Patient’s Precaution for Medication Consumption

You have been prescribed medication by your doctor and here are the precautionary measures that you should heed:

Rare Sexual Side Effects in Men

  • 1-3% of men will experience sexual side effects e.g. loss of libido, erectile dysfunction, watery semen.

Risk of Breast Tissue Growth (Gynaecomastia)

  • 0.8% of men may encounter breast tissue growing (gynaecomastia)

Mood Changes and Depression

  • A very small percentage of men on finasteride may experience mood changes, and can be as severe as major depression. 

No Blood Donation While on Finasteride

  • You should not donate blood when you take using finasteride in either topical or oral form

Inform Doctors About Finasteride Use

  • You should inform any doctor checking on your prostate health that you are taking finasteride

Finasteride Risks for Women of Childbearing Age

  • Women of child-bearing age are cautioned not to handle topical or oral finasteride (unless specifically ordered by the doctor) as it can cause birth defects in male fetuses

Topical Finasteride Safety Precautions

  • Topical finasteride requires about 4 hours of absorption time on the scalp and inevitably will result in some amount of the drug contaminate common surfaces, we advise that these common surfaces should not be accessible to women who intend to get pregnant or to young children