Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Psychoactive Drugs

Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Thoughts Found in Former Propecia Users
New research, to be published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, finds that men who developed persistent sexual side effects while on finasteride (Propecia), a drug commonly used for male pattern hair loss, have a high prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts.
It's a small sample, but the results were pretty startling-
44% of the affected men reported suicidal thoughts as compared to 3% in the control group.