Pregnant Womens should not touch finasteride

Finasteride is an anti androgen that is mainly used for patients that are producing excess of steroids mainly testosterone.

It is orally active and cause reductiion in levels of dihydrotestosterone the drug level begin after 8 hrs and lasts for 24 hrs.

Finasteride cause shrinkage of prostate gland and relieve the symptoms of urinary retention caused by enlarged  gland obstructing the out flow of urine from the bladder and reduce the risk of urinary retention,
the drug act by reducing the androgenic stimulation of the prostate and inhibits the enzyme responsible for converting testosterone tomore active metabolite 5-dehydroxytestosterone(5-DT) within the gland.It is also prescribed to patiens having bleeding from the prostate

It is also a TRICHOGENIC AGENT(that promote hair growth) and usefull for both men and women the underlying mechanism is that dihydrotestosterone(DHT) acts on hair follicles and damage them causing baldness in men and female pattern hair loss that is characterized by reduction in hair density over crown and frontal scalp area this condition is most prevalent in advance age continued treatment with finasteride is necessary to gain maximum benefits.It is also used in females with hirsutism.


BUT ONE THING TO BE REMEMBERED BY USING THIS DRUG THAT PREGNANT WOMENS SHOULD NOT EVEN TOUCH THE FINASTERIDE.

Finasteride is teratogen i.e causes malformation of fetus,Officially the women of chid bearing age should not take finasteride or even handel broken or crushed tablets.
Male fetus is at more risk,it causes hypospadias i.e a congenitel abnormality in which he opening of urethra is on the underside of penis.
Exposure to semen of man taking finasteride does not poses a real risk to women's male fetus
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Finastride is approved by FDA only for men not for women but some times used in treating female androgenetic alopecia