endo Pharmaceuticals, citing continued safety concerns including severe side effects.
September 2024 in “Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto)” In this report, a participant in a Portuguese pharmacy master's program detailed their six-month internship at Farmácia Queija Ferreira, highlighting their involvement in medication preparation, creating educational resources, and studying drug interactions, including serious cases involving diclofenac and brimonidine.
1 citations
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January 2014 In this study, the release rate of Finasteride from Eudragit matrix tablets was found to be significantly influenced by the drug/Eudragit ratio and polymer viscosity, with formulation F9 being the most effective.
3 citations
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January 2016 in “Elsevier eBooks” This article discusses the various roles of steroids in vertebrate organ systems and notes several glucocorticoids that were among the Top 200 Drugs by sales in the 2010s, but it reports no new clinical findings.
January 2023 in “Brazilian Journals Editora eBooks” Pharmacists play a key role in managing the use of anxiety medications and ensuring patients use them correctly.
7 citations
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October 2021 in “Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences” This study found that most milk powder samples tested from the Romanian market contained element concentrations exceeding legal limits, especially potassium, calcium, chlorine, phosphorus, and aluminum.
87 citations
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January 1996 in “Journal of cellular biochemistry” This article discusses ongoing and planned clinical chemoprevention trials for various agents and combinations but reports no new results; it highlights promising new agents and the evolving focus on molecular pathways.
4 citations
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March 2019 in “Acta Chromatographica” This study developed two sensitive chromatographic methods for determining finasteride and tamsulosin hydrochloride in pharmaceutical forms, validated against International Conference on Harmonisation guidelines.
November 2010 in “Clin-Alert” Monitoring for adverse effects in clinical treatments is crucial.
September 2021 in “Assay and drug development technologies” This review covers drug repurposing patent applications from April to June 2021, detailing potential new therapeutic uses for existing medications, but reports no new clinical results; the authors highlight novel treatment possibilities and suggest further research.
This study analyzed the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System and found distinct safety signals and adverse event patterns among α1-blockers, 5α-reductase inhibitors, and tadalafil used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia, emphasizing known risks and identifying potential new ones that require further study.
January 2022 in “Current Enzyme Inhibition” This study found that two novel nonsteroidal derivatives inhibited specific enzymes in vitro and in vivo, leading to dihydrotestosterone accumulation in androgen-dependent glands, suggesting potential therapeutic use for mood improvement in the elderly.
52 citations
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October 2016 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This review discusses various drugs that can cause drug-induced acne, noting specific clinical and histopathologic features, but reports no new clinical findings.
December 2022 in “theses.fr (ABES)” This study found that microplastics on the Lebanese Mediterranean coast transport various organic and inorganic pollutants, posing threats to marine organisms and potentially human health.
11 citations
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November 2001 in “Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications” This review discusses various chromatographic methods for analyzing finasteride in biological fluids and provides no clinical findings, focusing on detection techniques for different concentration levels.
153 citations
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November 2004 in “Current Medicinal Chemistry” This article updates a prior work on pharmacophore modeling and highlights the advances in 3D database searching technologies for drug design, without presenting new research findings.
19 citations
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July 2006 in “Acta crystallographica” This study determined that previous reports mistakenly identified different polymorphs of furosemide and finasteride, which are actually identical, due to incomplete data collection in single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.
38 citations
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October 2005 in “Expert opinion on therapeutic patents” This review discusses nonsteroidal selective androgen receptor modulators and their potential therapeutic applications but reports no new clinical findings.
February 2019 in “Urology” This study observed that the out-of-pocket prices for generic medications used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia can vary by up to 500% among pharmacies in the Pittsburgh area, with chain pharmacies pricing significantly higher than independents.
40 citations
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December 2019 in “Neurobiology of Stress” This review focuses on neuroactive steroids' influence on GABA-ergic signaling and discusses challenges in developing them for various therapeutic uses, citing recent excitement from FDA approval of allopregnanolone for postpartum depression but reporting no new results.
23 citations
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January 2001 in “Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin” This study found that several synthesized pregnane derivatives exhibited significant inhibitory effects on testosterone conversion to dihydrotestosterone and reduced related androgenic parameters in multiple pharmacological models.
October 2025 in “Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto)” Dutasteride is more effective than finasteride for hair growth, and sublingual apomorphine quickly improves Parkinson's symptoms.
27 citations
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October 2001 in “Journal of Medicinal Chemistry” This study identified eight isoflavone derivatives as potential nonsteroidal inhibitors of rat 5α-reductase using a pharmacophore model in virtual screening.