Between 2020 and 2021, there was a large jump in the number of prescriptions doctors…
Author: Lisa Marshall
Propecia was heralded as a major breakthrough for the 50 million men suffering from male pattern baldness when it hit the market in 1997. But with its popularity has come mounting concerns about its serious side effects, and not only while patients take it, but for months or even years after they stop. As studies link Propecia use to impotence, depression and even suicide, users are suing the drug maker. Do they have a case? Hair Growth in a Pill Unlike its topical predecessor minoxidil (Rogaine), which required two messy applications daily and could take hours to dry, Propecia could be discretely swallowed with…
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