Hair Loss

Propecia

1mg Tablets

  • Well known brand
  • Prevents hair loss
  • Can reverse hair loss
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Propecia Medical Information

Propecia contains a medicine called finasteride. This belongs to a group of medicines called Type II ‘5-alpha reductase inhibitors’.

Propecia is used for the treatment of male pattern hair loss (also known as androgenetic alopecia).

Propecia increases hair growth on the scalp and prevents further hair loss in men.

Men with mild to moderate, but not complete hair loss, can benefit from using Propecia.

The recommended dose is one tablet each day. The tablet can be taken with or without food.

If you take too many tablets by mistake, talk to your doctor promptly. Finasteride will not work faster or better if you take it more than once a day.

If you forgot to take finasteride, do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.

It may take three to six months for the full effect to develop. It is important to keep taking finasteride 1mg as long as you are advised.

If you stop taking finasteride, you are likely to lose the hair you have gained within the next 9 to 12 months.

• If you are a woman (because this medicine is for men). It has been shown in clinical trials that Propecia does not work in women with hair loss.

• If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to finasteride or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

• If you are already taking finasteride or dutasteride used for a prostate problem called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Stop taking Finasteride and talk to your doctor immediately if you have any of the following symptoms:

• swelling of your lips, face, tongue and throat

• difficulty swallowing

• lumps under your skin (hives) and breathing difficulties.

You should promptly report to your doctor any changes in the breast tissue such as lumps, pain, enlargement of the breast or nipple discharge as these may be signs of a serious condition, such as breast cancer.

Uncommon (up to 1 in 100 people):

• difficulty having an erection

• less desire to have sex

• problems with ejaculation, such as a decrease in the amount of semen released.

• depression

Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data:

• allergic reactions such as rash and itching

• breast swelling or tenderness

• pain in the testicles

• blood in the sperm

• fast heartbeat

• persistent difficulty having an erection after discontinuation of treatment

• persistent decrease in sex drive after discontinuation of treatment

• persistent problems with ejaculation after discontinuation of treatment

• male infertility and/or poor quality of semen

• elevated liver enzymes

• anxiety

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