By: John Peige, Baltimore Courts Examiner
"As controversy swirls over the safety of Propecia, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues its silence on the hair-growth drug’s safety.
FDA’s inaction comes despite the drug's serious side effects being well-documented in this country and Europe.
The FDA’s counterparts in Europe were the first to require Propecia’s maker to include...
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By: John Peige, Baltimore Courts Examiner
"The hair growth drug Propecia has come under increasing criticism from doctors and consumers because of devastating side effects that include persistent and permanent male sexual dysfunction, yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration remains silent on the drug’s safety.
The FDA did issue a warning last year on Propecia’s link to high-grade prostate...
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By: Laurie, News Inferno
"An unidentified man in Colorado has filed suit against the maker of Propecia, claiming the male baldness drug caused him to suffer erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems. The claim, brought in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, is just the latest Propecia lawsuit filed against Merck & Co. by men who say that the drug caused sexual issues.
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By: John Peige, Baltimore Courts Examiner
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"Thank you for your Propecia pieces. I'm 50 and started the med when I was 37. It’s destroyed my life." D.W. -- Los Angeles
After reading The Examiner's recently published articles on the devastating side effects of the hair growth drug Propecia, a reader sent the above email. He's not alone: As word gets out, many more men are now coming forward...
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By: Emedtv.com
"Propecia® (finasteride) is a prescription medication that is used for hair loss treatment in men with certain types of male pattern baldness. As with all medicines, side effects are possible, and some can affect a person's sexual well-being. In the case of Propecia, sexual side effects that have been reported include:
Decreased sex drive (libido).
Impotence. Impotence is usually...
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By Ed Silverman
"In recent weeks, lawsuits have been filed in the US and Canada by men who claim their sexual functioning dramatically decreased after taking the Merck Propecia pill that is used to treat hair loss (read one here). Now, a study has reported for the first time that the medicine does, indeed, cause persistent sexual dysfunction, contradicting information disseminated by the drugmaker.
Here...
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"By: John Peige
Doctors at two of this country’s leading medical schools have linked the hair growth drug Propecia to prolonged and possibly irreversible male sexual dysfunction, clinical depression, breast cancer and high-grade prostate cancer. The drug was approved by the FDA in 1997 to promote hair growth in men suffering from male pattern baldness.
As devastating as these revelations are,...
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Submitted by Courthouse News on Jan 10, 2012
"LOS ANGELES -- A man who took the male pattern baldness drug Propecia for four years claims it gave him "severe sexual dysfunction and cognitive impairment."
Jason McCord sued Merck & Co. in Federal Court.
Merck has been sued at least 15 times in the past two years for similar claims, according to the Courthouse News database.
McCord says...
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Posted by Shezad Malik MD JD
"Merck & Co. has agreed that all Propecia lawsuits filed in federal district courts throughout the United States by men who experienced sexual problems after using their hair-loss drug should be consolidated before one judge for pretrial proceedings.
Merck Prefers New Jersey
Merck has suggested that the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation should...
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By Simon Mundie
Newsbeat reporter
"Young men could be risking their sexual health by taking a commonly used anti-baldness drug, claim some doctors.
They say finasteride, sold in the UK as Propecia, can cause serious side effects and isn't adequately labelled.
A quarter of men in their 20s show signs of male pattern baldness, with six and a half million males in the UK affected.
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