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Can you address potential long term side effects from finasteride after discontinuation?

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You. Mostly, we've seen that long term finasteride after discontinuation does not have any long term side effects. The main ones that we get asked about or that have been reported in some recent studies are potential sexual side effects in men. But from what we've seen, the risk of this is incredibly, incredibly low, less than 1% in some studies, 0.1% percent. I do talk people through it, particularly men, but women as well as one of the risks, and that there are some studies that, as I mentioned, show long term issues. But I feel comfortable prescribing finasteride in both men and women and through the process.