Intermittent low-dose finasteride is as effective as daily administration for the treatment of hirsute women.
3 Small study in people
How much this weighs: research in people, but small or without a comparison group.
- Type of study
- controlled trial
- Studied in
- people
- Participants
- 38
- Published
- 2004 in Fertility and sterility
- Cited
- 11 times by other research
- Who paid
- Not declared. PubMed carries no conflict-of-interest statement for most articles; that is not the same as independent.
- Source
- PubMed 15374729 · doi 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.118
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Abstract by the researchers — original text
In a prospective randomized study 38 women with idiopathic hirsutism or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) received 2.5 mg of finasteride every day or every 3 days. Intermittent low-dose administration of finasteride was as effective as continuous administration in reducing hirsutism score and was accompanied by a lower incidence of side effects.