Mens health

The pharmacy regulator has advised that pharmacy teams carry out a “robust” assessment before supplying finasteride – a hair-loss drug with psychiatric and sexual health risks.

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.

Children born to men on valproate are more likely to develop neurodevelopmental disorders, the medicines watchdog has warned.

New research from Kingston University looking at medicine POM to P switches has found community pharmacists reluctant to offer desogestrel and estradiol.

Erectile dysfunction is very common, affecting around 50% of men aged 40-70 years at least once with prevalence and severity increasing with age. Despite these figures, it is not a normal part of the ageing process and there are many reasons why erectile dysfunction can occur, including physical, psychological and drug-related issues. Erectile dysfunction is a symptom and not a disease, and it is therefore important to identify any underlying disease or condition that may be causing it.

An online prescription service has said that a public health campaign it launched on erectile dysfunction has been “banned by Facebook and Instagram”.

A brief CPD to gain better understanding of male infertility

The erectile dysfunction treatment Cialis Together will be available to buy without a prescription from Boots pharmacies from next week, the multiple has announced.

The medicines watchdog has reclassified an erectile dysfunction medication so that it can be bought over the counter at a pharmacy without a prescription, it has announced.

Boots UK has launched two own-brand products to treat erectile disfunction (ED) and thrush and bacterial vaginosis (BV), it has announced.