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Five-alpha reductase inhibitors, like finasteride and dutasteride, can treat enlarged prostates, improve urination, reduce need for prostate surgery, and lower the risk of prostate cancer, but may increase the risk of higher grade prostate cancer. They can also treat male pattern baldness.

Tamsulosin works faster, but both drugs have similar effects after 6 months.

Researchers developed a quick and sensitive way to measure finasteride in blood using a small sample size.

Methotrexate treatment for rheumatoid arthritis has a serious infection rate of about two per 100 patient-years.

Taking Saw palmetto and Pygeum africana can change the levels of certain steroids in urine, which could cause confusion in doping tests.

Lower nitric oxide and higher fibrinogen found in hirsute women; impaired sexual function in 22.6% of hair loss patients, linked to psoriasis severity.

Treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia involves drugs that either quickly relieve symptoms or reduce prostate size, with a combination offering more benefits but more side effects.

Finasteride 5 mg effectively reduces urinary symptoms and PSA levels in men with enlarged prostates, with few sexual side effects.

Long-term medication for enlarged prostate might not clearly affect the timing or outcomes of later surgery.

Finasteride treatment changes urine metabolomics and steroid signatures, potentially monitoring effectiveness but may cause sexual side effects.

COVID-19 might worsen symptoms and progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia, possibly due to inflammation and metabolic disturbances in the prostate gland. More research is needed to confirm this.

Family doctors can manage older men with urinary symptoms using exams, tests, and medications.

Finasteride's two formulations absorb similarly, showing bioequivalence.

Natural 5AR inhibitors effectively improve mild to moderate hair loss in men.

Researchers developed a reliable way to measure hormones in urine, showing that a baldness treatment doesn't change hormone levels.

Quick, selective detection of tadalafil and finasteride in human plasma developed.

Two finasteride tablet types are equally effective and can be swapped.

Herbal alternatives like saw palmetto and green tea may offer safe, effective treatment for hormonal hair loss.

Method accurately measures finasteride and tamsulosin in combined drug form.

Doxazosin mesylate and saw palmetto cause genetic changes in fruit flies.

Hormones and metabolism play a complex role in prostate enlargement, and more research is needed to improve diagnosis and treatment.

Taking 5α-reductase inhibitors does not significantly increase the risk of breast cancer in men.

5α-reductase inhibitors may worsen sexual drive and spontaneous erections but don't worsen existing erectile or ejaculatory problems.

New tests detect finasteride and dutasteride in urine quickly and easily.

Bazhengsan reduces inflammation and tissue growth in chronic prostatitis.

5α-reductase inhibitors can interfere with doping tests by masking banned substances.

The document concludes that the risk of sexual side effects from 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors is low and often temporary, but more research is needed on potential permanent effects.

Finasteride improves chronic pelvic pain, saw palmetto doesn't.

Plant extracts effectively reduce hair loss and increase growth, offering a safe alternative treatment.

The study found that Ziziphus jujuba seeds contain beneficial compounds for treating insomnia and anxiety and that the methods used are effective for assessing their quality.