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makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal behavio - NewtonMP2100 - 02-04-2021
......but did not warn consumers........unsealed documents.....
Merck knew about suicidal behavior in men taking anti-baldness drug Propecia, yet failed to warn consumers of these risks
Merck knew of reports of suicide in men taking the firm's anti-baldness treatment Propecia.
The company decided not to warn consumers of these risks despite warnings.
Reuters reported the news, revealed in unsealed court documents and other records.
......Newly unsealed court documents and other records show that Merck & Co and U.S. regulators knew about reports of suicidal behavior in men taking the company's anti-baldness treatment Propecia when they decided not to warn consumers of those potential risks in a 2011 update of the popular drug's label.
Internal records from Merck were made public in late January, when a federal magistrate in Brooklyn, New York, granted a 2019 Reuters motion to unseal 11 documents filed in years of litigation alleging Propecia caused persistent sexual dysfunction and other harmful side effects.
Since the 2011 decision on the warning, the FDA has received more than 700 reports of suicide and suicidal thoughts among people taking Propecia or generic versions of the drug. Those included at least 100 deaths. Before that, in the first 14 years the drug was on the market, the agency received 34 such reports, including 10 deaths.
Annual U.S. prescriptions of finasteride, as the drug is known, for hair loss increased to over 2.4 million in 2020, more than double the number in 2015, according to health data company IQVIA.
European and Canadian regulators, citing similar reports among men taking finasteride, require a warning of suicidal thoughts on the label, though they note that research has not proved that the drug causes such thoughts. To this day, the U.S. label contains no mention of suicide or suicidal thoughts.
As early as 2009, Merck knew of more than 200 reports of depression, including suicidal thoughts, in men taking Propecia, according to an internal "risk management" assessment from that year. The company decided there were too few reports of serious depression and suicidal behavior and not enough specifics about those cases to warrant more than "routine" monitoring of safety data.
In 2011, two years after the Merck risk analysis, the FDA was weighing a company request to add "depression" to the drug's label as a potential risk, with no warnings related to suicide. FDA analysts disagreed about adding a warning related to suicide, according to previously unreported government documents. But the regulator ultimately agreed with Merck's request on the grounds that the number of suicides was lower than one would expect in this group of patients.......
did not warn......consumers........?!
Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - RgrF - 02-04-2021
Isn't bald the new sexy?
Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - N-OS X-tasy! - 02-04-2021
Years ago, when I first realized hair loss would be a thing for me, I asked myself if my vanity was more important that any negative consequences that might result from applying a drug to my head DAILY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE (not to mention the cost to my wallet).
Answer: No.
I am as nature intended for me to be, for better or worse.
Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - Speedy - 02-04-2021
Maybe they consider suicide because they are no longer hairy, sexy men.
Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - p8712 - 02-04-2021
I took it for 12 years. I like not taking it. I LOVE shaving my head.
Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - NewtonMP2100 - 02-04-2021
.....it can also cause E.D. in some men.......
Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - ztirffritz - 02-04-2021
I learned in AP Bio in high school that Male Pattern Baldness is triggered by increased testosterone triggering the sex linked trait in one's genes. In other words, bald men are even more manly. Not only am I balding, but I'm becoming the man I'm meant to be.
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Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - rich in distress - 02-04-2021
No no no. That perception is old school. Bald men men are more closely related to chimps.
Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - rz - 02-04-2021
rich in distress wrote:
No no no. That perception is old school. Bald men men are more closely related to chimps.
FTW! So you're saying bald men are closely related to an animal with a lot of hair?
I started getting the receding hair line in my 20s. For a while (while I could), I grew my hair long. In my 30s, I started keeping it short. By my 40s, I was keeping it even shorter. Then one day, a coworker came in with his head shaved. It looked good on him, so I decided to try it. That was 15 years ago. Every winter, for about a month or so, I let it grow out a little. But the rest of the year, I keep it shaved. I only shave it once a week or so this past year since I don't have to go into the office. Otherwise, I would shave it every morning in the shower.
Re: makes your hair, stand on end?!......Merck knew that baldness drug, Propecia, side effect might include suicidal beh - mrbigstuff - 02-04-2021
ztirffritz wrote:
I learned in AP Bio in high school that Male Pattern Baldness is triggered by increased testosterone triggering the sex linked trait in one's genes. In other words, bald men are even more manly. Not only am I balding, but I'm becoming the man I'm meant to be.
Yeah, baaaby!