Finasteride Side-effects

Nothing new here, other than rare side-effects discussed on a mainstream news article. Rare is more of the question.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna152679

The latest of the publications.

Post-Finasteride Syndrome And Post-Ssri Sexual Dysfunction: Two Clinical Conditions Apparently Distant, But Very Close

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091302223000626?via%3Dihub

Yes these side effects are real. Dutasteride is a two-edged sword. On one hand it has shown to slow the progression of prostate cancer...but on the other it can raise your risk of getting high-grade prostrate cancer. Probably from masking the biological markers of it in lab tests until it's too late and well-established and harder to deal with. A topical made from these drugs might be a safer option if they can absorb well.

shaftless wrote:Yes these side effects are real. Dutasteride is a two-edged sword. On one hand it has shown to slow the progression of prostate cancer...but on the other it can raise your risk of getting high-grade prostrate cancer. Probably from masking the biological markers of it in lab tests until it's too late and well-established and harder to deal with. A topical made from these drugs might be a safer option if they can absorb well.

Via the pathways it would seem that suppressing DHT increases cancer risk or possibly by altering the steroid pathway for progesterone.