finasteride
Propecia · Proscar
1 INDICATIONS & USAGE Finasteride tablets USP are indicated for the treatment of male pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) in MEN ONLY. Efficacy in bitemporal recession has not been established. Finasteride tablets USP are not indicated for use in women. • Finasteride tablets USP are 5α-reductase inhibitors indicated for the treatment of male pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) in MEN ONLY ( 1 ). • Finasteride tablets USP are not indicated for use in women ( 1 , 4 , 5.1 ).
Mechanism. 12.1 Mechanism of Action Finasteride is a competitive and specific inhibitor of Type II 5α-reductase, an intracellular enzyme that converts the androgen testosterone into DHT. Two distinct isozymes are found in mice, rats, monkeys, and humans: Type I and II. Each of these isozymes is differentially expressed in tissues and developmental stages. In humans, Type I 5α-reductase is predominant in the sebaceous glands of most regions of skin, including scalp, and liver. Type I 5α-reductase is responsible for approximately one-third of circulating DHT. The Type II 5α-reductase isozyme is primarily found in prostate, seminal vesicles, epididymides, and hair follicles as well as liver, and is responsible for two-thirds of circulating DHT. In humans, the mechanism of action of finasteride is based on its preferential inhibition of the Type II isozyme. Using native tissues (scalp and prostate), in vitro binding studies examining the potential of finasteride to inhibit either isozyme revealed a 100-fold selectivity for the human Type II 5α-reductase over Type I isozyme (IC 50 =500 and 4.2 nM for Type I and II, respectively). For both isozymes, the inhibition by finasteride is accompanied by reduction of the inhibitor to dihydrofinasteride and adduct formation with NADP+. The turnover for the enzyme complex is slow (t 1/2 approximately 30 days for the Type II enzyme complex and 14 days for the Type I complex). Inhibition of Type II 5α-reductase blocks the peripheral conversion of testost
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Finasterid zeigt unverhältnismäßig häufig gemeldete Nebenwirkungen wie sexuelle Dysfunktion, Libidoverlust und erektile Dysfunktion (ROR > 70). Auch Suizidgedanken und Depressionen (ROR > 6) werden häufiger gemeldet. Finasterid hemmt die Umwandlung von Testosteron, was die genannten sexuellen Nebenwirkungen und möglicherweise auch psychische Effekte erklären könnte. „Häufig gemeldet" ist nicht dasselbe wie „häufig verursacht". Dies ersetzt keinen medizinischen Rat.
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