Re: Finasteride in pregnancy

From: James Brodribb (jkbrod@ozemail.com.au)
Sat Aug 28 21:43:24 1999


Finasteride was prescribed by a GP for hirsuitism, and she was counselled to use contraception, advice she chose to ignore. This drug is not released in Aust. for this purpose. Single , 40 and no desire to have children and now 13 weeks! The makers MS&D have no human data, so evidence is animal based as pointed out. External genitalia appears to be the only problem so will test for karyotype of infant(risk for Down's increased) and counsel appropriately. Thanks for input




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