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Drug Used by Trump Has Suicide Risk; FDA's 'Aggressive' AI Rollout; 1K Measles Cases

On Thursday, the European Medicines Agency’s safety committee recognized suicidal ideation as a potential adverse effect associated with finasteride tablets used within the European Union.
This confirmation came after a review initiated in October 2024 by the EMA’s safety committee, following a UK alert and concerns raised by patients about potential psychiatric side effects.
Most reported cases of suicidal ideation involved 1 mg finasteride tablets for male hair loss, while the EMA found insufficient evidence linking dutasteride to these effects.
The EMA plans to include a patient card with 1 mg finasteride packaging to inform users about potential risks and appropriate actions, while also updating dutasteride’s product details to incorporate mood change warnings, highlighting the importance of seeking medical advice if symptoms arise.
Despite safety concerns, the EMA stated that benefits of finasteride and dutasteride outweigh risks for approved uses but urged healthcare providers to counsel patients for informed decisions.

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Healio

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Q&A: Counseling patients on safe hair loss options after FDA’s finasteride warning

Topical formulations of finasteride are widely advertised as an option to treat hair loss in men and women, yet some formulations may pose serious health risks and have recently caught the FDA’s attention. As Healio previously reported, on April 22, the FDA issued an alert of potential serious risks associated with the use of compounded topical finasteride, which is marketed by

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CBC News

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Health authorities warn against potential serious risks of hair-loss drug

U.S. and European health regulators are warning the public of possible health risks linked to finasteride, a popular hair-loss drug.

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Medicinal product subject to medical prescription may lead to suicidal thoughts

Infarmed refers to suicides as an undesirable effect of the medicine containing finasteride (in tablets), but no direct link was found with the drugs with dutasteride The substance Calvice may lead to suicidal thoughts first appeared in Journal i.

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Drug Used by Trump Has Suicide Risk; FDA's 'Aggressive' AI Rollout; 1K Measles Cases

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Thoughts of suicide was confirmed as a side effect of finasteride (Propecia, Proscar), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said. The popular drug -- previously...

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Aemps alerts the link between a drug against alopecia and suicide

The Spanish Agency for Medicinal Products and Health Products (Aemps) has issued a health alert confirming the link between a known drug for the treatment of male androgenic alopecia and the risk of suicidal thinking of these patients. This warning comes after a thorough analysis by the Committee for the Evaluation of Risks in Pharmacovigilance (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which has reinforced with new evidence this adverse eff…

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Confirm that a treatment used to fight alopecia may induce suicidal thoughts

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) confirmed that 1 milligram finasteride tablets, a drug used to combat androgenic alopecia, may induce suicidal thoughts, although the frequency of this side effect is unknown. 5 milligram finasteride tablets used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, may also cause this effect, although most cases were detected in 1 milligram tablets.

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