In a novel study researchers have revealed that a most commonly used anti baldness drug known as finasteride could escort to impotency in male. Anti-baldness drug appears to be good for people who are concerned for their hair loss. One can be putting his sexual health at risk for the sake of few locks.
The team of researchers from Ireland and US has claimed that the cataloging on the drugs is unsuitable and has cautioned that regular use of anti-baldness drugs may escort to impotency and have impact on married life. The effective anti-baldness drug is available by the name of propecia in UK.
The various study trails have showed that the drug has been effective in combating hair loss in nine out of ten males over the period of five years. The latest study showed that the pill comes with very grave side effects and it was found that males those stopped using the drug kept on facing the sexual side effects of the medicine.
The manufacturer of propecia drug Merck posted on its website that only two percent of males were prone to suffer sexual side effects of the drug. The company constantly monitors the safety of the drug and has changed the labeling after reports of sexual side effects counting after people had stopped taking the drug, stated a spokesman from Merk.
The firm manufacturing drug also added that such cases were rare and there may be aspects other than the drug leading to baldness. The figures claimed that about six and half million people in the UK suffer from baldness and approximately one-third is males, the first outline of baldness patterns start surfacing during their twenties.