Proscar 5 mg: cancer?

[nizoralad]

P.S. -- This was from a post in October 2003:

http://www.hairsite4.com/dc/dcboard.php ... &mode=full

But then you have to read below:

"But some troubling findings have critics questioning just how often Proscar should be used:
Men who developed prostate cancer while taking Proscar were more likely to have tumors that appear to be aggressive, what doctors term "high grade." Some 6.4 percent of Proscar patients were diagnosed with high-grade tumors, compared with 5.1 percent of men given dummy pills."

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/6159529.htm

 

[Guest]

P.S. -- This was from a post in October 2003:

http://www.hairsite4.com/dc/dcboard.php ... &mode=full

But then you have to read below:

"But some troubling findings have critics questioning just how often Proscar should be used:
Men who developed prostate cancer while taking Proscar were more likely to have tumors that appear to be aggressive, what doctors term "high grade." Some 6.4 percent of Proscar patients were diagnosed with high-grade tumors, compared with 5.1 percent of men given dummy pills."

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/6159529.htm

Old news, not to worry.

 

[ShedMaster]

yup, heres the same story.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/06/24/prostate.cancer.drug/

 

[cyberprimate]

they had noticed the same phenomenon with SP in fact. (not hair growth)

But one thing that's not really mentioned in that CNN article is the fact that propecia is a much lower dose of finasteride taken daily than proscar. I'm sure that changes its potential danger level.

 

[nizoralad]

yes it does, good point ...