Finasteride Gel: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Name: Finasteride Gel: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates
Duration: 4 min 28 s
Description: Finasteride is a prescription medicine from a class of drugs called 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors. Oral finasteride tablets are FDA-approved for male pattern hair loss and for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, an enlarged prostate) in men. Topical finasteride, including gel forms, has been studied in clinical trials for hair loss but is not FDA-approved.

Finasteride Gel

Generic name	Finasteride
Drug class	5-alpha-reductase inhibitors
Forms	Oral tablet, Topical solution (studied in trials, not FDA-approved), Topical gel (studied in trials, not FDA-approved)

Finasteride is a prescription medicine from a class of drugs called 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors. Oral finasteride tablets are FDA-approved for male pattern hair loss and for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, an enlarged prostate) in men. Topical finasteride, including gel forms, has been studied in clinical trials for hair loss but is not FDA-approved.

General information

Follow the prescriber and the leaflet that comes with this medicine.