Post-finasteride syndrome

@article{Gray2019PostfinasterideS,
  title={Post-finasteride syndrome},
  author={S. Lauren Gray and Todd P. Semla},
  journal={BMJ},
  year={2019},
  volume={366}
}
Efforts to explain persistent symptoms are undermined by poor long term data on harms 
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A critical review of the current literature data about sexual dysfunction as a potential side effect related to drugs commonly used for the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms finds that silodosin appears to have the highest incidence of ejaculatory disorders.
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