If this is about finasteride, then it's off patent, I don't think anyone has any vested interest in generic drugs. I haven't down voted any comments, but I think everyone should at least give finasteride a go and see if it agrees with them, there's nothing to be lost in trying, and for most people, an awful lot to gain... The scaremongering worries me, so many men that could benefit and the vast majority with no sides, may never try it out of fear, believing that even a month on finasteride would permanently give them brain fog or ED... Not so. Everyone should at least give it a go for a month or two in my opinion.
I actually question people who discourage others from taking it, and wonder if the are not PR folks from companies that do have in patent products that are unproven, and most likely not very effective (RU58841 aside maybe, that actually does appear to be effective).