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Azathioprine's effectiveness and safety require careful monitoring and more research, especially regarding its use with corticosteroids and the role of TPMT status in patients.

Excessive hair growth can be assessed by history, exam, and blood tests, and treated with medication like dexamethasone, birth control pills, and spironolactone.

PFS and PSSD are similar conditions with persistent sexual dysfunction after stopping medication.

Drug repurposing is a cost-effective way to find new uses for existing drugs, speeding up treatment development.

Herbs can potentially treat hair loss by inhibiting a key enzyme and promoting hair growth, and deficiencies in zinc, biotin, and iron are linked to hair loss.

Some Middle Eastern plants may help treat diabetes and could be alternatives to current drugs, but more research is needed.

Finasteride effectively treats male hair loss, improving growth and density.

5-alpha-reductase inhibitors may cause a low incidence of erectile dysfunction that decreases over time.

Testosterone therapy may slightly improve sexual function in postmenopausal women, but its long-term safety is unknown.

The document concludes that managing hirsutism involves identifying the cause, using a scoring system for severity, combining cosmetic and medical treatments, encouraging weight loss, and providing psychological support, while noting the need for more research on drug treatments.

Menopausal women have higher androgen levels, which can cause symptoms like facial hair growth and low sexual desire.

Infertile men are more likely to produce sperm with abnormal chromosome numbers, which can affect pregnancy success and embryo health.

For women with moderate to severe unwanted hair growth or acne, birth control pills are the first choice, with other medications like cyproterone, spironolactone, flutamide, or finasteride as alternatives, and permanent hair removal should be done with electrolysis or laser.

Hormonal therapy is a treatment option for acne, the only medical treatment for hirsutism, and the most promising for androgenetic alopecia.

Normal levels of DHT can reduce belly fat and increase muscle, but too much can lead to hair loss, prostate issues, and possibly heart disease.

Early diagnosis and treatment of PCOS is crucial to reduce emotional distress and health risks.

Women with PCOS have higher 5α-reductase activity, which may be linked to insulin resistance.

Teriflunomide effectively reduces relapses and disability in MS and has a manageable safety profile.

Hair growth is influenced by factors like genetics and nutrition, and more research is needed to understand hair loss and growth mechanisms.

Hormones and genetics play key roles in male and female baldness, which can affect mental health and may be linked to other health issues.

The document concludes that careful evaluation is needed to diagnose PCOS correctly due to similar symptoms in other conditions, and accurate testosterone level measurement is crucial.

Some skin medications can harm male fertility, but they don't seem to cause birth defects from father's exposure.

Teriflunomide is an effective and safe first-line oral treatment for relapsing multiple sclerosis.

Stress hormones like cortisol may trigger psoriasis flare-ups.

The document concludes that treating female hair loss should target reducing excess androgen and blocking its effects on hair follicles, with the best treatments being hormonal therapy, adrenal suppression, and topical minoxidil.

Hair loss in women can be slowed with treatment, but more research needed for better solutions.

New treatments for prostate cancer and BPH show promise, including novel compounds that target hormone synthesis and response.

Reduced androgens linked to kinky hair disorder and hair loss; 5a-reductase inhibitors may help.

The main enzyme found in pubic skin that could be targeted to treat excessive hair growth is 5 alpha-R2.

Hair growth is influenced by hormones and goes through different phases; androgens can both promote and inhibit hair growth depending on the body area.