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Finasteride: MHRA warns of hair loss drug ‘psychiatric and sexual side effects’

 
• By James Stent

A patient alert card is set to be issued for a “widespread” hair loss drug amid psychiatric and sexual health risks, the MHRA has announced.

Man worried about hair loss
The MHRA said that the side effect risk is not “well known by prescribers and patients”
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James Stent joined C+D as a digital reporter in May 2023 from the South African human rights news agency GroundUp, where he was senior reporter and consultant editor.

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